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Windsor Station – Traditional Transportation Making A Comeback?

In an article today by Andy Riga I learned of an exciting new project that would see Montreal’s venerable Windsor Station “reborn as a major transportation hub, welcoming trains, buses and tramways”‎. I have to admit that I rarely get such heartening news over my morning coffee and Montreal Gazette!

This proposed resurrection of Windsor Station heartens me because it’s one of Montreal’s grandest and most historic secular buildings, so anything that brings it back to its former glory is “a good thing”.  Moreover  this eco-friendly project fits in perfectly with today’s spirit of the times. Public transportation then-and-now – something to celebrate!

Vintage Postcard

This is the first of a series of historic views of Windsor Station, Dominion Square and Windsor Hotel that I will be publishing over the next few weeks. The one I’m sharing today is from the early twentieth century, and in fact the faded postmark seems to read May ’08.

Reverse of Private Postcard

Further Reading:

Paging Lord Mount Stephen – will statue return to Windsor Station?

November 12, 2009 Posted by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | Uncategorized | Montreal, postcard, postcards, public transportation, trains, transportation, Windsor Station | 11 Comments