{"id":465,"date":"2008-01-10T22:10:25","date_gmt":"2008-01-11T02:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=465"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:46:25","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:46:25","slug":"welcome-to-little-maghreb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/01\/10\/welcome-to-little-maghreb\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Little Maghreb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/christopherdewolf\/2152754648\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2389\/2152754648_0c309d3e03.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walk a few minutes east from Saint-Michel metro and you&#8217;ll find yourself in one of Montreal&#8217;s most recent ethnic neighbourhoods: the Petit Maghreb, a 15-block strip of North African businesses along Jean Talon Street between St. Michel and Pie IX boulevards. <\/p>\n<p>Nearly half of Montreal&#8217;s 63,000 immigrants from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia arrived here after 2001. They&#8217;re quickly making their presence felt. Last spring, a group of Jean Talon St. business owners announced their intention to create a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ledevoir.com\/2007\/08\/28\/154839.html\">&#8220;Petit Maghreb&#8221; business district<\/a> along the lines of Little Italy and Chinatown. <\/p>\n<p>It seems that this would be the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journaldestmichel.com\/article-91088-Premier-pas-vers-un-grand-reve.html\">first such neighbourhood in North America<\/a>, which probably isn&#8217;t surprising if you consider that Montreal is the only city on the continent with a significant <i>maghrebin<\/i> population. (In Toronto, for instance, there are just 665 immigrants from Algeria, compared to 26,825 in Montreal.) Its promoters insist that it will be a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.journaldestmichel.com\/article-83704-Le-Petit-Maghreb-une-vision-positive-du-multiculturalisme.html\">positive affirmation of multiculturalism<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Curious to check out Montreal&#8217;s little bit of North Africa for myself, I took the metro to Saint-Michel in November and wandered down Jean Talon. The comparisons to Little Italy or Chinatown are a bit premature: Little Maghreb is still in its infancy. There are plenty of caf\u00e9s, bakeries, grocery stores, restaurants, mosques and community centres, but the street is low-slung and a bit sleepy, and not quite as intensely commercial as you&#8217;d expect. <\/p>\n<p>I did notice a lot of terraces, though, so it&#8217;s probably a lot more happening in the summer. It will be interesting to watch Little Maghreb&#8217;s evolution as its merchants attempt to transform it into a city-wide destination. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/christopherdewolf\/2151963835\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2300\/2151963835_4aba6f32ce.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/christopherdewolf\/2151961769\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2030\/2151961769_b9d2760f6d.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/christopherdewolf\/2152755276\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2217\/2152755276_9440c2a7f9.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/christopherdewolf\/2151963147\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2224\/2151963147_61096e418c.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/christopherdewolf\/tags\/petitmaghreb\">Click here<\/a> to see more photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walk a few minutes east from Saint-Michel metro and you&#8217;ll find yourself in one of Montreal&#8217;s most recent ethnic neighbourhoods: the Petit Maghreb, a 15-block strip of North African businesses along Jean Talon Street between St. Michel and Pie IX boulevards. 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