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Montréal Photo Gallery - 1967 World Expo Remnants

Parc Jean-Drapeau hosted the World Expo in 1967, where 62 participating countries participated under the theme "Man and His World". The 6 month event saw over 50 million visitors. Today, some pavilions remain and the island is a huge park with beautiful skyline views. It has its own metro station being 1 stop from downtown.

I was also interested in Habitat 67, which was designed by Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie as the Canadian Pavilion for the World Expo. Built on an artificial peninsula, the buildings showcased an example of high quality and affordable homes in a dense urban setting using prefabricated modular technology (the "boxes").

By stacking these boxes in different configurations, each apartment got its roof garden and a lot of natural light without being too face-to-face with their neighbour, creating a suburban garden home effect despite the highrise setting.

Getting here is quite an adventure, as there are no city buses that stop at the site. Instead, I took a long walk across Pont de la Concorde, taking about a half hour from the metro station.

Being right next to the water with no other big buildings nearby, even the lower floors get to enjoy river and skyline views.

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