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Historical Capsules
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(Français) Institution des Sourds-Muets
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(Français) Gare du Mile End
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(Français) Église Saint-Georges
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(Français) Église Saint-Enfant-Jésus
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
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The Mile End “Police Brothel”
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
4 In the second half of the 19th century, large urban parks were created in North American cities. These vast spaces were designed for the contemplation of nature; our own Mount Royal Park is an example, offering an oasis for leisure amidst the hubbub of the metropolis. Inspired by the City […]
Mile End’s Playgrounds
Mile End Memories would like to thank Vicky Robinson, granddaughter of Marcella McNulty. We could not have uncovered the story of this Irish family of the neighbourhood without her invaluable collaboration. The 1911-1912 edition of Lovell’s Directory contains an unusual listing. On the ground floor of a triplex newly constructed […]