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RÉSO, commonly referred to as the Underground City (French: La ville souterraine), is the name applied to a series of interconnected office towers, hotels, shopping centres, residential and commercial complexes, convention halls, universities and performing arts venues that form the heart of Montreal's central business district, colloquially referred to as Downtown Montreal.
[1] [2] Art Souterrain took first place in 2009 during the eighth edition of the Nuit Blanche, an activity part of Montreal High Lights Festival. For one night the public was welcomed to walk through Montreal's underground city and see over 80 artists' projects, including video ( Video art ), Performance art , Photography and Installation art .
The latest large underground city was discovered in 2007 in Gaziemir, Güzelyurt. It was a stopover on the Silk Road, allowing travelers and their camels to rest in safety underground, in a 'fortress' equivalent to a modern hotel. A typical view from inside the underground city in Derinkuyu, one of the largest underground complexes in ...
The complex is a nexus for Montreal's Underground City, the world's busiest, with indoor access to over 1,600 businesses, numerous subway stations, a suburban transportation terminal, and tunnels extending throughout downtown.
The height definition follows the city’s National Building Code, which excludes decorative spires, whereas the international Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) includes it, making it Montreal’s tallest building. [5] This 47-story skyscraper was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates and completed in 1992. It was ...
Nobody in Montreal calls it "The Underground City", they simply refer to the specific building that they've visited. "Underground City, Montreal" should still forward here, because it's what tourists actually search for. However, RESO features a few skywalks, making it more than an underground city. Jurjenb 20:25, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
Montreal’s driving force behind the creation of green spaces was inspired by the “City Beautiful” movement of the nineteenth century. [6] This led for many parks to be underway for development, producing green spaces that held a mix of picturesque, English-style gardens and the North American “City Beautiful” movement trend. [ 6 ]
Dorchester Square, originally Dominion Square, is a large urban square in downtown Montreal.Together with Place du Canada, the area is just over 21,000 m 2 (230,000 sq ft) [1] or 2.1 ha of manicured and protected urban parkland bordered by René Lévesque Boulevard to the south, Peel Street to the west, Metcalfe Street to the east and Dorchester Square Street to the north.