Episode 014 Half A Fountain at Dorchester Square in Montreal
Channel: Virtual Montreal Fountain Tours
Date: 2022-10-20

The face of every major city with at least an inkling of vision, is constantly developing and changing. We’ve visited a number of fountains that were revitalized or completely recreated at the turn of this century. While one of the newest to add to Montreal’s urban landscape was the fountain at Phillips Square which we visited in Episode 006 of Virtual Montreal Fountain Tours, and that was inaugurated on June 27, of the current year.

This fountain, has been often referred to as a half-fountain by local media, and they too were the first to point out that the fountain was dysfunctional a month after it opened. While I didn’t like Claude Cormier & Associates work on top of Place des Arts, I agree with Sophie Beaudoin, a senior associate with the firm who told the media, “such deficiencies.. ‘are’ completely normal in a project such as this.” Very often, large projects are complex, with some problems bound to arise. This is not the furniture people purchase at IKEA.