{"id":1159,"date":"2010-07-08T12:53:49","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T17:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2016-08-20T07:58:40","modified_gmt":"2016-08-20T12:58:40","slug":"montreal-artists-present-new-urban-plan-for-lower-main","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/montreal-artists-present-new-urban-plan-for-lower-main\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal artists present new Urban Plan for Lower Main"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eyebrows are once again being raised concerning the competence of urban planning on the Lower Main. First came\u00a0the wholesale evictions<\/a> and gutting of\u00a0the now-crumbling historic block on the west side of the Lower Main, effectively transforming an area where entertainment once\u00a0thrived into a dangerous and boarded-up eyesore<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Now, on the south-east corner of Ste. Catherine Street and St. Laurent, all construction work has stopped on the 2-22<\/a>, an intended cultural center, where, astoundingly,\u00a0the ground was only broken a few weeks ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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What was meant to be an anchor in the Quartier des Spectacles is now yet another example of failure to resuscitate the moribund historic area. While the Angus Development Corporation is clearly trying to maximize profits, their proposals are seriously lacking in artistic and cultural vision. Only recently, despite serious opposition from the public<\/a>,\u00a0the Angus Development Corporation attempted to destroy authentic Montreal burlesque culture within\u00a0the historic Caf\u00e9 Cleopatra<\/a> in order to build an office tower.<\/p>\n

With all of the delays, destruction\u00a0and sloppy planning, artists from the Save The Main Coalition<\/a> have created an alternative Urban Plan for the Lower Main. Taking into account the unique\u00a0heritage of the area, the new\u00a0plan\u00a0highlights its role\u00a0as an Historic Site<\/a> devoted to the days of Prohibition – and proposes its restoration as a major destination for entertainment in the heart of the new Quartier des Spectacles<\/a>. The plan also calls for the revival of burlesque<\/a>, Montreal’s traditional form of spectacle, to fuel the artistic revival that is necessary to reclaim this important cultural space.<\/p>\n

The problem was recently identified during a CKUT radio interview<\/a> with Craig Sauv\u00e9.<\/p>\n

The artists from the Save The Main Coalition followed-up with a formal presentation to City officials at the PECHAKUCHA NIGHT MONTREAL #17<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 7 MAI 2010, \u00c3\u2030DITION SP\u00c3\u2030CIALE : BOULEVARD SAINT-LAURENT. The video is entitled \u00a0“Why Montreal Should Incorporate its Burlesque Heritage into its Brand Image”.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The artists are now requesting a meeting with Montreal’s head of Urban Planning, Richard Bergeron<\/a>.\u00a0They hope to\u00a0present their own antidote for the current mess on the Lower Main: a visionary artistic approach that will enhance heritage, culture, and tourism by\u00a0properly employing Montreal’s\u00a0historic assets, effectively\u00a0reviving\u00a0burlesque entertainment\u00a0right in the heart of the Quartier des Spectacles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eyebrows are once again being raised concerning the competence of urban planning on the Lower Main. First came\u00a0the wholesale evictions and gutting of\u00a0the now-crumbling historic block on the west side of the Lower Main, effectively transforming an area where entertainment once\u00a0thrived into a dangerous and boarded-up eyesore.\u00a0\u00a0Now, on the south-east corner of Ste. Catherine Street […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,36,3,118,1],"tags":[369,370,37,343,372,307,137,373,355,11,260,337,38,371],"class_list":["post-1159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-community-issues","category-general","category-performance","category-uncategorized","tag-2-22","tag-angus","tag-boulevard-st-laurent","tag-burlesque","tag-cafe-cleo","tag-cafe-cleopatra","tag-controversy","tag-craig-sauve","tag-donovan-king","tag-montreal","tag-quartier-des-spectacles","tag-richard-bergeron","tag-the-main","tag-urban-plan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1159"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2717,"href":"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159\/revisions\/2717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}