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A 1992 public artwork by Melvin Charney at Place Émilie-Gamelin, Ville-Marie, Montréal, in stainless steel, concrete and granite. The City of Montréal's public art inventory gives overall dimensions of 1700 x 7500 x 5000 cm (axes not specified).
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Gratte-ciel, cascades d'eau / rues, ruisseau… une construction
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Gratte-ciel, cascades d'eau / rues, ruisseau... une construction is a 1992 public artwork by the Montréal artist and architect Melvin Charney at Place Émilie-Gamelin, in the Ville-Marie borough.
The City of Montréal's public art inventory (open data; the dataset's descriptive sheet was modified 22 April 2026) lists it as a public commission from the Ville de Montréal through a competition by public notice, made in stainless steel, concrete and granite. The City gives its overall dimensions as 1700 x 7500 x 5000 cm, without saying which figure is height, width or depth.
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In Place Émilie-Gamelin, in the Ville-Marie borough of Montréal. The City's inventory gives a coordinate for the square but no street address.
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