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Yearly Archives: 2016
Beneath its modest exterior, the diminutive Anglican church of the Ascension, constructed in 1904-05 and converted into a library in 1993 thanks to citizen action, is symbolically one of the most important buildings in Mile End. Its history embodies the diversity and vitality of community life in the neighbourhood, and […]
Church of the Ascension
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(Français) École Dollard (Lambert-Closse)
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(Français) Appartements Valmont
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(Français) Appartements Pierrefonds
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(Français) Académie Saint-Georges
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(Français) Fairmount Court (appartements)
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(Français) Maison Georges-Marcil
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(Français) Édifice Bovril
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(Français) Hôtel de ville de Saint-Louis
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(Français) United Dairy
On the site of the building at 5253 Park Avenue once stood the first house built on that avenue north of Mont-Royal Avenue. Its fate is quite representative of the transformations that Mile End was to face during the 20th century. In 1893, a Toronto real estate agent named Rienzi […]
Rienzi Athel Mainwaring House
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(Français) Collège rabbinique du Canada – Tomchei Tmimim
The symbols of Mile End churches Kevin Cohalan, of the Société d’histoire du Plateau Mont-Royal, will give a lavishly illustrated presentation on the symbols used in Mile End churches, with a focus on the Church of the Ascension. Sleeping soldiers, Greek letters, knights in shining armour, lambs—he will unlock the […]
Tour and talk: Religious Heritage of Mile End
1 English version coming soon
The Mile End “Police Brothel”
Saturday, August 13, 2pm.The Crossroads of Three Cultures. The west of Mile End is the fruit of the unlikely encounter between a French-Canadian artisans’ village, a new suburb at the turn of the 20th century marketed mainly to the English-speaking middle class, and the heart of Montreal’s Jewish life between the […]
Our Walking Tours in August
The Marché des Possibles, Mile End’s summer gathering place, is back for a third year! The market is produced by POP Montréal in collaboration with the Arrondissement du Plateau Mont-Royal. Mile End Memories will be there with an information table, a history presentation, and of course walking tours of the neighborhood. The market takes place each Friday, […]
History at the Marché des Possibles, 2016 edition
2 The building at 5585 Park Avenue is now the headquarters of Pop Montréal. If you’ve been there, you might have felt you were inside a home that had hardly changed since it was first built. For almost 47 years, this was Regent Photo, Norman Epelbaum’s studio. During these many years, […]
Portraits, Weddings, Passports
3 St. Michael’s church is incontestably one of the most recognizable visual symbols of Mile End. But its architecture confuses many, tourists and Montrealers alike. In 2008, Kate McDonnell, with the assistance of Kevin Cohalan, published an article on Urbanphoto.net which answers just about every question one might ask about its history. Mile End Memories is happy to republish […]
St. Michael’s: an echo of the Hagia Sophia
Walking tour led by Michèle Pontbriand and Nathalie Tremblay This short walking tour will pass along a few of the most important streets of Mile End. We’ll stop at buildings that demonstrate the evolution of the neighborhood and that have stories to tell. This tour is offered as part of […]
Walking Tour: Mile End Buildings Tell Their Stories
1 Last fall, while masons worked on the 25-foot stone wall around the Carmelite monastery, I tried to peek into the secret garden. The high old wall made everything behind it intriguing, even the grass. That’s cloistered grass. On the other side of the wall, in the middle of a neighbourhood where privacy […]