original Forum
The Montreal Forum was the second building of that name to occupy the site. The original Forum building was built by Joseph-Alphonse Christin in 1908. A covered oval-shaped rollerskating track wrapped around an exterior ice-skating rink. The building was demolished in 1923 to make way for the Montreal Forum.
The Montreal Forum
The wikipedia entry for the Montreal Forum does a pretty good job of describing the building:
also of interest:
Moshe Safdie’s unbuilt proposal for a new Molson Center (1966).
1879 – present
Figure-ground plans of the neighborhood dating back to 1879. The site in question is that of the Montreal Forum (dark block with dotted oval).
* I just noticed that the site needs to be more obvious.
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