{"id":193,"date":"2007-10-19T15:07:10","date_gmt":"2007-10-19T19:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=193"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:37:17","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:37:17","slug":"le-monument-chenier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2007\/10\/19\/le-monument-chenier\/","title":{"rendered":"Le monument Ch\u00e9nier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">Bord\u00e9 par des terrains de stationnements et par les rues St-Antoine et St-Denis, o\u00f9 le d\u00e9bit de circulation automobile est \u00e9lev\u00e9, le monument Ch\u00e9nier semble avoir totalement sombr\u00e9 dans l&#8217;oubli.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/guil3433\/1637533149\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2292\/1637533149_99e57f834e.jpg\" alt=\"L'image \u201chttp:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2292\/1637533149_99e57f834e.jpg\u201d ne peut \u00eatre affich\u00e9e car elle contient des erreurs.\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Il n&#8217;en fut par contre pas toujours ainsi. La statue de l&#8217;artiste fran\u00e7ais Peltzer fut inaugur\u00e9 dans le carr\u00e9 Viger le 24 ao\u00fbt 1895 \u00e0 la gloire du Dr Jean-Olivier Ch\u00e9nier, un patriote mort h\u00e9roiquement \u00e0 St-Eustache lors de la r\u00e9bellion de 1837.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00c0 l&#8217;\u00e9poque, le carr\u00e9 Viger \u00e9tait un des plus beaux jardins public du centre de Montr\u00e9al.  Le terrain fut l\u00e9gu\u00e9 \u00e0 la ville en 1844 \u00e0 condition qu&#8217;il ne serve jamais de march\u00e9 mais plut\u00f4t de parc.  Il fut donc am\u00e9nag\u00e9 comme un immense jardin avec un bois\u00e9, une fontaine et des promenades. De plus, apr\u00e8s le  feu de 1852 de somptueuses demeures bourgeoises en pierres furent construites autour du square.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/guil3433\/1639693527\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2232\/1639693527_8c69c19d61.jpg\" alt=\"L'image \u201chttp:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2232\/1639693527_8c69c19d61.jpg\u201d ne peut \u00eatre affich\u00e9e car elle contient des erreurs.\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>En 1895 et en 2007 <\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Avec l&#8217;arriv\u00e9e de la classe ouvri\u00e8re dans le secteur, le carr\u00e9 Viger devint peu \u00e0 peu d\u00e9laiss\u00e9 \u00e0 partir des ann\u00e9es 1920.  Apr\u00e8s diverses p\u00e9riodes de d\u00e9clin,  ce fut les travaux de prolongement de l&#8217;autoroute Ville-Marie qui transform\u00e8rent totalement le secteur.  En 1976, tous les arbres du carr\u00e9 Viger furent coup\u00e9s et de nombreux b\u00e2timents furent d\u00e9molis.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/guil3433\/440218768\/in\/set-72157594359525754\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/184\/440218768_03ed33486c.jpg\" style=\"cursor: -moz-zoom-in\" alt=\"L'image \u201chttp:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/184\/440218768_03ed33486c.jpg\u201d ne peut \u00eatre affich\u00e9e car elle contient des erreurs.\" width=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Vers 1900 et en 2007 <\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Dans les ann\u00e9es 1980, suite au r\u00e9am\u00e9nagement du secteur, l&#8217;\u00eelot Ch\u00e9nier, bord\u00e9 d&#8217;un stationnement et de la rue St-Denis, fut r\u00e9am\u00e9nag\u00e9 en place publique. Une promenade en pav\u00e9e rose fut install\u00e9e au sol au pied du monument ainsi que quelques bancs, donnant une vue  sur le traffic ou encore sur un terrain de stationnement.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/guil3433\/1640363507\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2089\/1640363507_42e2d2afac.jpg\" alt=\"L'image \u201chttp:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2089\/1640363507_42e2d2afac.jpg\u201d ne peut \u00eatre affich\u00e9e car elle contient des erreurs.\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Bref, il serait souhaitable, que suite au recouvrement de l&#8217;autoroute Ville-Marie et du r\u00e9am\u00e9nagement du carr\u00e9 Viger, ce monument retrouve son prestige d&#8217;autrefois et que cette place publique devienne un endroit agr\u00e9able \u00e0 fr\u00e9quenter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bord\u00e9 par des terrains de stationnements et par les rues St-Antoine et St-Denis, o\u00f9 le d\u00e9bit de circulation automobile est \u00e9lev\u00e9, le monument Ch\u00e9nier semble avoir totalement sombr\u00e9 dans l&#8217;oubli. Il n&#8217;en fut par contre pas toujours ainsi. La statue de l&#8217;artiste fran\u00e7ais Peltzer fut inaugur\u00e9 dans le carr\u00e9 Viger le 24 ao\u00fbt 1895 \u00e0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2007\/10\/19\/le-monument-chenier\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Le monument Ch\u00e9nier&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5017,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7834,7837,7842],"tags":[101,9,14,871,125,5,870,869],"class_list":["post-193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","category-history","category-urban-design","tag-avant-apres","tag-development","tag-historical","tag-jean-olivier-chenier","tag-montreal","tag-planning","tag-st-antoine","tag-st-eustache"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Le monument Ch\u00e9nier - Spacing Montreal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2007\/10\/19\/le-monument-chenier\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Le monument Ch\u00e9nier - Spacing Montreal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bord\u00e9 par des terrains de stationnements et par les rues St-Antoine et St-Denis, o\u00f9 le d\u00e9bit de circulation automobile est \u00e9lev\u00e9, le monument Ch\u00e9nier semble avoir totalement sombr\u00e9 dans l&#8217;oubli. 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