MONTREAL – The Mordecai Richler tribute gazebo on Mount Royal still stands unfinished years after the City of Montreal was slated to finish fixing it.
In 2011, the city named the 90-year-old gazebo after the famous novelist, most famously known for The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz and Barney’s Version, who grew up nearby.
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However, since then, the structure has been little more than an octagonal hulk.
The last-known price tag for renovating the gazebo was about $500,000 – but that was in 2015.
Neither city officials, nor Les Amies de la Montagne, would comment on the situation.
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Others have been more vocal.
“I can’t understand what’s taking so long,” said local merchant Jimmy Zoubris, who owns a store on Parc Avenue.
“It’s disrespectful of Richler’s family.”
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