Tuesday 8/5/2025 was a travel day, after dropping K & J off at Holiday Inn Centerville we had a devil of a time getting parked and into our vrbo. I finally decided to take the car top carrier off and carry it into the room. That way we could use the building’s underground parking. K & J had a spa day and date night at a local eatery. We walked to an Irish pub and ate on their patio. Today, Wednesday the main activity was a tour of Habitat 67, as in 1967. Built for the world’s fair, it is one of the few structures still standing from that fair. Concrete slabs were fabricated on site and lifted into place to form cubes, each about 600 sq. ft. The idea was to create a community in which people would live their entire lives, one cube accommodates a single adult, two a married couple, 3 or 4 for a family, back down to two when the kids move out, then one…..and so on. Built on an island across the St Lawrence from Montreal it does have some stunning views. Below is Peggy approaching Habitat 67.
A “picture window” view at street level from inside central courtyard, standing under a cube.
It feels like a jumbled maze of concrete inside. This picture is from the second floor looking up and across to other units.
A picture from the top of one unit looking across to another jenga like cluster of cubes.
It does have some great views.
Inside the units does feel private and quiet. The affordable housing community idea never worked. The units are privately owned now, sell in the millions, $4,800/mo fee in addition to whatever the mortgage is. Only the super rich live there now.
Below is the biosphere designed by Buckminster Fuller, like habitat 67 it was a structure created for the ’67 worlds fair. Lunch was a picnic in the park where the Biosphere is located.
Afternoon was spent walking in old Montreal and visiting the History of Montreal museum. Evening meal at L’original.
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