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johnfowles · 12-30-2010, 01:35 PM

I have praised Mayor Drapeau (who passed away in 1999) here before and I realise that Char will probably repeat her valid point that Drapeau cost big bucks over the mishandling of the 1976 Olympics but for me he revitalised Montreal which when I arrived in the city in 1964 had several features in common with bomb damaged London after the War
Very quickly we had Place des Arts the superb Metro system and of course Expo 67. Part of the general improvement was the complete rebuilding of the main North South route the Decarie Expressway
What say you Moose??
I found a great quote from Drapeau's wiki:-
"As rival Toronto grew in size and prestige, Drapeau declared: "Let Toronto become Milan. Montreal will always be Rome."

12-30-2010, 01:35 PM	#7
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Re: Macleans Magazine, September 1968 I have praised Mayor Drapeau (who passed away in 1999) here before and I realise that Char will probably repeat her valid point that Drapeau cost big bucks over the mishandling of the 1976 Olympics but for me he revitalised Montreal which when I arrived in the city in 1964 had several features in common with bomb damaged London after the War Very quickly we had Place des Arts the superb Metro system and of course Expo 67. Part of the general improvement was the complete rebuilding of the main North South route the Decarie Expressway What say you Moose?? I found a great quote from Drapeau's wiki:- "As rival Toronto grew in size and prestige, Drapeau declared: "Let Toronto become Milan. Montreal will always be Rome."