"Montreal Universal and Intern ..." a Montreal Travel Page by grandmaR

I have not been to Montreal, but in June of 1967, my US Navy husband's group went to Montreal, and he visited the Expo, and took these pictures. This is the Habitat '67 from across the river. It has become one of Montreal's most exclusive addresses.

"Moshe Safdie's creation — a four-block-long row of 158 prefabricated rectangular houses stacked seemingly randomly in a pyramid — is both highly praised and harshly criticized by architects, planners and politicians. "

Expo 67 was the most spectacular of Canada's 100th anniversary celebrations. It was a gleaming futuristic spectacle built on two giant islands manmade islands in the St. Lawrence River, and it attracted more than 50 million visitors. It was to be just for the one summer of 1967, and so was not designed to withstand Canadian winters.

Two decades later, it apparently is a bit of an eyesore although some of it was torn down and reused for the Olympics in 1976. The photos here and in the two travelogues show what it was like for a visitor when it was first opened.