New project on the Molson site: A unique opportunity!
This industrial complex is of exceptional heritage value, emblematic as it is of the city's industrial and commercial history and landscape. Although the former brewery, one of the...
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Westmount: How to reconcile densification and heritage?
This library, more than a heritage building, plays an essential role as a third place in the collective life of the neighborhood and beyond. We stress the importance of designing a PPU that preserves...
Reflections on the future of the Verdun Natatorium
Header photo: Denis Tremblay, Wikimedia Commons The April 30 public information meeting on the future of the Verdun Natatorium, attended by Héritage Montréal , showed the undeniable affection...
Maintaining the OCPM to better develop Montreal
Recent media revelations about the governance and spending of the Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OCPM) over the past few years have prompted many to call for...
Open letter | OCPM: Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater
The Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OCPM) has been in the spotlight for several days now. In the midst of this storm, we feel it's important to distinguish between certain management practices...
REM de l'Est: 23 stations of doubt and 32 km of unanswered questions
Two years after the signing of the declaration to revitalise the east end of Montreal, the Eastern REM is now being presented as the only viable solution to serve a sector that has been...
For an exemplary redevelopment of the former Royal Victoria Hospital
Inaugurated in 1893, the former Royal Victoria Hospital is still a major heritage site in the city. Located on the southern slope of the mountain, it is considered to be one of the...
Let's not look up at modern heritage, let's look up
On April 19, 2021, in the context of International Monuments and Sites Day, Héritage Montréal invited the public to a round table discussion entitled "Complex pasts:...
Heritage and the climate crisis: when the past is the future
On 27 September 2019, Montreal hosted a feverish crowd inspired by young activist Greta Thunberg at the Climate March, the largest of its kind in the world.
The maintenance of real estate assets: a powerful and priority gesture
Every year, at its annual meeting, Héritage Montréal adopts resolutions on issues that are dear to its heart and considered priorities. This year,...
Heritage at the time of Covid-19
Every year, at its annual meeting, Héritage Montréal adopts resolutions on issues that are dear to its heart and considered priorities. This year, the organization adopted four resolutions, including one on the future of the Old Port. Today, in the current context, I have chosen to present our resolution on heritage and post-pandemic planning (2020-02).
For the development and enhancement of the Old Port of Montréal area
Every year, at its annual meeting, Héritage Montréal adopts resolutions on issues that are dear to its heart and considered priorities. This year,...
Montréal and its knowledge institutions
This year, as part of our ArchitecTours program, Héritage Montréal is offering a tour focusing on the architecture of places of learning. It's a rich and complex subject that has been...
Publication of the Auditor General of Quebec's report on the heritage of the Auditor General of Quebec
Héritage Montréal welcomes the publication of the audit by the Office of the Auditor General of Quebec (VGQ) on the preservation and enhancement of real estate assets. This report is unprecedented....