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Downtown revs up for F1 partying
Streets closed; Grand Prix is more than fast cars; it's high-powered revelry
ANNE SUTHERLAND , The Gazette
MONTREAL - Monday, 11:30 a.m., downtown Montreal. An attractive middle-aged couple strolling along Peel St. spot five fancy Ferraris parked at the curb and leggy models posing for photographers.
"What does it take to get women like that?" Robert Adams asked.
"My dear, if you get a beautiful car, you'll get a beautiful girl," replied Pearl, his wife of 35 years.
Chez Alexandre hostesses Kimberly Nepueu (left) and Mlina Sanschagrin (right) have some fun at the launch of this week's Montreal Grand Prix street festivities on Peel St., Monday June 2, 2008. The 30th edition of Montreal's Formula One race takes place this Sunday on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Ile Notre Dame.
Grand Prix madness is revving up and we've still got three days to go before cars start roaring around Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Of course, the Grand Prix is about more than the race and the impossibly expensive F1 cars.
It's about parties, seeing and being seen, quaffing champagne that costs $19.50 a flute, smoking fat Cuban cigars, testosterone, conspicuous consumption and short, short skirts.
This year, it's also about shutting down
Peel St. between Ste. Catherine St. and de Maisonneuve Blvd.
for four full days, a first for the merchants who lobbied long and hard for permission from the city of Montreal.
Previously, Peel was closed from 5 p.m. to midnight for certain nights during Grand Prix.
Business owners like Alain Creton of Chez Alexandre are ecstatic that the street will be pedestrian- and - more important- tent-friendly,
for four days and nights, from 9 a.m. Thursday to 9 p.m Sunday.
Five restaurants on the strip will boost their terrasse business with tents that extend onto the street. "The city was very co-operative in giving us the permission for tents," said Creton, who is also president of the Peel St. merchants association.
Destination Centre Ville, which promotes downtown business, put up the $12,000 to compensate the city for lost parking meter revenue and hire extra security to patrol the block.
The fancy cars will be back on Peel: 40-plus Ferraris on Thursday night,
Lamborghinis, Fiats and Austin-Healys on Friday, Rolls-Royces, Bentleys and a rare Maserati on Saturday, and assorted Porsches on Sunday.
Peel won't be the only artery closed to traffic. McGill College Ave. between Ste. Catherine and de Maisonneuve features fashion runways and sales has for the eighth annual Festival Mode and Design, tomorrow until Sunday.
Crescent St., which features promotional tents, musical stages and partying, is closed to cars and trucks from midnight tomorrow until 8 a.m. on Sunday.
St. Laurent Blvd. between St. Zotique and Jean Talon Sts. will be closed Friday to Sunday for fancy cars and motorcycles, a charity go-kart race and musical groups each night. Traffic will be rerouted to Beaubien St.