Tag Archives: History of Montreal

The Case for Cabot Square

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Taylor C. Noakes

Poor John Cabot, we hardly new ye. Most people don’t know who he is or why there’s a sizeable chunk of prime downtown property in a state of seemingly perpetual disrepair named after him. In fact, it’s not even actually … Continue reading →

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Pedestrianizing Ste-Catherine Street: How to Make it Work

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Taylor C. Noakes

It looks as though Mayor Coderre is at the very least interested in discussing the possibility of pedestrianizing Ste-Catherine Street in advance of the city’s 375th anniversary. This is as a consequence of needing to dig up the street and … Continue reading →

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Which Catherine is Ste-Catherine Street Named After?

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Taylor C. Noakes

Kate McDonnell did me a solid and linked to my recent article about the future of the Faubourg on her site, the Montreal City Weblog (which should be regular required reading if you want to know what’s going on around … Continue reading →

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