Writing Turcot Yards
November 27, 2006 by neath
New page today! Thought I would get a page that deals with writing, any writing that has a connection with Turcot Yards.
Perhaps this can grow into something. If anyone would would like to contribute in any way, please email me at
neathatturcot@yahoo.ca
We will see what happens!
Neath
June 18, 2007
Found this over at Friendster.
dear god,
when the weather warms winter
and we see skinny snowmen lining
the streets of suburbia, we are
going to check out the turcot yards
before it is made ugly with new
buildings that actually work.
amen.
By Emily
hey,
i’m interested in the community that used to be about where the turcot interchange now is. i believe it was called turcotville. it was demolished to make space for the highway. do you know anything about it?
cheers,
jacob
Hi Jacob,
you are probably talking about Les Tanneries, a section of the west end of Saint Henri. But this was long before any highways were built. Parts of it were torn down for highway expansion in the early parts of the 20th century, but the Turcot Interchange was built directly over an active train yard.
Check this out and stay in touch.
http://www.cemrs.qc.ca/francais/articles/article2.php
Neath
Is this really “The World’s Largest Urban Abandoned Space?” Fascinating.
If you know of a bigger one please let me know!
I am the president of the St-Raymond’s Residents association here in NDG below the tracks. i strongly support turning the falaise between st-jacques and the turcot interchange into an accessible park, with a couple of entrances in NDG as well as St-Henri of course. I agree that it is a great bird and plant sanctuary, with a mild micro climate because the cliff side faces south-east. I have also cross country skied down there many times last winter. So we will be organizing a campaign to get it turned into a park. We also oppose Transport Quebec’s plans for the area, which is to move the 20 closer to the falaise when they tear down the turcot interchange. I agree with the aesthetic appreciation of the interchange expressed in the Gazette this morning, so I think they should keep it if they can.
My 9 year old son is fascinated by the exchange…he calls it the ‘Metropolis’
Great pictures!!
Hi Peter, Let me know where I can sign in!
Neath
As you know I’ve been a fan for some time now but like many I don’t leave comments. I stopped in to say that I really appreciate what you are sharing. The images are wonderfully evocative and your skill as a photographer is evident. Keep bringing it on.
Thanks! I know you don’t post a lot so it s much appreciated. Likewise for your blog.
What a great idea, neath. I wish I were there; I would write about Turcot Yards. (Perhaps in my dreams, something will come.)
Dreams are more than welcome.
our family lived directly in front of the turcot round house….which was facing VALIANT PARK…we lived
on St. Remi St. between Cazelais St. & Rue St. Jacques.
the round house was notably famous for letting its
smoke house…with no consideration of the families
close by with all the days laundry on their outside lines
turning pitch black….it was fun living there and enjoy
that area and the park….there is a web site about
it…laglen-sthenri.com……………check it out
our house was torn down to make way for the expressway….
although by then i had moved to hollywood, florida….
i can be reached at domenicfl@comcast.com
Hi Domenic,
Quite the story! I kinda figured there would be smoke and soot problems in the neighborhood back then. Bring on more!
But you know that the cliffs at st Jacques were are huge Garbage dump.That’s right Garhage trucks would pull up to the cliffs and dump the garbage from St Jacques off the cliffs.Up until the 70’s when it was becoming to much of an eyesore for people on the newly opened highway 20
Sorry for all the mistakes- let me start over. A story that’s been covered up. The cliffs at st Jacques were a huge Garbage dump. That’s right, Garbage trucks would pull up to the cliffs and dump the garbage from St Jacques over the cliffs.Up until the 70’s when it was becoming to much of an eyesore for people on the newly opened highway 20
Sorry for the delayed response, but wouldn’t that garbage have been hard to see from the highway during the container era?