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Downtown’s first climbing center set up in a former Red Light movie theater.<\/span><\/p>\n

Filled with ambition, two young Montreal climbers started looking downtown for a building big enough to accommodate their bouldering passion. They eventually settled on an abandoned Red Light movie theater and transformed it into a climbing center. Beyond the sporting activity, they sought to create a place where the growing community of urban climbers could meet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Driven by this inclusive vision, the architects created a friendly place where the coffee lover can mingle with the expert climber. To take advantage of natural light, large windows were added on Saint-Laurent Boulevard and on the mezzanine. The long black fa\u00e7ade features the caf\u00e9 and the block wall on either side of the main entrance, which is overhung by a large false fa\u00e7ade clad with perforated aluminum that overshadows the old Casino cinema.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Inside, the bouldering walls on either side of the space converge on a large podium offering spectacular views of the climbers and leading to the mezzanine with its dressing rooms and rest area. A large part of the furniture is built from demolition scraps. With its large walls painted by muralist Danae Brissonnet, Caf\u00e9 Bloc offers 4000 square feet of climbing walls and a vibrant atmosphere! Welcome to the Red Light district of the 2020s!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Downtown’s first climbing center set up in a former Red Light movie theater. Filled with ambition, two young Montreal climbers started looking downtown for a building big enough to accommodate their bouldering passion. They eventually settled on an abandoned Red Light movie theater and transformed it into a climbing center. Beyond the sporting activity, they… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1561,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"categorie-du-projet":[727,726],"class_list":["post-5092","projects","type-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-du-projet-selected-projects","categorie-du-projet-commercial-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCaf\u00e9 Bloc | L. 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