The demolition of the Van Horne mansion in September 1973 marked a watershed in Montreal's evolution: several prominent architects and community leaders launched a campaign to save the city's wealth of historic buildings from property developers eager to bulldoze blindly in the name of progress and profit. These heritage warriors saved not only buildings, streets, and neighbourhoods, but the very soul of the city we revere today. Their campaign reversed half a century of utopian architectural and planning theory that had abandoned the human scale in favour of conformity and efficiency.
Join QAHN and historian Dr. Rod MacLeod at the Maison Louis-Joseph Forget for this captivating in-person Heritage Talk.
LOCATION:
Maison Louis-Joseph Forget, 1195 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Qc.
LIMITED SEATING / RSVP MANDATORY (No exceptions)
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