{"id":25359,"date":"2015-03-07T14:21:33","date_gmt":"2015-03-07T19:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?p=25359"},"modified":"2015-03-07T14:29:09","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T19:29:09","slug":"starbucks-jean-talon-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2015\/03\/07\/starbucks-jean-talon-market\/","title":{"rendered":"What does a Starbucks in Jean Talon Market Say About our Urban Landscape?"},"content":{"rendered":"

An online petition to counter the opening of a Starbucks at March\u00e9 Jean-Talon<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0accumulated more than 4000 signatures in less than 24 hours. The petition points out that the multinational coffee chain, which operates more than 20,000 shops\u00a0worldwide, counters to the mission<\/a>\u00a0of Montreal’s Public Market Corporation, which is “to give Montrealers access to local produce at public markets that correspond to their identity.” Furthermore, the petition signatories insist, the coffee chain threatens to devalue the unique landscape\u00a0of Little Italy,\u00a0known for it’s many independent caf\u00e9s and its patchwork\u00a0of multi-cultural businesses.<\/p>\n

But who will hear this\u00a0cri-de-guerre<\/em>?\u00a0The petition is destined to the Rosemont-Petite-Patrie borough mayor and the Corporation des March\u00e9s Publics de Montr\u00e9al (MPM)<\/em>, yet\u00a0neither has a say in the matter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What makes the Jean-Talon market so unique and diverse\u00a0is the way the\u00a0public marketplace\u00a0is surrounded by small businesses that pour out the back-doors of privately-owned buildings along Jean-Talon and Mozart streets. Fruit and veggie stands overflow into the alleyway, flanked by the terraces of independent caf\u00e9s,\u00a0tacquerias<\/em> and saussiseries, <\/em>and some\u00a0qu\u00e9becois chains.\u00a0It is in one of these privately owned buildings, which previously hosted a pizzaria and has a restaurant permit, that the international coffee chain plans to open up shop.<\/p>\n

The future coffee-shop will certainly fall\u00a0within our mental-map<\/em> of the market, yet it is, in reality, outside of the jurisdiction of the\u00a0MPM. And while the municipality\u00a0has tools to create the box, so to speak, by regulating the volume, look, and vocation of a building, the mayor can hardly deny a permit based on the brand of the product being sold…<\/p>\n

And would we really want them to have that kind of power? I would argue that makes\u00a0Jean-Talon market beloved\u00a0is the seamless\u00a0blending of public and private spaces, of local and international flavours, of luxury products and dumpster-divers, into messy\u00a0patchwork that none-the-less feels like a harmonious\u00a0entity. Show me a municipal project – or any development regulated by a single body – that comes\u00a0close.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0same conditions that allow diversity to flourish make our urban landscapes vulnerable to outside invaders, in a process much like ecological succession<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t speak out about the collective vision\u00a0we have for the places we care about,\u00a0as thousands have done\u00a0by signing the petition.<\/p>\n

Beyond that,\u00a0we law-abiding citizens may be limited to the most trite of strategies, the ol’\u00a0vote with your dollar<\/em>? Perhaps we can dream of ways to take it further – I would love to see\u00a0handmade ads\u00a0that would guide visitors and newbies towards\u00a0the neighbourhood’s best independent caf\u00e9s.\u00a0Perhaps the local businesses or property-owners could form an association that agreed to work towards a common set of values and neighbourhood character. Perhaps there’s another way… what to the readers say?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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