# La Station

Montreal, Canada · gas-station · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-01e4a30c7d` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/gas-stations/canada/montreal-la-station/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-01e4a30c7d.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-01e4a30c7d.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-01e4a30c7d

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | none |
| Strategy | reinhabit | none |
| New use | civic | none |
| What is there now | community arts centre | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

La Station, originally the Nuns' Island gas station (French: Station-service de l'Île-des-Sœurs), is a modernist-style community center on Nuns' Island in Montreal, Quebec. It was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1969.


== History ==

It was built as a filling station 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 of Montreal commissioned by Imperial Oil.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Station_(community_center)

## Sources

- La Station (community center) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Station_(community_center)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "La Station, Montreal, Canada." Record n-01e4a30c7d, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/gas-stations/canada/montreal-la-station/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_montreallastation,
  title = {La Station, Montreal, Canada},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/gas-stations/canada/montreal-la-station/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-01e4a30c7d, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.