… More Images »  The Shaughnessy Village in Montrealhas one of the largest concentrations of historic homes in Montreal, but it’s a dump and it’s getting worse. Sammy Forcillo, the councillor for the area, pauses at the abandoned Seville Theatre on Feb. 17, 2010.Photograph by: Dave Sidaway, Montreal Gazette
MONTREAL – A derelict stretch of Ste. Catherine St. W. that includes the remnants of the Seville Theatre should be razed by its owner and turned into a green space until the company is ready to build on the site, the city councillor for the area says.
The carcass of the old theatre and the rest of the boarded-up block between Chomedey and Lambert Closse Sts. is like a magnet for drug-dealing, prostitution and graffiti, Sammy Forcillo, who was elected in November as councillor in the Peter-McGill district that covers western downtown, said this week while on a tour of the neighbourhood with The Gazette.

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