Yes, there are traces of the old Village des pieds-noirs (which has nothing to do either with the Amerindian people or the French settlers in Algeria) on the narrow streets north of Laurier métro as well. The old country village style house in this picture is rather large but there are some tiny workers’ cottages in the area, on very narrow side streets: http://www.imtl.org/image.php?id=2572
This spot is right up the street from where I live. I’m in Asia at the moment and the photo brings back memories.
In the 19th century the area around the intersection of Drolet and Mt. Royal was a small commercial hub with a tannery and some other businesses. Gilford was the road that ran up to the old quarry, now Parc Laurier. This was before the land was sold off for residential development and the grid was imposed.
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Forty five years ago I used to drive St Denis to get to/from the North End and always wondered about Gilford and why it was angled like that.
Love that wedged-shaped building, amazing use of space.
T’wood be interesting to have interior photos of the rooms.
I love that whole little area that doesn’t fall into a perpendicular grid and looks a bit more like Québec than most parts of Montréal.
There was an excellent article and comments (where Gilford is mentioned) about related streets on Coolopolis recently:
http://coolopolis.blogspot.com/2009/01/des-carrieres-street-panoramas-this-was.html
Yes, there are traces of the old Village des pieds-noirs (which has nothing to do either with the Amerindian people or the French settlers in Algeria) on the narrow streets north of Laurier métro as well. The old country village style house in this picture is rather large but there are some tiny workers’ cottages in the area, on very narrow side streets: http://www.imtl.org/image.php?id=2572
This spot is right up the street from where I live. I’m in Asia at the moment and the photo brings back memories.
In the 19th century the area around the intersection of Drolet and Mt. Royal was a small commercial hub with a tannery and some other businesses. Gilford was the road that ran up to the old quarry, now Parc Laurier. This was before the land was sold off for residential development and the grid was imposed.