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October 29, 2019 Pull-out section
Blenheim Place on October 19. Photo: Ralph Thompson for the Westmount Independent newspaper.
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Seen here on October 24 from the north side of de Maisonneuve Blvd., the Montreal Transit Corp.’s unfinished Project Vendôme pedestrian tunnel under the railway tracks to the MUHC’s Glen hospital will only be completed in the fall of 2020, instead of the spring. "
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Passionate artists, passionate cookbook Tunnel, cont’d. from p. RE-3 has a moderate effect on the final timetable By Heather Black for the project, which will end in autumn 2020.” On October 12, a book launch for The Last April when the MTC announced Passionate Artist’s Palate Cookbook took that a major stage of the tunnel’s construc- place at Westmount’s Appetite for Books. tion was about to be completed, the transit Edited by Catherine Marshall, the book agency said in a press release that a new contains recipes, essays and art works by technique for building tunnels developed 25 visual artists including Westmount pho- by the French civil engineering firm Freys- tographers Gabor Szilasi and Doreen Lind- sinet would be used and would also mark say. the first time this method is employed in A collaboration with friends from Ca- Canada (see April 30, p. 1). nada, France, Spain, Greece and the Unit - While the technique was described by ed States, Marshall “tested each recipe” the transit agency as involving assembly of from diverse culinary traditions. the reinforced concrete shaft separately be- At the event, Szilasi – assisted by store fore inserting it into the tunnel, the MTC owner and chef Jonathan Cheung – dem- said this would have “the advantage of onstrated how to make Hungarian dump- requiring a less lengthy disruption of the lings or galushka, which those attending installation site of the tunnel.” enjoyed tasting. Lindsay also spoke on her favourite Overruns? No reply hazelnut torte and introduced con- The Independent contacted the MTC’s tributing artists Rudi Van Der Walde and media relations office to find out the cause Peter David, who each described salad of the delay, as well as whether there will recipes. be any cost overruns for the Vendôme tun- Located at 388 Victoria Ave., Appetite nel, which is being paid for by the provin- for Books offers cooking classes as well as cial government. culinary books. A recent guest judge on We had not received a response by this Iron Chef Canada, Cheung said, “I try to week’s deadline. support local artists or authors and provide a space to come together.” From left, Jonathan Cheung, Catherine Marshall and Gabor Szilasi. NEW PRICE Sandra Zelikovic 514-827-6793 [email protected] www.SandraZelikovic.com Re/Max Action S.Z. – Chairman Club 2016-17
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Zoning issue sparked political career Adam Cutler, Trent remember publisher, former mayor Cutler at Westmount Historical lecture By Ralph Thompson to their views or their status.” He went on to say, “The truth is she was With politics in the forefront of many no light-weight. I believe she relished a Westmount minds October 18 amid the good battle, treating each encounter as federal election campaign, the Westmount right versus wrong.” Cutler related an anec- Historical Association’s second fall lecture, dote about his mother that he felt gave in- entitled “Beyond Politics,” of its series fea- sight. After her husband died, she travelled turing prominent Westmount women was frequently, often alone. She was in Moscow about former mayor May Cutler. in the late 1990s while in her 70s. The presentation at the Westmount Late at night, returning to her hotel, she Public Library featured two guest speakers, got off the subway at the wrong stop. She Adam Cutler, her son, and former mayor decided to continue her journey on foot. Peter Trent. She sensed she was being followed and Adam Cutler (left) and former mayor Peter Trent during the question period, with May Cutler Many Westmounters will know the crossed the street. The person followed. keeping an eye on things. name May Cutler as either mayor of West- She knew she had a problem. Instead of mount (1987 to 1991) or as the founder in running, she turned around and walked residential zone, which already had busi- vember 1990, Westmount had received the 1967 of Tundra Books (Canada’s oldest straight at the man. He turned and ran nesses by exception, be designated for “cul- highest bond credit rating in Quebec. children’s book publisher, best known for away. tural professions.” Alderman Peter Trent Trent summarized using a quotation The Hockey Sweater by Westmounter Roch Adam went on to explain that she was was head of the Architectural and Planning from his book The Merger Delusion, “She Carrier). born in East End Montreal in 1923. She Commission at the time and it was favour- had three degrees, an Irish cop for a father, grew up in the Depression, the third child able to Cutler’s request, however the direc- and a chip on her shoulder that could make ‘Strong, intelligent woman’ of Irish immigrant parents, Francis and tor general at the time, Peter Patenaude, a Sumo wrestler tremble. She had no “She was a strong, intelligent woman. William Ebbitt. She read a lot, wanted to was not. patience for pretence – she measured out She would stand up and not back away be a journalist and entered McGill at 17 In August that year, the council turned her life not with coffee spoons but brass from demanding fairness and justice,” said years of age. She obtained a master of arts down her request. buckets. Adam Cutler. “She had many friends and degree, then went on to get a second “She was judgmental, but not ‘grudge- just as many enemies. Her enemies were masters in journalism at Columbia Uni- Political start mental.’ And she was brutally honest. At usually those who disrespected her as a versity. She married Phil Cutler in 1953, So in September, with no prior political the boozy farewell party held for her, she woman, or those who saw her as a threat who went on to become a Quebec Superior experience, Cutler decided to run for mayor said to me a bit wist- Court judge before his passing of Westmount, sighting “zoning intransi- fully, ‘Peter, you know continued on p. RE-10 in 1987. gence” as one reason. Her slogan was “Vote for May in November.” She was suc- Mayor covers mayor cessful and became Westmount’s first fe- The second speaker of the male mayor but faced a council composed evening, Peter Trent, began his of the supporters of the outgoing mayor, discourse by pointing out the Brian Gallery. unfairness of asking a former Within a few months, she had found a mayor to “capture the essence” reason to fire the director general. The of another former mayor who council voted to reinstate him and were can no longer defend herself. soon asking Cutler to resign. Within a He described his words as a couple of days, Cutler convened a town personal memoir “governed by hall meeting attracting 700 citizens who internal favourable bias.” Trent turned up to support her remaining as described Cutler as a person mayor. She served a full a four-year term who “used salty language, was but declined to run for re-election, asking brutally frank and spoke with- Peter Trent to run for the office. out filters. She ran things by intuition, intellect, intolerance Accomplishments in office – but never by the book. She Her accomplishments included spear- was exasperating, unpredict- heading the renovation of the Westmount able, prejudiced, but com- Public Library, setting up an honour roll pletely loyal.” for Westmounters, getting local artists to Their relationship had a donate paintings to city hall and commis- May Cutler with grandson, Philip Cutler, a rocky start. sioning nine stained glass windows by candidate in the November 2009 election on By 1987, Cutler was a West- local artists for the council chamber. She the occasion of council honouring outgoing mounter and had a dream to also initiated an examination of council mayor Karin Marks, October 1, 2009. He was May Cutler rides on the Westmount fire truck in the St. not elected that time, but won his firm term in Patrick’s Parade, March 1988, four months after her election live and work from her house. and the city’s permanent administration, 2013 and was acclaimed for his second in 2017. as mayor. 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Live the life, YoYour way at the top in this nearly 2,200sf. con- do. Rare 4 Bedrooms in one of them ost prestigious buildings Cutler, cont’d. from p. RE-8 also as someone from a blue-collar back- in the heart of the Downtown ground trying to make her way in society. area, Le Roc Fleurie. Panoramic views to enjoy from the terrace something? People respect me, but they In those days, no one expected pugnacity .ExE ccllusive environment with don’t like me.’ I gave her a hug.” from a woman – and especially from a a 24 hour doorman, pool and Asked later how Cutler, with her abrasive working-class woman. Yet as much as she Gymm. Within a few steps from style would have fared in today’s more was proud of her roots, she did have some the magic that Montréal offers openly critical, social media-oriented society, social ambitions that lay just underneath $ 7,000 / MONTH Trent said “May would have been appalled her more evident intellectual and business with today’s social media. In spite of her endeavours.” acerbic style, she always searched for the Cutler’s oldest grandson, Philip Cutler, truth. Social media, as we know, has only is the current commissioner of infrastruc- www.profusion.global a nodding acquaintance with the truth. ture and innovation on Westmount city As for her abrasiveness: I think that she council.
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building permits M What’s permitted Council approves 62 building permits, refuses 2, as residents rush to do work before winter The following 62 requests for demoli- 497 Victoria: enlargement and work School, a Category 1 building, to modify cladding (see story, p. 4); tion, exterior construction, alteration or touching exterior façades as well as the the entry to accommodate an accessibility 500 Roslyn: to demolish an existing rear renovation were approved at the October front porch provided the new windows are ramp, replace a door, a guardrail and win- extension and deck, rebuild a section of the 7 meeting of the city council on the recom- made of wood covered with aluminum and dow spandrels; rear wall, modify openings in the rear wall mendation of the Planning Advisory Com- of guillotine type as the original ones; 430 Grosvenor: to replace windows and and build a new deck in a different con- mittee (PAC). There were two refusals. 422 Wood: landscaping in the rear yard; a door provided the front balcony door is figuration; Stayner Park: to install new play equip- in wood, interior and exterior, without clad- 796 Upper Lansdowne: to install Approved ment; ding; shutters provided they are made of wood 266 Lansdowne: to replace all the win- 4470 de Maisonneuve: landscaping; 16 Windsor: to repair the balcony; and have the same width as the windows dows and modify three window openings; 423 Mount Pleasant: at a Category I 354 Kitchener: to replace windows pro- as per Guideline 4.4.1 of Building and Reno- 1 Malcolm: to enlarge the terrace on the house: to install a new roof terrace: vided the front façade one (item #2) is clad vating in Westmount Guidelines; rear façade and work touching the rear 4225 Dorchester: at RCMP head- with aluminium and the original rhythm 642 Roslyn: to convert a door opening only, excluding the new rear terrace and quarters, to install grills for ventilation on of windows, as per the windows below and into a window and block a window open- outside work treated under a new file; the outside wall; as per the original elevation, is preserved. ing on the north façade provided that re- 71 Belmont Cresc.: to remove green 672 Belmont: to rebuild the front bal- 464 Mountain: to replace windows pro- moval of the chimney is excluded from the spaces in the driveway and make a heated cony and repair the rear deck; vided they have the same proportion as the scope of the work and provided the brick driveway; 20 Grenville: landscaping in the rear original ones which can be seen on the infill matches the existing brick; 4469 Sherbrooke: to repair a front porch yard and installation of a new fence; elevation dated 1911; 4333 Westmount: at a Category I house, and a second floor balcony and install new 4337 Montrose: to replace windows pro- 374 Kitchener: to replace a garage door two permits, one to install a fence in the columns and railings; vided the horizontal division on the upper provided it is made of wood (interior and side and rear yard, another to install an em- 4699 Westmount: at Roslyn School, a sash window is excluded from item #7 and exterior) without any cladding; blem over the front porch provided the in- Category I building, to replace windows in #9, and that the upper sash window of item 453 Victoria: to make a new opening for stallation of fences and flagpole are ex- the 1952 wing; #12 is composed of 4 squares instead of 6 a patio door and modify a window on the cluded; 215 Redfern: to install a structure over for better proportion; rear façade provided the new window (item an existing roof access at the condo build- 375 Kitchener: at Church of the Ascen- #2) consists of three guillotines of the same Refused ing; sion of Our Lord, a Category I building, to size and 50/50 proportions and that the 354 Grosvenor: a request for a revision 450 Mount Stephen: to rebuild a rear install a free-standing sign in the front yard patio door has a larger frame around the concerning railings on the rear façade, the gallery and do landscaping; until December 31, 2021 provided the sign panes; PAC recommended against it because the 4560 St. Catherine: to do landscaping in is well maintained and kept in good con- 371 Lansdowne: to replace windows materials proposed (metal and glass) were the front yard, repair rear staircases and dition for the duration of its installation; provided the articulation with the vertical not compatible and did not harmonize install new railings; 1314 Greene: to install two commercial post of the bay windows is preserved; with the architecture of the house (see 344 Victoria: to repair rear staircases signs; 670 Victoria: to modify the driveway; story p. 5); and install new railings; 485 Grosvenor: to modify an existing 3793 The Boulevard: to repair the roof; 16 Sunnyside: to remove the original 4095 Tupper: to replace windows pro- deck and replace the railing; 4822 Sherbooke: to modify a door open- wrought iron fence in the front yard which vided window #1 is in wood or aluminum- 2 Ramezay Rd.: landscaping to include ing on the rear façade; is part of the original fence of the former clad wood and windows #6, #10 & #11 are enlarging the patio; 4913 Sherbrooke: to remove a rear sec- 14 Sunnyside estate considering the fence double-hung; 810 Upper Lansdowne: to rebuild the ond floor staircase and build a link from was designed by well-respected architect 536 Lansdowne: to build an extension retaining wall in the rear yard in a new con- said second floor to the existing adjacent Percy Nobbs and is recognized as a defin- at the rear and do repairs to the front fa- figuration; staircase, modify a window opening into ing characteristic of this site and the street- çade including replacing windows on con- 4817 Sherbrooke: at the Bank of Mon- a door at the second floor, build a rooftop scape and should not be modified, nor de- dition those on the front ground floor are treal, to replace windows; deck on a ground floor volume connecting molished. guillotine types with original configur- 3 Prospect: at a Category I house, to re- the new door to the stair ation; place some basement windows provided link, repair the rear bal- 563 Victoria: to replace windows; they are aluminum-clad wood given that cony, including replacing 4817 The Boulevard: at a Category I they are close to the ground and only its roof shingles, also to house, to replace windows provided they slightly visible; replace the siding of the are made of wood (interior and exterior) 520 Grosvenor: to replace windows pro- rear ground floor and re- without any cladding and that the vertical vided the proposed window #207 is a place two windows pro- mullions of the front ground floor win- guillotine window as per the original; vided they are double- dows are preserved or replicated; 109 Lewis: at a Category I house, to re- hung; 3202 The Boulevard: to build a new place a rear patio door; 4326 Westmount: to staircase under an existing balcony and a 53 Belvedere Rd.: landscaping in the replace windows provided fence in the rear yard; rear yard; the divisions are Simu- 626 Victoria: to extend the driveway; 4565 Sherbrooke: to replace windows lated Divided Lite; 749 Upper Lansdowne: to build a small and a door; 4945 Sherbrooke: to swimming pool in the rear yard and to do 4628 St. Catherine: at a Category I build- install two signs; landscaping including new fences and re- ing, to modify a rear deck; Westmount Ave. (new surfacing the driveway provided an option 582 Lansdowne: to replace windows; house): landscaping; The fence at 16 Sunnyside on October 26, including a portion that B is used with a seven-foot wide pool lo- 14 Hudson: to redo the roof on condi- 24 Windsor: to replace has been partially absorbed by a tree (inset). This modern house is cated over 8 feet from the side property tion that only slate is used; a garage door provided next to the 12-14 Sunnyside, the most expensive house ever sold in line. 85 Gordon: landscaping in the back it and the main door are Westmount (see April 18, 2017, p. 1). Council is not allowing the 478 Mountain: to repair an existing roof yard; made of wood (interior fence to be demolished, given its roles as a “defining characteristic terrace; 15 Park Place: at Westmount Park and exterior), without any of this site and the streetscape.” Photos: Ralph Thompson. WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – October 29, 2019 – RE-15 Construction in Westmount
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Students $36. 514.937.3575. sari@ Property Management / director Pomer- shelters. Community event open to all. Co- Auger. Performance by renowned cellist templemontreal.ca. antz Foundation. 5 to 9 pm. Shaar Hasho- chairs Westmounter Erika Flores Ludwick Stéphane Tétreault. Proceeds support ‘The Friday, November 22 mayim, 450 Kensington Ave., Westmount. and Paulina Flores Rutenberg. 9:30 – 2:30 Bell Fund’ Comfort Kits given to newly di- St. Andrew’s Ball. Guests of honour $360. Rifka 438.800.1062 pm. Victoria Hall, 4626 Sherbrooke St., agnosed cancer patients at the Cedars Peter McAuslan and Ellen Bounsall. Pro- Westmount. Admission: a non-violent un- DECEMBER wrapped toy, Gift Card or donation. Toy- Cancer Centre MUHC. 4 pm. The Church ceeds support the Douglas Institute. Din - Sunday, December 1 of St. Andrew & St. Paul, 3415 Redpath St. ner, dancing and pageantry. Dress: Formal teamontreal.org. 514.792.8961. $30. (general admission). $10 (students). evening or Highland dress / miniatures. Just for Kids Foundation Annual Glee High School Showdown. Montreal high 2020 $90. (Patrons, with reserved seating). Na- Cocktails 6:30 pm. Dinner 8:00 pm. Thursday, January 16 talia Kalbarczyk 514.656.6662. natalia.kal- Marriott Château Champlain, 1 Place du school students take part in singing and [email protected] Canada. 514.842.2030. [email protected]. dancing competitions to raise funds for University Club of Montreal Annual ca. standrews.ball.com medical supplies at the Montreal Child Dinner honours Phil O’Brien, founder of Tuesday, November 19 ren’s Hospital. Chairs Ali Greenberg and Devencore, and former president of the International Festival of Films on Art Tuesday, November 26 Joanne Toulch. 1 – 4 pm. Oscar Peterson World Trade Centre of Montreal, the Mon- (FIFA) Benefit. Screening of short films Ben Weider Educational Centre’s an- Concert Hall, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W. 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Chairs Allyson des Arts, 175 Ste-Catherine St. W. $360 Kassie and Arabella Decker. Le Windsor (Benefactor), $250 (Patron), $100 (Sup- Ballroom, 1170 Peel St. Tickets 514.989. porter) and $50 (Friend). Valerie Abitol 7673. [email protected] 514.481.2787. [email protected] Thursday, February 13 Monday, December 9 Les amis de la montagne Tuques Christmas Carols for Research. Under Bleues. Winter event supporting environ- the auspices of the Jewish General Hospi- mental conservation programs. Mount tal Foundation in support of oncological Royal Chalet. Tickets and information A. surgeon and researcher Mark Basik’s re- Fratino 514.843.8240 x 262. afratino@le- search toward a cure for breast cancer. MC montroyal.qc.ca Gregory Charles. Cocktails 6 – 6:45 pm. Thursday, February 20 Concert 7-8 pm. Montreal Museum of Fine Douglas Hospital Foundation’s Open Arts, Bourgie Room, 1339 Sherbrooke St. Minds/Ouverts d’esprit. Annual benefit for W. $200. 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#500-1303 avenue Greene, WSMT (Qc) H3Z 2A7 Profusion immobilier inc. – Real Estate Agency www.profusion.global RE-20 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – October 29, 2019 History by 15 Willow: Part of the Norton Fellowes project the House hill from Côte St. Antoine Road, which at widow of Benjamin Hurtubise just north HISTORY OF 15 WILLOW AVE. Andy Dodge the time was the main road through the of their family homestead on Côte St. Anto- territory. ine. (since construction) Monk died in 1826 and the mansion In 1893, the mother house burned down Date Buyer Price In the early 19th century, wealthy Mon- eventually became the residence for Cana- and the sisters built another one at the 26-Nov-1953 Edith Florence Withell, widow trealers looked westward from the bustling da’s governors-general when Montreal was corner of Atwater Ave. and Sherbrooke St. of George C. Silcock $46,000 city to plan their ultimate retreats, their the capital of Canada (1844-49). (now Dawson College). Not until 1926 was personal mansions where they could have the former mother house property redevel- 6-Oct-1964 Frederica MacLaggan, wife vast gardens and orchards and “get back to Catholic education, mother houses oped as the “Institut Pédagogique” on the of John F. Chisholm, QC $53,000 the earth” while bringing up their families The influx of many English-speaking north side of what was by then Westmount 13-Jul-1981 Dr. Robert Graydon in opulence and style. Catholics from Scotland and Ireland in the Ave., accessed by Claremont Ave., which Weir Goodall $260,000 The mansions of Rosemount (William middle of the century was putting pressure had been James Monk’s driveway. As with 15-Feb-1994 Peter Jacobsen & McGillivray), Weredale (Judge William on the sisters of Congrégation de Notre the new mother house, the building on Tracey Drumm $350,000 Badgley), Forden (Charles Bowman), Tra- Dame, which had assumed the responsi- Westmount Ave. (now Marianopolis) was falgar (John Ogilvie), and West Mount bility of educating Quebec’s Catholic designed by famed local architect Jean 26-Apr-2000 Julie Wong $477,000 (William Murray) popped up and gave the children. They purchased the sprawling Omer Marchand. 15-Apr-2004 Benoit Sestier & community a sense of grandeur. mansion in 1854 and established Villa Even as late as 1912, Goad’s Atlas shows Lise Dupont $750,000 Slightly farther west, but no less impor- Maria, a bilingual boarding school for girls, that relatively little development had taken 17-Jan-2012 Jonathan Singer & tant, was the sprawling property of Sir and in 1880 built their huge mother house place in this part of Westmount, except for Lisa Kisber $1,117,750. James Monk, chief justice of the Court of down the hill and kept more land for future the various mansions and homesteads King’s Bench, who built “Monklands” in expansion. In 1860, for example, they had along Côte St. Antoine and semi-detached 12-May-2014 Eric Brat & 1804 with a long driveway leading up the picked up some of the farmland from the houses stretching up the west side of France Sznajer $1,315,000
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Victoria Ave. (above what was still the Hurtubise property) and a few recently- built houses on Claremont Ave. Westmount Ave., Minto Ave. created The onetime driveway to the Murray property had been extended westward and transformed into Westmount Ave. in 1902. Goad’s names what we know now as Willow Ave. as “Minto Ave.,” but we can find no further reference to that street name; Lovell’s Directory lists three ad- dresses on Willow Ave. in 1915. Still, Lot 213 – reaching from West- mount Ave. to Côte St. Antoine Rd. – re- mained in the hands of the Sisters of Congrégation de Notre Dame through the first half of the twentieth century with one house, 605 Côte St. Antoine, built in 1890 and which still exists, which may have been used as the residence for those connected to the congregation who were not living in the mother house, just above Westmount Ave. Over the next four decades, houses sprouted around Claremont Ave., includ- ing several on Westmount Ave., Willow Ave. and Côte St. Antoine, but the stretch of land north and east of the original Hur- tubise House stayed fallow until the 1950s. Meanwhile, a builder named John continued on p. RE-22 Goad’s Atlas of 1912. The vertical streets are Claremont, left, and Victoria, right. Minto is now Willow. RE-22 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – October 29, 2019
House history, cont’d. from p. RE-21 Baker Fellowes had started working in Out- remont as early as 1911 and in 1924 appar- ently brought his son, Norton, into the business as a “student.” Norton made sure his name was listed in Lovell’s Directory, even though he lived with his father (at 212 The Boulevard) and remained as a “student” until he obtained his architect’s degree, after which (1929) he lists himself as “architect,” all the time working with his father. Fellowes buys John B. Fellowes died in about 1952, just after Norton purchased the entire strip of land from the Sisters and began planning bungalows to be built throughout the “strip, including an extension of Willow Ave., which at that point was a driveway leading to a snow dump that the city had arranged with the sisters. He paid 55 cents per square foot for the land, well below the going rate for other Westmount land sales of the day. Between 1952 and 1955, Fellowes plan - ned out and built five houses along the south side of Westmount Ave. west of Victoria, three on either side of the extended Willow Ave. and three on Côte St. Antoine Rd., west of the historic Hurtubise house (whose fate was being determined at the 15 Willow Ave. on October 23. time by Canadian Heritage of Quebec). The Westmount Ave. permits were is- 1954, with quotes going as high as $23,000. 1960s and four more houses were added. Arctic Ltd. They paid $350,000 for the prop- sued by the city in 1951 and 1952, each for Three Côte St. Antoine permits were is- erty in 1994, just before the second Quebec between $17,000 and $19,500; Willow Ave. sued in 1955 for $11,500 each. Apparently Bungalow built sovereignty referendum. Six years later, construction took place next, in 1953 and Willow Ave. was extended again in the The first buyer of 15 Willow Ave. was a they were able to sell to Julie Wong, be- widow, Edith Florence Withell. Her hus- lieved to be a professor at Dawson College, band, George Silcock, president of a meat- for $477,000. As the market kept rising into Westmount archaeology packing company, had died in the late the new century, she was able to sell to Be- 1930s while they were living on Lexington noit Sestier, an actuary who is now vice- Ave. She had moved around Westmount president of Morneau Shepell, Inc., while to various locations before settling on the his wife, Lise Dupont, is vice-president and brand-new Willow Ave. bungalow, where chief executive officer of National Bank Fi- she lived out her life for the next 11 years. nancial Wealth Management. In 1964, her estate sold the property to Again the price climbed when they sold Frederica MacLaggan, wife of John F. Chis- eight years later (2012) to Jonathan Singer holm, QC. At the time he headed up one and Lisa Kisber, well known in local social of Montreal’s more prominent law firms, pages (including the Independent). He was Chisholm, Smith, Davis, Anglin, Laing, a marketing expert who started John Weldon & Courtois, a firm which event- Singer Experience Marketing (JSEM) in ually became Clarkson, Tétrault and later 2004; she studied law and worked for a big McCarthy, Tétrault. law firm in New York before returning to Frederica MacLaggan died in 1981 and Montreal to pursue her love for the fashion Chisholm had moved to St. Anne de Belle- industry, and is now described as a “digital vue Veterans’ Hospital by the time they and television fashion personality” with a sold to a prominent local surgeon, Dr. website called “lkisstyle.” Robert “Gay” Goodall, who had been a They sold the property in 2014 to the cur- special ist in internal medicine at the rent owners. Eric Brat was a senior partner Queen Elizabeth Hospital since 1953. and managing director of The Boston Con- The Goodalls lived there for almost 13 sulting Group when he bought the house; years before selling to Peter Jacobsen and he now is a professor at Haute Etudes Tracey Drumm. He describes himself as a Commerciales. They paid $1,315,000 to “construction worker” and she as a “house- purchase the house, which at the time had This former pole anchor had been unearthed and was visible on Somerville near its northwest wife.” In fact, he was involved in develop- a municipal valuation of $1,202,600. By corner with Prince Albert October 17. Photo: Independent. ment projects in the far north with Tower next year that valuation will be $1,553,100. WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – October 29, 2019 – RE-23
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