networks and hubs
peripheries, planning, and place

"Montreal and the Metropolitan Area..."
Montreal and the Metropolitan Area in the 1960s
(Source: City Planning Department, 1966)

"Communaut mtropolitaine de Montral (..."
Communaut mtropolitaine de Montral (CMM) in 2008

"Demographic Data,"
Demographic Data, Montreal Region
[Source: City Planning Department, Mtropole: Les Cahiers durbanisme, no. 3 (October, 1965)]

"Diagram of the traffic flow..."
Diagram of the traffic flow from the city centre, August 1958
[Montreal City Traffic Department, Lartre Dcarie: Realits et perspectives (May 1961)]

"Montreal and Region,"
Montreal and Region, possible expansion, 1981
Source: Montreal City Traffic Department, May 1961

"SCHEMATIC PLANS COMPARING PROJECTED GROWTH..."
SCHEMATIC PLANS COMPARING PROJECTED GROWTH OF MONTREAL FROM 1964 TO 2000
[BASED ON ILLUSTRATIONS IN HORIZON 2000, MONTREAL, ARCHITECTURE,  BATIMENT, CONSTRUCTION 23 (APRIL 1968)]

"Hypothetical plans for the Montreal..."
Hypothetical plans for the Montreal region with a population of 10 million inhabitants: Star-shaped; galactic; or concentrated metropolis.
City Planning Department, City of Montreal, tude de la forme: Rgion de Montral, no.2 1966

"Downtown Montreal in the 1960s"
Downtown Montreal in the 1960s:
Major Projects
(Source: CCA)

"Main passenger terminal,"
Main passenger terminal, Dorval Airport, 1965
Archibald, Illsley, and Templeton Architects; Larose and Larose, Associate architects
Dept of Transport introduced the International Style in its airports of the 1950s

The first lesson we have to learn is that a city exists, not for the constant passage of motor cars, but for the care and culture of men.

Lewis Mumford, The Highway and the City, Architectural Record 123
(April 1958): 179-186.
"Widening Dorchester Street to create..."
Widening Dorchester Street to create Dorchester Boulevard, 31 March 1955

"Construction of Metropolitan Boulevard,"
Construction of Metropolitan Boulevard,
c.1958

"Aerial view of Metropolitan Boulevard..."
Aerial view of Metropolitan Boulevard from above Saint-Michel Boulevard, looking east, 30 June 1966

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"Perspective,"
Perspective, National Film Board of Canada, 1952
Ross, Patterson, Townsend, and Fish, architects

"Highway 417"
Highway 417
the Queensway, Ottawa
(part of the TransCanada Highway)

"Monte Saint-Lonard (Anjou)"
Monte Saint-Lonard (Anjou) Interchange ramps, 15 August, 1965
(east-island section of the Trans-Canada Highway)
ornamented with running patterns

"Rockland Shopping Centre,"
Rockland Shopping Centre, 1958-59
Victor Prus and Ian Martin

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"Project for a north-south expressway..."
Project for a north-south expressway along Saint Lawrence Boulevard, aerial perspective of the interchange at Dorchester, May 1959

"Study for layout of east-west..."
Study for layout of east-west expressway
Lalonde and Valois, engineers, Autostrade est-ouest, cit de Montral, 1959

"Model of east-west expressway,"
Model of east-west expressway, 1964
City Planning Department
(below)
Impact study of east-west expressway, 1959
Lalonde and Valois engineers

"East-west expressway,"
East-west expressway, various studies in tunnel, 1963
City Planning Department

"Ville-marie expressway"
Ville-marie expressway

MONTREAL METRO 1966
MONTREAL METRO 1976
Montreal Metro then and now
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"MONTREAL METRO SYSTEM"
MONTREAL METRO SYSTEM

"Metro Square Victoria"
Metro Square Victoria
Original Hector Guimard Paris metro entrance, donated to the City of Montreal

"Through a happy combination..."
Through a happy combination of expert foresight, private initiative, and luck, Montreal is about to become the first 20th century city in North America.  Its Downtown, compressed between Mount Royal and the St. Lawrence, is seen here outlined in white, erupting skyward.  But what sets this core apart is not so much the towers as their spreading roots in a multilevel network of shops, transportation systems, and pedestrian promenades.
Peter Blake, Downtown in 3-D, The Architectural Forum 125,
no.2 (September 1966)

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"PLACE VILLE-MARIE,"
PLACE VILLE-MARIE, 1962
Pei, cobb, freed and partners, Affleck and associates

"New Central Station for Canadian..."
New Central Station for Canadian National Railways, 1943
Photo, n.d.

"Plan of Montreal,"
Plan of Montreal, c. 1967

"Place Ville-Marie,"
Place Ville-Marie, Master Plan, 1957
Plan of northern block (above) and 3 blocks (left)

"Place ville-marie,"
Place ville-marie, Pei, cobb, freed and partners, Affleck and associates, 1962

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"Place Ville Marie,"
Place Ville Marie, Perspective sketch of preliminary scheme for north block
I.M. Pei and Associates

"Centre Hochelaga,"
Centre Hochelaga, c.1960-61 (unbuilt)
Van Ginkel Associates

"Montreals underground network in 1993"
Montreals underground network in 1993

"Plan for Confederation Promenade,"
Plan for Confederation Promenade, unbuilt,
c.1960-61
Andr Blouin and Victor Prus
project for the railways tract of land south of Central Station; proposal to cover completely with artificial flooring extending to the Lachine Canal and the port, and using for office space and auditoriums;

"Place Bonaventure,"
Place Bonaventure, 1967
Affleck and Associates

"Place bonaventure"
Place bonaventure

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