Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome has always been, for me, the quintessential representation of new world modernity. As a small child there was something about this image that had a great impact on my ideas about cities, culture, and Canada. From a kid's perspective it was like Montreal was the shining, multicultural city of the future - it symbolized all the great things we were poised to become.

Still, I have to admit to being generally uninformed about Montreal's Modernist past. For that reason I want to ask the readers of Reading Montreal for any references, stories, and images dealing with that phase of Montreal's history. Just email them to . I'll share them with the readers.