Montreal Mirror : How to build a $240-million convention centre around a turn-of-the-century brick wall
This reminds me of the contruction site in downtown Montreal when
Les Promenades De La Cathedrale was built in 1987. The giant pink
skyscraper went up directly behind Christ
Church Cathedral whose entire foundation was removed to make
room for a shopping
mall and parking lot. 
"Resembling a giant ship in dry-dock,
passers-by were arrested by the church's "floating" appearance;
some were even heard to say "You wouldn't catch me going in
there!". Sidewalk superintendents were numerous and eloquent -
explaining their accurate (and not-so-accurate) engineering ideas
to anyone who would listen." I once sang at Christ Church, with
the FACE
Senior Treble Choir, during the short year that I was still a
soprano in high school. The tower's developers were granted a 99
year lease on the property, and when that expires the whole
shebang falls under the ownership of the Anglican Church. If
you've ever seen Jesus de Montreal and
wondered about the building with the pyramids that gets all those
lingering panoramic shots, it's Les Promenades De La
Cathedrale. via YULblog
"Resembling a giant ship in dry-dock,
passers-by were arrested by the church's "floating" appearance;
some were even heard to say "You wouldn't catch me going in
there!". Sidewalk superintendents were numerous and eloquent -
explaining their accurate (and not-so-accurate) engineering ideas
to anyone who would listen." I once sang at Christ Church, with
the FACE
Senior Treble Choir, during the short year that I was still a
soprano in high school. The tower's developers were granted a 99
year lease on the property, and when that expires the whole
shebang falls under the ownership of the Anglican Church. If
you've ever seen Jesus de Montreal and
wondered about the building with the pyramids that gets all those
lingering panoramic shots, it's Les Promenades De La
Cathedrale. via YULblog