{"id":169,"date":"2007-10-15T00:06:22","date_gmt":"2007-10-15T04:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=169"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:26:47","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:26:47","slug":"my-favourite-laneway-a-bit-of-the-parisian-banlieue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2007\/10\/15\/my-favourite-laneway-a-bit-of-the-parisian-banlieue\/","title":{"rendered":"My favourite laneway: a bit of the Parisian banlieue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/christopherdewolf\/1524153263\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2216\/1524153263_2658873412.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contrary to what most tourist brochures will tell you, the &#8220;Paris of North America&#8221; actually has very little in common with the real Paris. Montreal looks absolutely nothing like the French capital and the culture is totally different. But, every so often, it&#8217;s possible to find in this distinctly New World city a glimpse of something distinctly Parisian. Consider the laneway just north of St. Louis Square: with horse stables on one side and a tall, narrow house providing a nice visual terminus, it wouldn&#8217;t be out of place in one of the old villages in Paris&#8217; suburbs, or in one of the outer arrondissements near the P\u00e9riph\u00e9rique. <\/p>\n<p>Of course, it wouldn&#8217;t look out of place in central London, either. There are plenty of old mews that look just like this.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, this laneway, already filled with greenery, will be transformed into a so-called &#8220;country lane&#8221; with an environmentally-friendly road surface. It&#8217;s part of a $145,000 initiative by the Plateau Mont-Royal borough and the Nature Valley granola bar company. This week&#8217;s edition of Hour has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hour.ca\/news\/explainer.aspx?iIDArticle=13177\">brief article explaining the project<\/a>, although it&#8217;s somewhat short of specifics. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a bit sceptical of something that aims to turn a distinctly urban alley into a &#8220;country lane,&#8221; but I&#8217;m glad that laneways are once again being seen as bona fide public spaces. &#8220;Lanes are a part of our history and heritage,&#8221; Plateau mayor Helen Fotopulos told Hour. &#8220;Growing up, the lanes were where boys played hockey and women hung the clotheslines. 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