Seville Theatre

The theatre was built with shops in the front, including an ice cream parlour on the east side and a drugstore on the west.

The Seville's interior was redesigned about 1950 by Oscar Glas using a pastel colour theme, and most of the original decorations were either discarded or sent to the monastery of St-Bernard-de-Lacolle.

A series of developers showed interest in the site, but it is rumoured that the 1987 filming of Street Smart, starring Christopher Reeve was the beginning of the end of the Seville.

During filming the production crew cut a hole in the Seville's screen in order to gain faster access to the dressing rooms located under the stage.

[citation needed] In 1997, local heritage activist Phyllis Lambert wrote a letter to the Montreal Gazette advocating for the theatre to be preserved and restored into a live venue.

[3] Despite a great deal of fanfare, including the presence of then-mayor Pierre Bourque at the announcement, plans for this redevelopment fell through.

[6] In February 2009, it was announced complete demolition of the remains of the Seville will proceed, in order for redevelopment of the site as part of a $100-million real-estate project by Claridge Properties.