JOIN US THIS WEEKEND IN THE DISCOVERY AND CELEBRATION OF THE DIVERSE HERITAGE OF MILE END’S SAINT-VIATEUR EAST SECTOR (BORDERED BY SAINT-LAURENT BOULEVARD, THE RAILWAY LINE NEAR VAN HORNE AVENUE, SAINT-DENIS STREET AND LAURIER AVENUE), WITH ITS MEGASTRUCTURES, ITS RAILWAY LINE, ITS “FIELD OF POSSIBILITIES,” ITS ROWHOUSES, ITS CLOISTERED CONVENT AND ITS “MAIN”:
As part of « Mile End à ciel ouvert » program of the 2009 Journées de la Culture,
in collaboration with the Mile End Citizens’ Committee and the Friends of Saint-Laurent Boulevard,
Mile End Memories** offers:
MINI WALKING TOURS IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH:
THE CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF MILE END’S SAINT VIATEUR EAST SECTOR
Susan Bronson, architect and historian, Josée Laplace, urban studies doctoral candidate, and Justin Bur, M.Urb.
Date and times: Saturday 26 September 2009, 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. in English, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. in French (rain or shine)
Departure: Corner of Saint-Dominique Street and Saint-Viateur Street East
Cost: Free
Information (no reservations required): 514-849-9543
Please note that Saint-Viateur East Street will be closed for the day and that an extraordinary menu of special activities will be offered throughout the area. For more information, see: http://www.journeesdelaculture.qc.ca/mile-end-a-ciel-ouvert/.
AND, FOR THOSE WHO PREFER A MORE DETAILED LOOK AT THE SECTOR’S HERITAGE:
As part of the 2009 Opération patrimoine architectural de Montréal program,
in collaboration with the Mile End Citizens’ Committee and the Friends of Saint-Laurent Boulevard,
Mile End Memories** offers:
WALKING TOURS IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH:
MILE END’S SAINT VIATEUR EAST SECTOR
Susan Bronson, architect and historian, Josée Laplace, urban studies doctoral candidate, and Justin Bur, M.Urb.
Date and time: Sunday 27 September 2009, 2:00-4:30 p.m. (rain or shine)
Departure: Church of Saint-Enfant-Jésus, 5039 Saint-Dominique Street (between Saint-Joseph and Laurier, métro Laurier, buses 51, 55)
Cost: Free
Information (no reservations required): 514-849-9543
** Mile End Memories is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the heritage, history and culture of the Mile End neighbourhood.