The prestigious building that sits on the corner of de la Gauchetière and Peel streets is being completely overhauled.
The parent company of the Windsor Station, Cadillac Fairview, is spending millions of dollars to repair and rebuild the 19th-century grey limestone landmark.
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The exterior stone is being redone; more than 1,100 windows of various sizes will be replaced; the roof is being repaired and new entrance doors will be added to reflect the original ones from more than a century ago.
”It’s very nice for us to actually have the opportunity to do something significant for the city as well because it is a very iconic and important element in the city history,” Danielle Lavoie, the senior vice-president and Eastern Canada portfolio manager of Cadillac Fairview told Global News.
The building was recognized by the federal government as a National Historic Site in 1975.
The Windsor Station was designed by American architect Bruce Price and construction started in 1887. Two years later, in 1889, the first Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) passenger trains started rolling.
For decades, the trains served passengers travelling by rail across the country and parts of the U.S.
But by the early 1990s — commuter trains stopped pulling into the Windsor Station. Still, thousands of daily commuters walk through the grand concourse as they catch their trains at the Lucien L’Allier Station.
There are plenty of remainders of the iconic station that continue to exist.
And it’s a must visit for tourists or other train enthusiasts.
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