Here in Montréal, the Olympic Stadium is one of, if not the most iconic building.
Built for the 1976 summer olympic games, its story has always been wrapped in controversy. First of all because of the astronomical amount of money that has been spent to build it, and then keep it standing.
The general opinion is very devided, when it comes to the stadium’s look. A lot of Montrealers dislike the UFO-looking building.
I disagree.
I think that the whole olympic park is very interesting, architecture-wise. Yesterday, I visited the Biodôme, an indoor zoo built in the 1976 velodrome. I was with Chéri, my little brother and his boyfriend. All of whom aren’t really patient when it comes to my picture taking, so I only took a couple, but I thought I’d share them with you…
I should go back to let myself loose for a couple of hours, but now that we have upgraded to the orange level (pre-alert), it might take a couple of months… Don’t hold your breath! Mouahahhahahaha
Night night from Montréal!
Looks way cooler than Cardiff’s closest equivalent (a dreary thing with huge, ill-considered rusty metal spires called the Millennium Stadium).
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I really like the odd architecture… and given the money that was put into it so far, I can’t imagine the city ever destroying it. I googled Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium too… It might not be as pretty, but it wasn’t built to host Olympic games 😉
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I saw this when I was in Montreal two years ago. It’s a reveal eye catcher!
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It’s hard to miss it, right? Did you get to go up its tower? The view is incredible on a nice weather day 🙂
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unfortunately, no. I was with a group, and we were walking toward the botanical gardens.
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just noticed that I typed reveal instead of real in my original comment.
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That’s an impressive building!
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It is… I definately have to go back just to make an architure shooting. Unfortunately that will have to wait until the covid-19 measures go down again. Ugh…
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