[Kilgore Trout]

So here's the second part. Did you see the first one? No? Well, better go check it out.

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[Tewder]

Wow, Montreal's waterfront looks very nice. How did they manage to avoid throwing up large condos on the water's edge?

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Different circumstances than Toronto, I guess. What you see pictured is the old port. Part of it is still a working port (the area behind that big grain silo) but, when the Lachine Canal closed in the 1970s, most of the activity shifted to th new port and the old city's waterfront became redundant. Most of the land is federally-owned so it was easy to redevelop it all at once. All of that green space you see between the railroad tracks and the water used to be the site of a few big silos.

There aren't any highrise condos near the water in Old Montreal because it's a protected district: you can't tear anything down and there are strict height limits. All of the new highrise condo construction has taken place on the fringes of the neighbourhood near Victoria Square.

To be honest I enjoy the old port but I'm not convinced that it was developed to its full potential. There's too much open space and not enough interaction with the water.

 

[Long Island Mike]

KGT: Nice Montreal pics again!! I will mention pic#31-there are AMTs former GO Transit equipment on the bridge in the background-was that near Windsor Station? #50 and #71 are nice rowhouse neighborhoods/blocks. Where exactly are these so I can pinpoint them on a MTL map? LI MIKE

 

[Kilgore Trout]

I will mention pic#31-there are AMTs former GO Transit equipment on the bridge in the background-was that near Windsor Station?

That photo was taken at Notre Dame/Mountain looking east. Those are the CN tracks that feed into Central Station.

#50 and #71 are nice rowhouse neighborhoods/blocks. Where exactly are these so I can pinpoint them on a MTL map?

50 was taken on Park Avenue just north of Prince Arthur in the McGill Ghetto.

71 is the corner of Clark and Bagg, just off the Main.

 

[simply Dan]

Again, excellent pics! This one looks like it could easily be in Toronto:

 

[Long Island Mike]

KGT-Thanks for the info-The one thing I question(#31) is the former GO TRANSIT cars on the CN lines into Central Station-those former GO cars were built for low-level platform operation only-note the car side doors in the photo-Central Station has high-level platforms. Other than that,MTL looks good-just 375 Miles N of NYC! LI MIKE

 

[Kilgore Trout]

KGT-Thanks for the info-The one thing I question(#31) is the former GO TRANSIT cars on the CN lines into Central Station-those former GO cars were built for low-level platform operation only-note the car side doors in the photo-Central Station has high-level platforms. Other than that,MTL looks good-just 375 Miles N of NYC! LI MIKE

I'm not sure how it works. I've never actually used any of the commuter trains. The other stations I've seen all have low-level platforms but I don't know about Central Station.