Laurentian Hotel

The Laurentian Hotel during its construction in 1947
The Laurentian Hotel in 1967

The Laurentian Hotel was a 1000-room hotel on Dorchester Street, now René Lévesque Boulevard, in Montreal. The hotel was built in 1948 and demolished in 1978.[1] The building was designed by Charles Davis Goodman, who was the architect of a number of prominent Streamline Moderne structures in the city, including the Jewish General Hospital and Bens De Luxe Delicatessen & Restaurant.[2]

At the time, it was the largest hotel ever demolished in Canada.[3] The La Laurentienne Building now stands on the site of the former hotel.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Marsan, Jean-Claude. Montreal in Evolution. McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 319. ISBN 0-7735-0798-1.
  2. ↑ "Charles Davis Goodman". Montréal's Architects. Images Montréal. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
  3. ↑ Cahill, Linda (September 10, 1974). "'Creative' project pledged to replace doomed landmark". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
  4. ↑ Won, Shirley (16 February 1984). "New tower called job creator". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 15 September 2013.


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