{"id":376,"date":"2007-12-31T13:43:23","date_gmt":"2007-12-31T17:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=376"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:42:23","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:42:23","slug":"new-life-for-montreals-park-chalets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2007\/12\/31\/new-life-for-montreals-park-chalets\/","title":{"rendered":"New life for Montreal&#8217;s park chalets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pea-oaq.com\/diapo\/22\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pea-oaq.com\/diapo\/22\/Albums\/Album19\/Large\/rpps-Chalet_Lac_aux_Castors-2de16_.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Beaver Lake chalet, photo by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Saia<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca\/archives\/500ans\/portail_archives_fr\/rep_chapitre11\/chap11_theme1_doc49_page1_l.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca\/archives\/500ans\/portail_archives_fr\/media\/images\/public\/ph_CCA-010_arch_tgl.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Original 1955 plans for the chalet<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, after two years of renovation, the Beaver Lake chalet on Mount Royal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/components\/print.aspx?id=a1a986a3-1250-4bce-98d2-a3acfaed1a96&#038;k=11298\">re-opened in all of its 1950s glory<\/a>. Not only is the park pavillion entirely restored, its food offerings have been upgraded. It now features a table service restaurant alongside a revamped cafeteria that offers espresso-based coffee and pastries baked on the premises. Since the chalet is still officially recognized as a public space, though, people are welcome to bring their own food.<\/p>\n<p>The Beaver Lake chalet&#8217;s renovation comes just a couple of years after the restoration of the Mount Royal Chalet, built in 1932. But there are other park chalets in Montreal still waiting for their renewal. Lafontaine Park&#8217;s 1950s-era pavillion sits empty most of the year, used primarily as a shelter for skaters in the wintertime. Now, some Plateau-dwellers are looking to give the chalet a new vocation, possibly as a caf\u00e9-bistro and cultural space. &#8220;Imagine how nice it would be if there was a [terrace] here, with expositions and musicians,&#8221; the president of the Amis du parc Lafontaine <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.canoe.com\/cgi-bin\/imprimer.cgi?id=332297\">told the Journal de Montr\u00e9al<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Plateau&#8217;s politicians are listening, and Jeanne-Mance councillor Michel Prescott thinks that opening a caf\u00e9 inside the Lafontaine chalet would be a good idea. Unfortunately, Prescott would like to lease the space to a private company while others, including Gagnon, want to establish a non-profit organization that would oversee the management of the chalet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mtlweblog\/2098410646\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2270\/2098410646_cc29808eb8.jpg?v=1197222674\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Lafontaine Park chalet, photo by Kate McDonnell<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beaver Lake chalet, photo by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Saia Original 1955 plans for the chalet Earlier this year, after two years of renovation, the Beaver Lake chalet on Mount Royal re-opened in all of its 1950s glory. Not only is the park pavillion entirely restored, its food offerings have been upgraded. It now features a table service<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2007\/12\/31\/new-life-for-montreals-park-chalets\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;New life for Montreal&#8217;s park chalets&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"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":[4,7839,3537,7841],"tags":[1167,455,1421,1419,1417,272,1420,1418,125,1416,49,56,1035,68,70],"class_list":["post-376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-neighbourhoods","category-parks","category-services","tag-beaver-lake","tag-food-2","tag-food-offerings","tag-frederic-saia","tag-jeanne-mance-councillor","tag-kate-mcdonnell","tag-lafontaine-park","tag-michel-prescott","tag-montreal","tag-mount-royal-chalet","tag-squares-and-parks","tag-plateau-mont-royal","tag-president","tag-public-services","tag-the-mountain-la-montagne"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New life for Montreal&#039;s park chalets - 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\/12\/31\/new-life-for-montreals-park-chalets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New life for Montreal&#039;s park chalets - Spacing Montreal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Beaver Lake chalet, photo by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Saia Original 1955 plans for the chalet Earlier this year, after two years of renovation, the Beaver Lake chalet on Mount Royal re-opened in all of its 1950s glory. 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