The Promenade Fleuve-Montagne Is a 3.8 Km Pedestrian Walkway That
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As you walk the course of the Promenade Photo credits 14 22 30 38 45 52 59 67 74 90 97 01 Jeanne Mance, 1606–1673, fondatrice de Fleuve-Montagne, you will see in a new light The view of Saint-Jacques The historic site of Mount Royal The Grand Trunk Railway Montréal Vauxhall, a grand The Tailors in Place Phillips The studio of photographer The Customs House Saint Patrick’s Basilica The big ambitions of Canadian Public Art Entourage Guimard, Hector Guimard Autoportrait, Nicolas Baier Animations l’Hôtel-Dieu de St-Joseph de Montréal, 1642, Cathedral from Rue Belmont Company of Canada amusement centre William Notman National (CN) Autoportrait n.d., carte postale, BAnQ, CP 033921 CON. the great architectural, historical and artistic Mount Royal is an iconic place, The Customs House (105 Rue McGill) , 2012 04 Le canal de Lachine et le port de Montréal, recognized internationally since 2005. Offering a theme park, a zoo, dance is a nine-storey monument built From 1910 to 1960, railway companies, Nicolas Baier c.1920, carte postale, BAnQ, CP 5658 CON. 82 A 05 Affiche du Vieux-Port de Montréal, c. 1985, initiatives that shaped the city. More than Pressure from real estate interests hall, tavern and restaurant, Montréal in two phases (1912–1916 and eventually nationalized under the Installation (glass, stainless steel, Cortège, Projet EVA Strolling about at Pointe-à-Callière Vittorio, BAnQ, AFF Q B 000746. 100 points of interest, grouped under four that threatened the integrity of the Vauxhall, opened in 1781, was 1934–1936) by the Government of name of the Canadian National (CN), concrete, paint) 06 Le port de Montréal et la rue de la Commune Mountain led to citizen and govern- the first amusement park in the city. Canada for the receipt and customs imagined rail development on an Cortège, 2017 Property of Ivanhoé Cambridge In collaboration with the Pointe-à- vers l’est, c. 1878, William Notman, Musée McCord, VIEW-841.0.3. themes, allow you to discover the Urban ment initiatives to have the site be clearance of goods. international scale, which would con- Projet EVA (Etienne Grenier & Place Ville Marie esplanade Callière museum, Place D’Youville 09 Rues pavées sur la place du Marché-Neuf, 1936, given proper recognition. z tribute to redefining the city centre Simon Laroche) 1 Place Ville-Marie, will be pedestrianized and animated Conrad Poirier, BAnQ, P48,S1,P758. Landscape, the Memory of Places, the 39 10 Monument aux pionniers et marché Saint- and a modern Montréal. Digital Works Montréal, QC H3B 2B6 for the summer season. Anne à la place d’Youville, c. 1895, Musée The North West Company and the 60 Built Heritage, and Public Art that mark All along Promenade Fleuve-Montagne June 8 to September 2, 2017 McCord, VIEW-2817. The Grand Trunk Railway Company “Beaver Club” of Joseph Frobisher The Grand Trunk and Canadian 12 La rue Saint-Paul et l’édifice de la Douane lors The oldest building of the development (River-Mountain Walkway) de la grande inondation, 1886, Musée McCord, of Canada is a pioneer of the North Pacific Buildings 75 98 the course. Memory of Places known as the Philips Plan (1178–1184 MP-0000.236.4 American network of railways. Place Ville Marie, the centre Female Landscape, Gerald Gladstone B 14 Scène d’enneigement à Belmont Park, 1891, Place Phillips) was occupied for BAnQ Vieux-Montréal - Archives, MAS 1-59A-b. A British company incorporated in of modernity 83 The Marché du Vieux Rue Belmont carried its name well. decades by Charles Johnson & Son, a Female Landscape, 1972 16 Estampe montrant le square Phillips, c. 1865, 1852, it elected to set up its head Château Ramezay - Musée et site historique de Located at the summit of the hill, 23 Les éléments, Alexandre David Gerald Gladstone At the Marché du Vieux, fill your office in Montréal. tailor who specialized in Scottish kilts. Montréal, 1996.3022. it once offered “beautiful views” of Montréal’s first public square Les éléments, 2018 Fountain-sculpture (bronze, basket with fresh produce and bread, 17 Strathcona Hall, rue Sherbrooke, c. 1910, Musée the urban landscape and surrounding Alexandre David concrete, water equipment) but also with unique crafts designed McCord, MP-0000.872.10. During a short stopover in the 46 19 Le campus de l’Université McGill, 1873–1875, countryside, an incarnation of 31 Installation (concrete) Property of Ivanhoé Cambridge by local artisans. Anonyme, Musée McCord, MP-0000.106.1. St. Lawrence Valley in 1611, Samuel the opulence of Côte du Beaver Hall. Krausmann’s Lorraine All along Promenade Fleuve-Montagne Place Ville Marie esplanade July 21 to October 31, 2017 21 Le fleuve Saint-Laurent et le mont Royal, Place des Commissaires and the Inaugurated in 1847, Saint Patrick’s Montréal vu de la montagne, 1840, W.H. 07 de Champlain chose a campsite on Café and Grill Marché-à-Foin (Haymarket) William Notman (1826–1891) is one (River-Mountain Walkway) 1 Place Ville Marie, Bartlett, BAnQ, ID 010. the shores of the St. Lawrence River, Basilica is the oldest English-speaking Urban Landscapes Blanche Lemco van Ginkel and the of Montréal’s most famous photogra- 24. Embâcle de glace dans le port de Montréal, c. Roman Catholic church in the city. Montréal, QC H3B 2B6 survival of Old Montréal 15 cleared the trees, and founded Entourage Guimard, 1967 C 1905, carte postale, BAnQ, CP 025007 CON. phers. Two of his studios were located The Grand Trunk Building (360 Rue 25. The ship labourer’s strike : Demonstration in The urban development plans Place Royale. It is the main symbol and religious 84 Métissage (Exhibition) Architect and pioneer Blanche Lemco in the Square Phillips area. Hector Guimard front of S.S. Moravian, 1880, BAnQ, ID B 13. of New Town McGill), completed in 1902, is an masterpiece of the Irish community. 25 Marie Marguerite du Frost de la Jammeraie, 01 Entre nous, Andrew Dutkewych Architectural element (cast iron, 99 The past and the present, the here and van Ginkel was actively involved in the excellent example of eclectic veuve d’Youville, 1905, BAnQ, CP 003567. Jeanne Mance, Paul de Chomedey The development of New Town Comblanchien stone) Monument à John F. Kennedy, 27 Ruines du parlement, marché Sainte-Anne, preservation of the historic site of Old 24 classicism (a mix of styles), while CP’s Entre nous, 1992 away, the self and the other. These 53 Paul Lancz 1849, John Henry Walker, Musée McCord, de Maisonneuve and the birthplace Montréal. In fact, it was thanks to her (1840–1860), headed by a small group Historical winter activities on 68 Andrew Dutkewych Société de transport de Montréal lines are blurred to give way to a rich Wild nights on Rue Sainte-Catherine Shaughnessy Building (401–407 MO-0000.811.2. of Montréal of landowners involved in business and public art collection 29 Jesse Joseph, 1877, Notman & Sandham, Musée efforts that Autoroute Ville-Marie was the river’s ice Rue McGill), built in 1912, Montréal Paper Hill, the press district Sculpture (bronze, calcaire) blend of the sculptural displays of politics, confirmed the British elite’s Musée Pointe-à-Callière Square-Victoria–OACI métro entrance Georgia Volpe, Bill Vazan and Jose Luis McCord, II-43721. not built on Rue de la Commune. skyscraper of the early 20th century. Nestled between Rue Saint-Antoine, Place Ville Marie, a construction 30 Le pont Victoria, 1899, William Notman & Son, success, status and desire for distinction. Musée McCord, VIEW-3248. Boulevard René-Lévesque Ouest, Côte project led by the American promoter 350 Place Royale, Torres. July 17 to November 30, 2017 Founded in 1785 by Joseph Frobisher, William Zeckendorf on the request Montréal, QC H2Y 3Y5 Exhibition curator: Stéphane Bertrand 31 Vue de la côte du Beaver Hall depuis le square 08 The Dubrûlé Building, built by du Beaver Hall and Rue Bleury, Paper 91 des Commissaires, c. 1870, BAnQ, MAS 1-55A-a. In 1809, the commissioners who were the “ostentatious baron,” the Beaver 61 of Canadian National (CN), has been, 32 Monument à la Reine Victoria au square Victoria, 16 the famous architect Ernest Cormier, Hill was once an collection of buildings Taichi single whip, Ju Ming The commissioners’ plan and tasked with demolishing fortifications Club originally included traders John Young and the architecture of c. 1908, carte postale, BAnQ, CP 5459 CON. housed Krausmann’s Lorraine Café and related to the printing industry. since 1962, the symbol of Montréal’s 33 La rue Saint-Jacques, c. 1885, William Notman Rue McGill Square Beaver Hall and Square 85 D acquired land outside the walls to who spent their winters in the Upper warehouse stores modernity, the heart of the city centre & Son, Musée McCord, VIEW-1990.1. Phillips, centres of upscale lifestyles z Grill, one of the city’s most recognized La peur, Gilles Mihalcean Collets de survie II (Exhibition) In 1799, Parliament introduced a open a public square that would be Country (west of the Great Lakes). and its underground city. 36 Émeute Gavazzi au marché au foin, 1853, restaurants in the 1920s and 1930s. Anonyme, Musée McCord, MP-0000.812.2. resolution to demolish the fortifica- named Place des Commissaires. It 69 Twenty years after their first appear- 37 Square Victoria, BAnQ, CP 033196 CON. 39 Affiche publicitaire de la compagnie Molson tions surrounding the city, since th would later be enlarged and take the The Henry Birks stores ance, the Collets de survie by Gilbert In the 19 century, when winter 40 présentant la maison d’été de Joseph Frobisher 76 Montréal was no longer a military name of Square Victoria.