Montreal Gazette

CANADA POST UNVEILS STAMP FOR HABITAT 67

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Canada Post and renowned architect Moshe Safdie have unveiled a stamp depicting the Montreal’s famous Habitat 67 housing complex to celebrate the 150th year of Confederat­ion. Safdie presented the commemorat­ive stamp today inside the Habitat building he designed for Montreal’s Expo 67. The stamp is the first of 10 that Canada Post is unveiling to commemorat­e the 150th anniversar­y of the country’s founding. Safdie designed the Habitat 67 complex for his master’s thesis in architectu­re at McGill University and the structure was built as a pavilion for the exhibition.

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