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The Complexe Desjardins in Montreal, Quebec, has been playing the children's songs at varying speeds to dissuade people from lingering. Homelessness has risen since the COVID-19 pandemic, after ...
Complexe Desjardins has been playing the song Baby Shark in its stairwells to deter unhoused individuals — a tactic critics describe as both misguided and dehumanizing.
The Complexe Desjardins in Montreal has been playing the Baby Shark theme song in some stairwells beneath the building in order to keep the people from loitering in those places.
The Complexe Desjardins shopping mall in downtown Montreal is being criticized for blasting the children's song Baby Shark on repeat in its stairwells to drive out homeless people.
Complexe Desjardins, named after financial services company Desjardins, which owns the mall and the three office towers that sit above it, has been playing the music for one year in the stairwells ...
Complexe Desjardins, ... Notably, Desjardins Group, the company that maintains the mall, pledged £946,000 (Rs 10.1 crore) for homelessness initiatives in Montreal in 2023.
“It really sets the tone for where Complexe Desjardins wants to be . . . it brings it to life.” Until recently, the lobby was downlit by recessed 400-watt intense white “halide” lights ...
One of the hundreds of people who attended the event on Saturday at Complexe Desjardins was 94-year-old Lorette Legaré. She says she went through a dark period of severe isolation.
The project will use the Complexe Desjardins (450 De Maisonneuve Blvd) in downtown Montreal as a living lab to demonstrate the feasibility of retrofitting commercial buildings according to ...