{"id":888,"date":"2008-05-07T20:23:01","date_gmt":"2008-05-08T01:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/05\/07\/strolling-through-history\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:59:50","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:59:50","slug":"strolling-through-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/05\/07\/strolling-through-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Strolling through history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca\/archives\/seriez\/pages\/z7.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca\/archives\/seriez\/photos\/z7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It isn&#8217;t a blog that is updated very often, but when it is, <a href=\"http:\/\/histoireplateau.canalblog.com\">Histoire du Plateau Mont-Royal<\/a> is definitely worth reading. Its latest post, an historical walking tour of Mount Royal Avenue, from Park Avenue in the west to d&#8217;Iberville in the east, is a particularly good example. Here&#8217;s a sample:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i># 1 \/ \u00c0 la place du P\u00e9tro-Canada, on a longtemps retrouv\u00e9 le terminus d&#8217;au moins sept lignes de tramways, lesquels relevaient de presque autant de compagnies de tramways.  \u00e0 sa fermeture, il devint le \u00abclub\u00bb Minuit qui fut tr\u00e8s populaire et qui dit-on comportait les premi\u00e8res\u00ab annonces au n\u00e9on\u00bb.  La l\u00e9gende veut que les J\u00e9rolas y firent leur d\u00e9but.  Il rendit l&#8217;\u00e2me dans un grand incendie.<\/p>\n<p># 2 \/ Dans l&#8217;axe de la rue Jeanne-Mance se trouvait les terrains de l&#8217;exposition provinciale et surtout, le fameux \u00ab Crystal Palace\u00bb; dont la construction initiale sur la rue sainte-Catherine fut finalement d\u00e9plac\u00e9e ici.  Lui aussi rendit l&#8217;\u00e2me dans un grand incendie.<\/p>\n<p># 3 \/ \u00c0 la place du Provigo d&#8217;aujourd&#8217;hui, se dressait l&#8217;ancien-ancien Forum; o\u00f9 les Maroons et par la suite les Canadiens jou\u00e8rent leurs toutes premi\u00e8res parties.  Les murs de l&#8217;\u00e9difice accueillirent \u00e9galement le ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne Caruso, vedette internationale d&#8217;op\u00e9ra et Pavarotti du temps jadis; lors de sa visite en Am\u00e9rique.<\/p>\n<p># 4 \/ L&#8217;angle Nord-Ouest de Saint-Laurent et Mont-Royal \u00e9tait occup\u00e9 par le vaste magasin \u00e0 rayons \u00able Mont-Royal\u00bb, sorte de laBaie ou Eaton&#8217;s de cette petite ville de banlieue qu&#8217;\u00e9tait Saint-Jean-Baptiste.  Important en surface et en volume, c&#8217;\u00e9tait LE magasin du Nord<\/p>\n<p># 5 \/ L&#8217;angle Hotel-de-Ville et Mont-Royal est r\u00e9put\u00e9 pour \u00eatre le noyau fondateur du quartier.  D\u00e8s le milieu du 18\u00e8me si\u00e8cle, on retrouve l\u00e0 une petite industrie de la tannerie op\u00e9r\u00e9e par la famille Plessis-B\u00e9lair (d&#8217;aujourd&#8217;hui), sous le nom de la tannerie des B\u00e9llaire.  C&#8217;est \u00e9galement le point de d\u00e9part du premier chemin du quartier, le chemin des carri\u00e8res qui monte vers les carri\u00e8res et qui nous entra\u00eene vers le noyau villageois de Coteau Saint-Louis, premier village fondateur du plateau Mont-Royal.<\/p>\n<p># 6 \/ L&#8217;actuelle Maison des jeunesses musicales du Canada (?) \u00e9tait auparavant la clinique sanitaire Seigler.  Au moment de la grande crise, la Ville de Montr\u00e9al dut am\u00e9nager tout un r\u00e9seau de cliniques afin d&#8217;offrir aux familles ne pouvant s&#8217;offrir les soins de sant\u00e9, un endroit  pour enfin y acc\u00e9der.  Cette clinique op\u00e9rait pour le Plateau Mont-Royal.  C&#8217;\u00e9tait un peu les CLSC avant la lettre.<\/p>\n<p># 7 \/ En lieu et place de l&#8217;actuelle Caisse Populaire du Plateau, se trouvait, jusqu&#8217;au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 80, le fameux \u00abMont-Royal BBQ\u00bb.  Dot\u00e9 d&#8217;une architecture unique et tr\u00e8s \u00abfifties\u00bb, l&#8217;\u00e9difice tirait avantage de sa proximit\u00e9 avec la rue Saint-Denis et avec le centre civique du quartier autour de l&#8217;\u00e9glise des P\u00e8res du Tr\u00e8s-Saint-Sacrement.  Ic\u00f4ne typique de ce qu&#8217;\u00e9tait un grand restaurant sa fa\u00e7ade, son d\u00e9cor ext\u00e9rieur et \u00e9galement son int\u00e9rieur en faisaient un lieu unique.  Nul doute qu&#8217;aujourd&#8217;hui, cette architecture serait non seulement pr\u00e9serv\u00e9e; mais on s&#8217;arracherait \u00e0 fort prix la possibilit\u00e9 d&#8217;y tenir restaurant.  Comme quoi les temps changent!<\/p>\n<p># 8 \/  Sur la magnifique rue Saint-Hubert (avant que la voiture ne vienne la d\u00e9naturer) on retrouvait du c\u00f4t\u00e9 Est, un peu au sud de la ruelle, la maison de Camillien Houde, alors maire de Montr\u00e9al.  La l\u00e9gende veut que le maire ait d\u00e9j\u00e0, \u00e0 partir du petit balcon rond \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9tage, harangu\u00e9 la foule  venue l&#8217;acclamer suite \u00e0 son retour du camp de prisonniers, o\u00f9 il fut intern\u00e9 pendant 3-4 ans \u00e0 cause de sa prise de position contre la conscription,.<\/p>\n<p># 9 \/  Au nord de Mont-Royal, entre les rues Christophe-Colomb et Mentana se situait un important champ de courses de chevaux.  Cette activit\u00e9 \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s populaire \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9poque et comme le \u00abPlateau\u00bb est la banlieue de Montr\u00e9al; il est normal qu&#8217;on y retrouve cet \u00e9quipement.  Il sera par la suite bien s\u00fbr chass\u00e9, par le d\u00e9veloppement immobilier.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/histoireplateau.canalblog.com\/archives\/2008\/05\/02\/9038791.html\">Click here<\/a> to read more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It isn&#8217;t a blog that is updated very often, but when it is, Histoire du Plateau Mont-Royal is definitely worth reading. Its latest post, an historical walking tour of Mount Royal Avenue, from Park Avenue in the west to d&#8217;Iberville in the east, is a particularly good example. 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