The Westmount examiner, 3 janvier 1964, vendredi 3 janvier 1964

[" pre Ye * * DOUBLE DEMOLITION Demolition work continued this week at two locations in lower Westmount: in the Dorchester widening and redevelopment area and in the Wood-Elm district as two multi-million projects proceed.At left, workmen tear away paneling in an Atwater avenue home near Tupper street.The house at the right is one of many on Wood avenue being demolished by the Westmount Centre developers at the request of + rent legal petition against e city.The cur.the zoning by-law for the area will not stop demolition, the city reports.City obtains delay in petition action \u201cThe city of Westmount is embarking on a path of development which would appear to be ill-considered i a fighting equipment.A and altogether unwise.The public may wish to see the ae truck bas been.or- project proceed, but they must realize they were faced dered.The group will have with a \u201cfait accompli\u201d before they had any opportunity what to discuss its merits.\u201d So said Westmount architect.H.I.Martin this week.He is co-signer of a petition to annul the recent zoning by-law amendment which permits construe- tion of the $20.000.000 West- mount Centre project He said he wished to em- phagize that was was taking action against the \u201cmethods and principles\u201d involved in establishing the amendment and not against the project itself, Nevertheless.he sald he was sorry to see that Westmount was encouraging \u201cthis sort of development,\u201d \u201cIt is not a healthy sign when a suburb starts Lo look more and more! , enable like its giant neighbor.\u201d he said.\u2018Loss of independence may be next.\u201d Meanwhile, Westmount has obtained a fifteen day delay tv its attorney.Lawrence Poitras, to file a written contestation Re-zoning called \u2018illegal\u2019 The petition signed by Mr.Martin and his wife contends that the re-zoning was carried out illegally under the Cities and Towns Act and the West- mount Charter.(Continued on page 11\u2019 a DR SEE NT RE «+ Grail § Next week's weather By ERIC NEAL January 5 to 11 Mainly suany with blue xkies and extremely cold, some powder snow.Temperature range some nights down te 20 below.duys up to 35°F.during the week.Fasing a little in middle of week for morning frosts and wind driven treezing drizzle and snow grains, turning to heavy snow là to 13\" 4 below temperatures would be normal.in the north and both shores of the St.Lawrence will complete the [reeze-up and end all navigation.EDI