The plan provides a system of walkways and spaces to knit the City together and provide a significant heart to Montreal. The components are the old town, the freeways, the historic buildings, the new landmarks and the new structures amid the towers of a mis-guided age when they stood alone among a sea of unsightly carparks. The skeleton of the plan starts as a landmark at the intersection of Rue University and Rue Notre-Dame where the freeway goes underground. A pair of linked towers form a gateway to frame the vista northwards up Rue University. To the east a pedestrian way and linear park connect, with weather protection, through to the McGill axis. The landmark at Rue University and Rue Notre Dame is a vertical element taken up to the RL60 limit in order to mark and accentuate this height at the symbolic beginning of the new heart and reflecting the maximum building height of the old town.
(From competitor's text)
This project was noted for a rigorous pedestrian-oriented system linking, a gateway, an arrival court on University Street to Victoria Square and Saint-Patrick's church with a strongly-defined central element. Proposed built-up areas are not sufficiently defined, overall, to give a credible identity and an implementable set of projects for the whole district.
(From jury report)
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