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City Within a City

Item number (ISN):

104341

Series title:

20/20

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

104341

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Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: KINES FROM PARC, TORONTO

Accession:

1986-0810

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1963-01-27

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Description:

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This documentary is about Place Ville Marie in Montreal, the largest office building in the British Commonwealth, and the people who work there. This massive $80 million project, covering seven acres, is examined from the human point of view and whether the architecture lives up to the definition of being an “enclosure of space for the use of man”. The program examines whether Place Ville Marie, developed by William Zeckendorf, confines or liberates the human spirit. Place Ville Marie, completed in September 1962, was at one time the site of the residential district for such prominent Montrealers as the mayor, city aldermen, federal and provincial politicians, and leaders of the business and financial world. The 42-storey Royal Bank of Canada building, the largest office building in the British Commonwealth, with more than 1,500,000 square feet of rentable office space, is the heart of the project. The Royal Bank is made up of 49 levels above the plaza, with lobbies and quadrant retailing space, two banking levels, one mechanical level, 40 office floors, two mechanical penthouses and three observation floors. Three additional levels below the plaza raise the total to 52 levels. The complex includes 50 stores, service shops, restaurants and cinemas. There are interviews of people who work in the building. <30mn>

Language:

English

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1. Sources of description includes CBC press release entitled “Montreal’s Place Ville Marie is examined on 20/20, Jan. 27", No. 12, dated January 11, 1963.
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

~Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le site

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With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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