History Through Our Eyes: Sept. 17, 1970, a new Radio-Canada building

On Sept. 17, 1970, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to mark the "topping-off" of a new building for Radio-Canada/CBC on what was then Dorchester Blvd. E. (now René-Lévesque). That marked the completion of the 23-storey hexagonal building's outer structure, which amounted to about 60 per cent of the overall construction job, we reported the following day. Our short account was published along with this photo by the Montreal Gazette's George Cree. Read More