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(story post 2) Source list for planned v. unplanned

To further my planned v. unplanned project for Montreal, discussed in story post 1 below, I have compiled a dozen people or documents I want to consult.

Secondary Sources—pure digested data:

1/ Owen Roses’s post in urbanphoto about the emerging Cite Multimedia—a massive city-supported gentrification scheme in what was once the Faubourg des Récollets.
2/ Canadian Architect’s piece, Strategic Urbanism, that raves about the success of Cite Multimedia and raves that the vacancy rate will fall—seven years later it hasn’t.
3/ The Montreal Economic Institute’s piece, Les cités industrielles, une politique discutable, looking at the reasoning behind Cite Multimedia and Cite du commerce électronique.

Primary Sources—data without the digestion:

4/ The Cite du commerce électronique’s website.
5/ An interview with Ubisoft Montreal’s Yannis Mallat.
6/ Groupe Cardinal Hardy’s website on Cite Multimedia—this is the firm responsible for the project.

Interview Sources—gabbin’ & talk

7/ John Norquist, the president and CEO for the Congress on New Urbanism—always good for a comment in the past, I would talk over the phone about the ideas that guided the development of Cite Multimedia and the success of the Ubi Soft Montreal office.
8/John Zacharias, Concordia’s expert on walkable urban areas, Mr. Zacharias has yet to be contacted, but I would like to walk with him through the three target areas and record his reactions.
9/ Christopher De Wolf, a Spacing Montreal and urbanphoto contributor/editor who has had a keen eye towards the three areas—not yet contacted, I expect a sit down interview or walk.

Mystery Sources—who might they be?

10/ Someone from Groupe Cardinal Hardy—they can give me the inside on what they were thinking during the project’s planning phase.
11/ A streeter, does the common person notice or care about the type of city around them?
12/ Soneone from the city of Montreal—probably Darren Beker—who can run me through the city’s thinking on all matters planned v. unplanned.

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1.    Lisa Lynch 03.07.10 @ 1:45 pm      

   Good source list — I am not convinced a random streeter is such a good idea, though. Would be great if you could instead find some event that attracted people who were interested in the Montreal cityscape and talked to people there…