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Nuns' Island gas station

1969 establishments in QuebecBuildings and structures in Verdun, QuebecCommercial buildings completed in 1969Community centres in CanadaExxonMobil buildings and structures
Gas stations in CanadaHeritage buildings of QuebecHistoric filling stationsLudwig Mies van der Rohe buildingsModernist architecture in Canada
Mies van der Rohe gas station
Mies van der Rohe gas station

The Nuns' Island gas station was a modernist-style filling station in Montreal built in 1969 from a project of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Closed for several years, it was later converted to a community centre.It was the first gas station on the island, commissioned by Imperial Oil.

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Nuns' Island gas station
Boulevard de l'Île-des-Soeurs, Montreal Verdun

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Boulevard de l'Île-des-Soeurs
H3E 1B4 Montreal, Verdun
Quebec, Canada
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