The first Trizec-constructed project was THE SHOPPING PROMENADE. It consisted
of two fully-enclosed shopping concourses beneath Montreal's 617-foot-high PLACE
VILLE MARIE ["Plahs-Veel-Muh-ree"] office tower.
Graphic from Webb & Knapp (Canada) Limited Annual Report 1962
Dedicated in September 1962, PLACE VILLE MARIE was the first segment of Montreal's present-day UNDERGROUND CITY. Consisting of 1,600 stores and services, and extending for a total of 20 miles, it is the largest subterranean retail complex in the world.
Photo from Wikipedia / "Montrealais"