Borough Downtown


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Demolished buildings
5 most appreciated building of this borough according to our users
1Embassy of the Czech Republic
2Place Ville-Marie
31250 Boulevard René-levesque
4Icône Condos Rene-Levesque Tower
5Desjardins Complex (South-West tower)

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District on historical map

The district of Ville-Marie (Downtown Montreal) is more than one simple arrondissement(district), it is at the same time the center of Montreal and also the economic center of the province of Quebec.

The Ville-Marie district was not always the economic center of Montreal; in fact this status is recent on the scale of Montreal history. First’s large buildings built at the beginning of the Thirties weren’t in the downtown area but concentrated in the current Old Montreal. Buildings such as the Sun Life building and the Bell building started a trend that the great depression drastically stopped. It is with the opening of the Central train stations that the current Downtown took place.

With the project of covering the enormous trench left open by the entering of the tunnel under the mountain builds by Canadian Northern Railway the current downtown area really started to take its place. The project of the Place Ville-Marie and the Bonaventure place (both built over the rails of CN) literally polarized the development of the Montreal’s downtown town toward north; projects then came at a frightening speed for the metropolis.

Today Ville-Marie district knows a major rebirth with arrival of Apartment skyscrapers, many are luxury which will come to populate more Montreal’s downtown and thus to make a city more alive.

2173 Pictures of Downtown, Montréal.


Historical buildings and skyscrapers in borough Downtown

Skyscrapers

42 images
Downtown

Appartements Le Duke

297, rue Robert-Bourassa / William / Prince

2021 25 Floors
65 images
Downtown

Le Quinzecent condominiums

1500, boulevard René-Lévesque / Rue Guy

2024 36 Floors
8 images
Downtown

Projet Sainte-Catherine Saint-Hubert - Tour Ouest

Rue Sainte-Catherine / Saint-Hubert

2026 18 Floors
30 images
Downtown

La Tour Fides

235, boulevard René-Lévesque / Rue Saint-Élisaeth

2025 19 Floors

Schools and Universities

5 images
Downtown

Concordia - Pavillon Learning Square LC

1635, boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest

2020 2 Floors
33 images
Downtown

Ancienne École Alexandra

1250, rue Sanguinet

1910 5 Floors
23 images
Downtown

Pavillon de Design (DE) UQAM

1440, rue Sanguinet / rue Sainte-Catherine Est

1996 4 Floors
21 images
Downtown

Cinémathèque québecoise

355, boulevard de Maisonneuve Est

1922 3 Floors

Churches

8 images
Downtown

Église Saint-Patrick

De la Gauchetière

1847 5 Floors
2 images
Downtown

Église American Presbyterian

Rue Dorchester / Drummond

1866 3 Floors
11 images
Downtown

Église de St. Andrew et St. Paul

3415, rue Redpath /Sherbrooke Ouest

1932 3 Floors
7 images
Downtown

Église St. John The Evangelist

137, avenue Président Kennedy

1879 3 Floors

Bank

7 images
Downtown

Banque de Montréal

1850, rue Notre-Dame Ouest / Rue des Seigneurs

1895 4 Floors
3 images
Downtown

Banque de Montréal

670, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest / Robert-Bourassa

1902 7 Floors
3 images
Downtown

Banque d'Épargne

1478, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest

1956 3 Floors
5 images
Downtown

TD Toronto Dominion

1601,rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest / Guy

1908 5 Floors

Office

4 images
Downtown
2000 9 Floors
16 images
Downtown

Édifice Dominion Square

1010, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest

1929 12 Floors
5 images
Downtown
1990 6 Floors
3 images
Downtown

Édifice Méco

415, rue Saint-Antoine Ouest

1941 4 Floors

Public Building

2 images
Downtown

Le Gaiety Theatre

539, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest

1909 3 Floors
1 images
Downtown

MEM – Centre des mémoires montréalaises

Boulevard Saint-Laurent / Rue Sainte-Catherine

2023 2 Floors
6 images
Downtown

Régiment de Maisonneuve

691, rue Cathcart

1933 4 Floors
5 images
Downtown

Le 1700 La Poste

1700, rue Notre-Dame Ouest

1913 2 Floors

Apartments and Condos

10 images
Downtown

M9 phase 2

Prince / Wellington

2010 8 Floors
6 images
Downtown

Projet Sainte-Catherine Saint-Hubert - Tour Est

Rue Sainte-Catherine / Saint-Hubert

2026 18 Floors
5 images
Downtown

Projet rue Clark / Evans

Rue Clark / Rue Evans

2024 3 Floors
7 images
Downtown
1912 8 Floors

Hotels

13 images
Downtown

Hotel Le Ritz Carlton

1228, rue Sherbrooke Ouest

1912 11 Floors
1 images
Downtown

Hotel Windsor

Rue Peel / Dorchester

1878 7 Floors
3 images
Downtown

Hôtel Maritime Plaza | Montréal

1155, rue Guy / René-Lévesque

1964 14 Floors
8 images
Downtown

Hôtel Le Germain Montréal

2050, rue Mansfield

1967 22 Floors

Industrials Building

5 images
Downtown
1861 3 Floors
20 images
Downtown

Centre de Données Urbacon

Rue de l'Inspecteur / Rue Monfort

2017 10 Floors
6 images
Downtown

Édifice Desbarats (The Gazette)/Wheatley & Wilson Ltd.

476-480, rue de La Gauchetière ouest

1930 4 Floors
1 images
Downtown

277 Duke

277, rue Duke

1900 2 Floors

Commercial

4 images
Downtown

Centre Eaton de Montréal

705, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest

1991 5 Floors
1 images
Downtown

Magasin Woolworth

881-889, rue Sainte-Catherine

1937 3 Floors
4 images
Downtown

Magasin Holt Renfrew

1300-1312, rue Sherbrooke Ouest

1937 7 Floors
1 images
Downtown

Immeuble J.O . Gravel

1181-1183, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest

1927 3 Floors

Old Houses

8 images
Downtown

Manoir John Redpath

3457, avenue du Musée

1886 3 Floors
2 images
Downtown

Ambassade de la république Tchèque

1305, avenue des Pins Ouest

1922 4 Floors
10 images
Downtown

Maison Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine

1395, avenue Overdale

1835 4 Floors
4 images
Downtown

Maison William-Dow

1175-1183, place du Frère-André / René Lévesque

1861 2 Floors

Monasteries, Religious Buildings

12 images
Downtown
1896 3 Floors
8 images
Downtown

Couvent des Soeurs Grises

1190, rue Guy / René-Lévesque Ouest

1878 4 Floors
1 images
Downtown
1804 3 Floors
6 images
Downtown

Mont Saint-Louis

244, rue Sherbrooke Est

1888 4 Floors

Typical Duplex and triplex

2 images
Downtown

Triplex sur Ontario

rue Ontario / Saint-Denis

10 images
Downtown

Plex en rangée sur Hôtel-de-Ville

975-1013, avenue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville

1885 3 Floors
1 images
Downtown

Quadruplexe sur de la Gauchetière

161, rue de la Gauchetière

1870 2 Floors
1 images
Downtown

1619-1637, avenue Selkirk

1900 3 Floors

Metro Station

11 images
Downtown
1966 1 Floors
6 images
Downtown

Station de métro Place d'Armes

960, rue Saint-Urbain / Viger

1966 1 Floors
5 images
Downtown

Station de métro Jean-Drapeau

170, Île Sainte-Hélène

1967 1 Floors
7 images
Downtown

Station de métro Place-des-Arts

boulevard Maisonneuve

1966 1 Floors

Contemporary Houses

1 images
Downtown

Maison Max de Lacamp

Croissant Redpath

1952 3 Floors
2 images
Downtown

Le Greystone

1200, rue du Fort

4 images
Downtown

YUL - Maisons de ville

Avenue Overdale

2020 4 Floors

City pictures : borough Downtown

Streets

1 images
Downtown

Coin Saint-Laurent Saint-Antoine

Boulevard Saint-Laurent / Sainte-Catherine

2 images
Downtown
2022 0 Floors
3 images
Downtown

Bouteille de lait Géante

Lucien-L'Allier

2010 0 Floors
1 images
Downtown

Rue Evans

Rue Evans

2013 0 Floors

Park

1 images
Downtown

Parc Saint-Patrick

Rue de la Gauchetière

2015 0 Floors
8 images
Downtown

Entrée de ville Bonaventure

Rue Duke / Nazareth / Ottawa / William

2017 0 Floors
1 images
Downtown
2013 0 Floors
3 images
Downtown
2007 0 Floors

Graffitis

1 images
Downtown

Under Pressure 2013

Rue Saint-Élisabeth

2013 0 Floors
2 images
Downtown

Under Pressure 2014 - 6

Rue de Bullion

2014 0 Floors
1 images
Downtown

Palissade colorée

Rue Cloutier

2016 0 Floors
1 images
Downtown

Meeting of Styles Montreal 2006

de Bleury / Maisonneuve

2006 0 Floors

Public Places

2 images
Downtown

Patinoire de l'Esplanade Tranquille

Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest

2022 0 Floors
10 images
Downtown

Place des Montréalaises

Autoroute Ville-Marie

2018 0 Floors
1 images
Downtown

Square Phillips en reconstruction

Rue Sainte-CAtherine Ouest

2021 0 Floors
7 images
Downtown

La Cour Rio Tinto

Avenue des Canadiens

2015 0 Floors

Horizons

5 images
Downtown
2022 0 Floors
1 images
Downtown

Vue à partir du chemin Olmsted

chemin Olmsted Mont-Royal

2017 0 Floors
1 images
Downtown
2016 0 Floors

Historical Monuments

4 images
Downtown

Monument Monseigneur Bourget

René-lévesque

2006 0 Floors
1 images
Downtown
2017 0 Floors
2 images
Downtown

Monument sur la place de la Rencontre

Boulevard de Maisonneuve

2016 0 Floors
1 images
Downtown
2016 0 Floors

Wall painted publicities

1 images
Downtown
2016 0 Floors
2 images
Downtown

Blumenthals

Rue Sainte-catherine

2006 0 Floors
1 images
Downtown
2006 0 Floors
3 images
Downtown

Suzanne Models

Rue Clark

2014 0 Floors

Bridges / Viaducts

4 images
Downtown

Pont de la Concorde

de la Concorde

2012 0 Floors
1 images
Downtown
2013 0 Floors
1 images
Downtown

Viaduc Berri

Rue Berri

2013 0 Floors

Others

1 images
Downtown

Enseigne du Ben s

De Maisonneuve

2006 0 Floors
1 images
Downtown

Virtrine de la Vitrine

Rue Saint-Laurent / Sainte-Catherine

2017 0 Floors
1 images
Downtown

L'arbre de la honte

Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest

2016 0 Floors
2 images
Downtown
2017 0 Floors

Converted Landscapes

8 images
Downtown

Démolition sur Saint-Hubert

Rue Saint-Hubert / Viger

2023 0 Floors
6 images
Downtown
2018 0 Floors
3 images
Downtown

Luminothérapie 2019

Place des Festivals

2019 0 Floors
1 images
Downtown
2007 0 Floors

Backstreets

1 images
Downtown

Sans issue

Ruelle, boulevard de Maisonneuve

2016 0 Floors
1 images
Downtown
2015 0 Floors
1 images
Downtown

Ruelle verte

Boulevard Maisonneuve Ouest

2012 0 Floors

Murals

1 images
Downtown

Murale en l'honneur de Françoise Sullivan

Rue Sainte-Catherine / Saint-Hubert

2023 0 Floors
2 images
Downtown
2017 0 Floors
2 images
Downtown

Axel Void - Personne - Mural 2015

Rue Evans / Rue Clark

2015 0 Floors
1 images
Downtown

MC Baldassari sur Sainte-Catherine

Rue Sainte-Catherine Est

2016 0 Floors

Aerial Photos

1 images
Downtown

Vue aérienne

Centre-Ville

1956 0 Floors
1 images
Downtown

Hotel Ford

Boulevard René-lévesque

1926 0 Floors

Street furniture

1 images
Downtown
2021 0 Floors
1 images
Downtown

Le Galopant

La Ronde

2017 0 Floors
3 images
Downtown
2017 0 Floors
6 images
Downtown
2017 0 Floors
 


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