The warning label on a pack of smokes in Montreal.
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Warning: Cigarettes Hurt Babies
Tobacco use during pregnancy reduces the growth of babies during pregnancy. These smaller babies may not catch up in growth after birth and the risks of infant illness, disability and death are increased.
Health Canada.
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The view from across McGill University's Lower Field.
Place Mercantile (left), at 2001 avenue McGill College, was built in 1983 to the design of Sylvia Gottwald-Thapar. The 24-floor, 92-meter tall building incorporates historic houses at the bottom, linked by an interior atrium 3 stories high.
Le 1501 McGill College, also known as La Tour McGill, (center), at 1501 avenue mcGill College, is a 36-story, 158-meter skyscraper built by WZMH Architects in 1992. The building's postmodern form features a glass curtain wall that varies between blue and green depending on sunlight. The top 4 floors form a pyramid-shaped mechanical penthouse that is lit white at night; it is lit white, green and red during the Christmas holidays (in a similar manner as the Empire State Building). The tower is crowned with a hollow pyramidal spire.
1200 McGill College (center-right), is a 24-floor, 85-meter high-rise building built in 1976.
McGill University, named after James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university, was founded in 1821. Chartered during the British colonial era, 46 years before the Canadian Confederation, it is also the first non-denominational university in the British Empire. McGill's main campus is set upon 80 acres) at the foot of Mount Royal. A second campus, Macdonald Campus, is situated in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, 30 kilometres west of the downtown campus.
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1000 de la Gauchetière was built to the design of Lemay & Associates and Dimakopoulos & Associates architects in 1992. The 51-floor postmodern tower rises to the maximum height approved by the city--the elevation of Mont Royal--at 205-meters. Measured to its roof, the tower is the tallest building in Montréal, but is surpassed by both 1250 René-Lévesque and the CIBC Tower when spires are considered. Built on lower ground than other towers in the city, 1000 de la Gauchetière appears shorter as part of the skyline from certain angles despite its height.
The postmodern design features a distinctive triangular copper roof as well as four copper-capped rotunda entrances at the tower base corners, inspired by the bordering Cathédrale Marie-Reine du Monde. The semi-spherical corner caps mirror the shape of the half-moon windows of neighbouring Marriott Château Champlain hotel, which were themselves inspired by the arches of the adjoining Windsor Station. The street-level architecture projecting out in a distinct style, reducing the visual and psychological impact of the entire building from this viewpoint. Inside, past an atrium planted with live trees, is an indoor skating rink bordered by cafés.
When it was built, 1000 de la Gauchetière was owned jointly by Bell Canada Enterprises and Teleglobe. In 2002, SITQ, a division of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDP Capital), bought the building for $184 million CAD.
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