Montreal metro proposal, 1953 Size:18x24 The elephant in the room

The elephant in the room was cost

and one of my friends had fixed me up on a weekend date

Philadelphia was undergoing explosive growth: between 1860 and 1880 the city gained 280

for various reasons

and I'm quite proud of it

Montreal metro proposal, 1953 Size:18x24 The elephant in the roomMontreal had half a dozen plans for a rapid transit system before the Metro was actually built. This is the 1953 plan which was put forth during the late Grande Noirceur period, but political support was lacking. At the time Montreal was in the middle of shutting down its old tramway system and mass transit wasn't in fashion at all. It took the construction of the Yonge subway in Toronto to light a fire under Montreal politicians' butts and to get