 The Marché des Possibles, Mile End’s new favorite gathering place, is a pilot project produced by POP Montréal in collaboration with the Arrondissement du Plateau Mont-Royal. Mile End Memories will be there with an information table, some short lectures, and of course walking tours of the neighborhood. The market takes place each Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11 July to 31 August 2014, in the space next to the Saint-Louis Arena – on Saint-Dominique Street near Bernard. Our information table will be the meeting place for the tours, which will last about two hours and loop back towards the market. At the end of these trips through time, you’ll be able to continue the discussion at the market’s Biergarten. Here is our program up to 30 August. |
Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 July / Sunday 24 August: Founding Sites of Mile EndWalking tour led by Yves Desjardins and Justin Bur  Base map: Hopkins 1879, BAnQ During the 19th century, Mile End developed around four sites: the tavern, the quarries, the church and the railway station. This tour will explore the notable people and the economic activities behind these places, and seek out the traces left behind by these early gathering places. In English: Sunday 13 July 2014, 3 pm to 5 pm In French: Saturday 12 July 2014, 3 pm to 5 pm Meeting point: Mile End Memories table at the Marché des Possibles, near the south-east corner of Saint-Dominique and Bernard Streets Ending point: corner Fairmount and Saint-Dominique, near the starting point. Note: we won’t go south of Saint-Joseph, to stay within the allotted time. No reservations needed Voluntary contribution |
Friday 18 July: Les origines du quartier Mile EndLecture by Justin Bur  Saint-Louis-du-Mile-End, ca. 1890 (unknown photographer) / Montreal Then and Now, The Gazette, 1986 Following on from the walking tour of founding sites, this talk will give a brief overview of the origins of Mile End and its first century of development, from Stanley Bagg’s lost horse to Louis Beaubien’s railway and streetcars. Friday 18 July 2014, 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm At the Marché des Possibles, south-east corner of Saint-Dominique and Bernard Streets In French, with discussion in French and English No reservations; free |
25–27 July: no Mile End Memories activitiesSunday 3 August and 24 August: The Spirit of Mile EndWalking tour led by Yves Desjardins and Justin Bur  photo Justin Bur 2010 If you wanted to take your friends from afar on a tour of the neighborhood, there’s a good chance you’d go for a walk on Saint-Viateur and Bernard Streets. That’s what we’ll do on this tour – for behind the effervescent street life of today we can make out the shadows of the past: great ambitions, big changes, decline and renewal. In English: Sunday 3 August 2014, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm In French: Sunday 3 August 2014, 3 pm to 5 pm Meeting point: Mile End Memories table at the Marché des Possibles, near the south-east corner of Saint-Dominique and Bernard Streets Ending point: Lhasa-De Sela Park, near the starting point No reservations needed Voluntary contribution |
8–10 and 15–17 August: no Mile End Memories activities at the marketSaturday 30 August: Mile End in the 20th centuryLecture by Justin Bur  Parc and Mont-Royal, ca. 1955 (Archives de la Ville de Montréal) In 1890, Mile End was an extent of land that real estate developers were getting interested in, but still mostly rural. In 1990, it was one of the most lively and creative neighborhoods of Montreal. So much change! So many ups and downs! Using historical photos, this talk will give a quick overview of the enormous changes that took place over the course of the century. Saturday 30 August 2014, 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm At the Marché des Possibles, south-east corner of Saint-Dominique and Bernard Streets In French, with discussion in French and English No reservations; free |
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