The Nun's Island gas station was a modernist-style

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built in 1969 and attributed to

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( ; ; born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. Along with Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloy ...

. Joe Fujikawa, who worked for Mies, was the project architect. Closed for several years, it was later converted to a

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. It was the first gas station on the island, commissioned by

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Community centre

The borough of

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transformed the building into a

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centre, La Station. Eric Gauthier was the lead architect on the project, which saw the two glass pavilions rebuilt to their original 3,000- and sizes. La Station is a community centre for teens and people over 50 years of age. The two main buildings are called the ''salle blanche'' (English: white room) and ''salle noire'' (English: black room), after their floor colours. The original glass-enclosed attendant's booth serves as a display case of Mies' and the building's history, with the former

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s marked by ventilation shafts. The centre uses

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Montreal Architects Rescue Mies Van Der Rohe Gas Station from Obscurity
The Architizer Blog
Conversion of Mies van der Rohe gas station on Nuns Island
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Community centre

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