FREE ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY MILE END MEMORIES
AND FRIENDS OF SAINT-LAURENT BOULEVARD
DURING OPAM (Opération patrimoine architectural de Montréal) 2010
AND JOURNÉES DE LA CULTURE 2010
Note: Each of these tours will be offered in English and in French (in separate groups).
TOUR 1
| Organizer(s) | The Friends of Saint-Laurent Boulevard and Mile End Memories |
| Title of the activity | Walking Tour: Mordecai Richler’s Main and Mile End |
| Description | Explore the places mentioned in various novels of this author of Jewish origin who grew up in the ’hood in the 1940s. |
| Date | Saturday 25 September 2010 |
| Start time | 10:00 a.m. |
| End time | 12:00 p.m. |
| Language | Two walking tours are offered : one in French and one in English |
| Meeting point | Parc du Portugal (corner of Saint-Laurent Boulevard and Marie-Anne Street), métro Mont-Royal, buses 11, 97, 55 |
| Ending point | Corner of Saint-Laurent Boulevard and Fairmount Avenue, métro Laurier, bus 55 |
| Cost | Free |
| Reservations | No |
| Information | www.amisboulevardstlaurent.com / www.mile-end.qc.ca |
TOUR 2
| Organizer(s) | The Friends of Saint-Laurent Boulevard and Mile End Memories |
| Title of the activity | Mini Walking Tour: From Rowhouses to Megastructures in the Saint-Viateur East Sector |
| Description | Explore the former Turcot Public Bath and its surroundings, including rowhouses, megastructures and a former railway yard. |
| Date | Saturday 25 September 2010 |
| Start time | 2:00 p.m. |
| End time | 3:00 p.m. |
| Language | Two walking tours are offered : one in French and one in English |
| Meeting point | Bain Saint-Michel, 5300, rue Saint-Dominique (corner of Maguire Street), métro Laurier, buses 51, 55 |
| Ending point | Champ des Possibles (east of corner of Saint-Viateur and De Gaspé Streets), métro Laurier, buses 51, 55 |
| Cost | Free |
| Reservations | No |
| Information | www.amisboulevardstlaurent.com / www.mile-end.qc.ca |