{"id":5020,"date":"2009-12-03T14:02:48","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T19:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=5020"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:22:29","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:22:29","slug":"montreals-main-is-one-great-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/12\/03\/montreals-main-is-one-great-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal&#8217;s Main is one great street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pps.org\/graphics\/gpp\/Boulevard_St_Laurent_Montreal_01_xlarge\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pps.org\/graphics\/gpp\/Boulevard_St_Laurent_Montreal_01_xlarge\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"389\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saint-Laurent boulevard tops a recent list of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pps.org\/info\/newsletter\/From_Place_to_Place_Part_Two\/touring_the_worlds_finest_streets\">9 great streets around the world<\/a> created by NYC-based Project for Public Spaces.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pps.org\/great_public_spaces\/one?public_place_id=778&amp;type_id=30\">The Main<\/a> is described as a cool combo of trendy, eclectic and nostalgic, and recognized for its cultural diversity. Apparently 14 different ethnicitys have claimed sections of the Main. (Chinatown, Little Italy, Little Portugal, the traditionally Jewish area, plus surely a good dose of French and English&#8230;what else?).<\/p>\n<p>The main was also awarded for its round-the-clock animation. I snapped this photo around 5am one night\/morning last June.<br \/>\n<a title=\"6am and still on the Main by alanah.montreal, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/alanahmontreal\/4155453457\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2511\/4155453457_a7d559f7d5.jpg\" alt=\"6am and still on the Main\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other &#8220;great boulevards&#8221; were in Spain, Sweden, Argentina and Las Vegas. PPS also list great commerical streets, transit streets, pedestrian streets, residential streets, markets and more. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pps.org\/great_public_spaces\/one?public_place_id=844&amp;type_id=29\">Sainte-Catherine<\/a> was nominated inthe commerical street category.<\/p>\n<p>PPS also urges people to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pps.org\/great_public_spaces\/suggest-hallofshame\">nominate &#8220;worst streets&#8221;<\/a> for their hall of shame. Surely, there are a few around Montreal that could conquor that category as well.<\/p>\n<p><em><span>Top photo: Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de d\u00e9veloppement du boulevard Saint-Laurent, reproduced by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pps.org\/info\/newsletter\/From_Place_to_Place_Part_Two\/touring_the_worlds_finest_streets\">Project for Public Spaces<\/a>. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saint-Laurent boulevard tops a recent list of 9 great streets around the world created by NYC-based Project for Public Spaces. 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