{"id":11627,"date":"2021-05-18T13:53:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memento.heritagemontreal.org\/?post_type=site&#038;p=11627"},"modified":"2025-08-06T13:46:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T13:46:33","slug":"brutalist-portion-of-the-bays-store","status":"publish","type":"site","link":"https:\/\/memento.heritagemontreal.org\/en\/site\/brutalist-portion-of-the-bays-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Brutalist portion of The Bay&#8217;s store"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<header>\n\t\t<div data-header-site class=\"header-site\" style=\"--type-color: #ce6030;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hmtl.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Fac%CC%A7ade-590-Maisonneuve-Ouest-GSV-2019.png\" alt=\"header site background image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid site-info\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-md-1 col-md-10 back\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"back-arrow\" href=\"https:\/\/memento.heritagemontreal.org\/carte-interactive\/\">Back to map<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-site-content class=\"col-sm-10 offset-sm-1 col-md-8 offset-md-2 col-lg-6 offset-lg-3 col-xl-4 offset-xl-4 content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"upper type-2\">Citizen alert<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"title\">Brutalist portion of The Bay&#8217;s store<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle\">590, de Maisonneuve boulevard West, Montr\u00e9al<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"description\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-open-side-bar class=\"button\" href=\"#\">Contribute to this page<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub-box-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 offset-md-1 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2 col-xl-6 offset-xl-3 sub-box type-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"views-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"views\">1218<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Views on this page<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"share-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"social-medias-menu\" data-share-snippet>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"social-media-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/memento.heritagemontreal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/site\/11627&#038;t=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" data-facebook-share><span class=\"fab fa-facebook\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"social-media-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?source=https:\/\/memento.heritagemontreal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/site\/11627&#038;text=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tweet\" data-twitter-share><span class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Share this page<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Fonction \u00e0 venir\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"button dark-version\">S'abonner aux mises \u00e0 jour<\/a> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"half-half-slider\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"order-1 order-md-0 offset-sm-1 col-sm-10 offset-md-1 col-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"modified_date\">Published on  : May 18 2021<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"modified_date\">Last modified on  : August 06 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"submitted-by\">Alert submitted by: Gr\u00e9gory Taillon<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"long-description\">\n\t\t\t<p>The Bay&#8217;s downtown store building will be densified with the construction of a 25-storey office tower. The older portions of the building will fortunately be preserved and restored, but the brutalist section at the back, on de Maisonneuve West, will be demolished. This building is an important witness of this movement, often misunderstood and disliked by the public. Quality and well-preserved examples are becoming increasingly rare.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-open-side-bar class=\"add-content-link next-arrow\" href=\"#\">Add additionnal information<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"mb-4 mb-md-0 offset-sm-1 col-sm-10 offset-md-1 col-md-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-ctn\">\n\t\t\t<div data-small-slider class=\"small-slider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"small-slider-image\" src=\"https:\/\/hmtl.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/590-Maisonneuve-Ouest-GSV-2019.png\" alt=\"slider image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"image-title with-bullets\">Portion brutaliste du magasin La Baie, vue du coin Maisonneuve Ouest et Union<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"caption\">Source: Google Street View, ao\u00fbt 2019<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"small-slider-image\" src=\"https:\/\/hmtl.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Fac%CC%A7ade-590-Maisonneuve-Ouest-GSV-2019.png\" alt=\"slider image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"image-title with-bullets\">Fac\u0327ade, 590 boul. Maisonneuve Ouest<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"caption\">Source: Google Street View, ao\u00fbt 2019\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"small-slider-image\" src=\"https:\/\/hmtl.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Projet-La-Baie-MSDL.jpeg\" alt=\"slider image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"image-title with-bullets\">Projet d&#8217;agrandissement du magasin La Baie<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"caption\">Source: Menk\u00e8s Shooner Dagenais Letourneux, architectes (via La Presse)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-custom-prev material-icons with-bullets\">keyboard_arrow_left<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-custom-next material-icons with-bullets\">keyboard_arrow_right<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"single-big-col\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-10 offset-sm-1 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2 col-xl-6 offset-xl-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title\"><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"subtitle\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The modern portion of The Bay&#8217;s store is of heritage interest in many ways. It is one of the last remaining examples of Brutalist architecture in Montreal, as many others have been demolished or extensively transformed. Brutalism, although unloved by the general public, is as important in the history of architecture as any other movement, and it is therefore essential to preserve its witnesses. It is also a symbol of the will of the big banners to modernize their older stores and to bring back some of their clientele, while the 1960s were the scene of a rapid development of the Montreal suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>The building&#8217;s appearance also plays a heritage role. Although it is at first sight repulsive, with its large blind concrete surfaces, it is in fact a very well designed building. Its tripartite composition follows the logic of the original building on Sainte-Catherine, the large arches on the first floor are a reminder of the arches of the neo-classical part, as is the reddish color of the concrete.<\/p>\n<p>From a technical point of view, fluted concrete was a very popular method during the 1960s that has since disappeared. Although it is still possible to reproduce this pattern, this building is an important example of this construction method. Environmentally, it is a building with a concrete structure in good condition, as is its envelope. Demolishing such a building to rebuild a new one represents a significant waste of resources and energy. This is even more true considering that it is an easily adaptable building, as its plan is very simple, with a grid of regular columns, allowing any function to be easily accommodated. The lack of windows is an important problem, but a careful and sensitive intervention could certainly solve it. Finally, it is a building that contributes to the richness and diversity of our downtown. The elimination of these buildings from other eras in favour of anonymous glass towers would contribute to the banalization of the downtown.<\/p>\n<p>A public consultation led by the Office de consultation publique de Montr\u00e9al (OCPM) is currently underway, with virtual hearings ending on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, after which the commissioners will prepare the final consultation report. All the documentation regarding the proposed project is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/ocpm.qc.ca\/fr\/labaie\">OCPM website dedicated to the consultation on the Hudson&#8217;s Bay store (in French)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, the Hudson\u2019s Bay Company declared bankruptcy, casting doubt on the realization of this expansion project. Following the complete liquidation of La Baie stores, the entire building is now vacant, and its future remains uncertain.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"text-items-list\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-10 offset-sm-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-border\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-10 offset-sm-1 col-md-8 offset-md-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"informations\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMunicipality or borough\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-open-side-bar class=\"add-item-link\" href=\"#\">Ajouter<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Ville-Marie borough<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIssues\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-open-side-bar class=\"add-item-link\" href=\"#\">Ajouter<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Mechanisms for protection<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Urban Development<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOwner(s)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-open-side-bar class=\"add-item-link\" href=\"#\">Ajouter<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Private: company<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThreat(s)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-open-side-bar class=\"add-item-link\" href=\"#\">Ajouter<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Vacant<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Lack of knowledge<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Demand for land, speculation<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Demolition<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConception\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-open-side-bar class=\"add-item-link\" href=\"#\">Ajouter<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Bolton, Ellwood and Aimers, architects<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tManager(s)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-open-side-bar class=\"add-item-link\" href=\"#\">Ajouter<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Owner (Hudson&#8217;s Bay Company)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCategorie(s)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-open-side-bar class=\"add-item-link\" href=\"#\">Ajouter<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Commercial<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConstruction year\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-open-side-bar class=\"add-item-link\" href=\"#\">Ajouter<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">1964<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRecognition status\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-open-side-bar class=\"add-item-link\" href=\"#\">Ajouter<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Located in an area of exceptional heritage value \u2013 Phillips Square and Sainte-Catherine Street 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