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\"St-Laurent<\/a>
\n\u00ab It’s really kind of hard to be a suburb of nothing. If you don’t have a downtown, you really don’t have anything. It’s hard to build a community around parking lots and subdivisions. \u00bb
\n – Ed McMahon<\/em><\/p>\n

Toutes les heures, nuit et jour, le peuple envahit le coin du boulevard St-Laurent (long couloir d’immigration) et de l’avenue Mont-Royal (grand portail de la verdure). De la tranquillit\u00e9 matinale \u00e0 la tr\u00e9pidation vesp\u00e9rale, ce secteur de l’arrondissement Plateau Mont-Royal, son v\u00e9ritable centre-ville, re\u00e7oit une richesse de la diversit\u00e9 civique.<\/p>\n

Ce p\u00f4le d\u2019activit\u00e9 mixte, comprenant des usages commerciaux, r\u00e9sidentiels, et quasi industriels, ainsi que des services sociaux, sanitaires, et de divertissement, semble toujours anim\u00e9. \u00c0 l’aide de ce caract\u00e8re h\u00e9t\u00e9roclite, une vari\u00e9t\u00e9 de citoyens peuple le quartier : les jeunes, les a\u00een\u00e9s, les familles, les c\u00e9libataires, les bourgeois, les boh\u00e9miens, et les Canadiens n\u00e9s ici et ailleurs. En plus, on constate le regroupement de diff\u00e9rentes cat\u00e9gories de la population dans les environs de certaines installations. Par exemple, rassembl\u00e9 autour du Pharmaprix au coin nord-est, on rencontre des femmes et des vieux. Peut-\u00eatre s’agit-il soit des personnes qui prennent leurs ordonnances \u00e0 la pharmacie, soit celles qui rendent visite \u00e0 leur m\u00e9decin \u00e0 la clinique lusophone situ\u00e9e au 2e \u00e9tage du m\u00eame b\u00e2timent. On continue effectivement \u00e0 trouver un contingent \u00e2g\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019autre c\u00f4t\u00e9 du boulevard, devant l\u2019agence du CLSC. Au coin sud-ouest, une foule plus jeune r\u00e8gne. C\u2019est \u00e9galement ici o\u00f9 le trottoir s\u2019\u00e9largit et accueillit le monde en tant que lieu de rencontre. Certes, l\u2019emplacement d\u2019un arr\u00eat d’autobus, amenant les passagers au m\u00e9tro Mont-Royal, attire le public aux environs. Cependant, malgr\u00e9 cette option \u00e0 la communaut\u00e9, elle n’en profite gu\u00e8re. L’horaire ne convient-il pas peut-\u00eatre aux promeneurs ? Quoi qu’il en soit, les gens se contentent des s\u00e9ances de l\u00e8che-vitrine ; l’action qui englobe le magasinage, la fl\u00e2nerie, et l’observation des concitoyens.<\/p>\n

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\"Le<\/a>
\nDurant le jour, la zone adopte une atmosph\u00e8re villageoise, o\u00f9 ses habitants utilisent tout mode de transport disponible : v\u00e9lo, voiture, camion, autobus, \u00e0 pied, \u00e0 Bixi. M\u00eame les rues apparaissent plus \u00e9troites et, pourtant, la circulation continuelle se d\u00e9place et n\u2019encombre pas la vie pi\u00e9tonni\u00e8re. Il semble que tout le monde habite dans des demeures locales. Il y a du stationnement plac\u00e9 sur les c\u00f4t\u00e9s de grandes art\u00e8res, mais peut-\u00eatre ces voitures appartiennent-elles aux personnes d’ailleurs.<\/p>\n

Durant le soir, le coin se d\u00e9barrasse de son charme paroissial. Voir venir les f\u00eatards grim\u00e9s et superficiels qui se bavardent, s\u2019amusent et, \u00e0 l’occasion, se battent. Le fleuve d\u2019alcool les remporte au flot de leurs compatriotes au bord des axes routiers. Les bars, les bo\u00eetes, les restaurants, les terrasses : ils sont tous ouverts. La Vid\u00e9otron sur St-Laurent offre des films \u00e0 ceux qui privil\u00e9gient davantage une soir\u00e9e cin\u00e9matique. Un d\u00e9panneur aide \u00e0 satisfaire les fixes de nicotine pour ceux qui en ont besoin.<\/p>\n

Toute cette activit\u00e9 cr\u00e9e un lieu qui para\u00eet \u00e0 la fois bond\u00e9 et s\u00e9curis\u00e9. Les yeux sont toujours fix\u00e9s vers la voirie. Que ce soit le gardien au Pharmaprix, les caissiers au d\u00e9panneur et aux restaurants, ou le videur aux bars, tous leurs postes sont orient\u00e9s \u00e0 la rue.<\/p>\n

Il existe bel et bien un contraste l\u00e9ger dans la fa\u00e7on dont l\u2019architecture locale embrasse le paysage urbain. Au long de Mont-Royal Ouest et St-Laurent (au sud de l’intersection), les \u00e9tablissements s\u2019adressent au public avec de grandes vitrines et des terrasses permanentes. Mont-Royal Est et St-Laurent (au nord de l’intersection) tournent le dos \u00e0 la soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Le c\u00f4t\u00e9 oriental de St-Laurent se distingue par un mur en brique mal fait. De la m\u00eame fa\u00e7on, au c\u00f4t\u00e9 m\u00e9ridional de Mont-Royal, l’\u00e9difice tente de s\u2019effondrer dans un avenir rapproch\u00e9.
\n\"Le<\/a>
\nAu premier regard, quelques constructions semblent vacantes. D\u2019autres ont besoin d\u2019un petit lifting. Du carrefour, on peut voir les vestiges incin\u00e9r\u00e9s d\u2019un b\u00e2timent \u00e0 2 \u00e9tages de jadis. Mais, une inspection approfondie d\u00e9voile plusieurs espaces bien utilis\u00e9s en tant que domiciles, lofts, studios, ateliers, et bureaux. On ne croise qu’ici les gratte-ciels du Plateau. En outre, les ruelles parmi ces constructions bourdonnent d\u2019activit\u00e9 : ceux qui courent entre les immeubles, ceux qui fument leurs cigarettes durant leurs pauses, ou ceux qui apportent le caf\u00e9 Tim Horton aux coll\u00e8gues.<\/p>\n

En d\u00e9pit de ces imperfections, la vie citadine fait que ce village urbain reste un endroit tr\u00e8s vivable \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al.
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