To round off 2023, we're bringing you a captivating virtual ArchitecTour, highlighting the evolution of a well-known area of Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie: Parc Molson and its surroundings.
For its ArchitecTours 2023 season, Héritage Montréal invited the public to dive into the world of urban parks, exploring their architecture, layout and links with their surrounding neighborhoods. Do you know the story behind Parc Molson and its link to the eponymous family, dating back to the Côte de la Visitation farm in 1835? This capsule gives you a better understanding of the urban development of a Montreal neighborhood to be built and developed in the early 20th century.
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Entertainment and architecture: Beaubien cinema in three phases
In 1937, the arrival of the Beaubien cinema, next door to Parc Molson, filled a growing need for entertainment in a rapidly expanding neighborhood.
photo: aRCHIVEs DE LA PRESSE
A plus for urban planning: Mobilized citizens in Parc Molson since... 1915!
Despite the annexation of Parc Molson to the Saint-Denis district in 1908, the services usually provided by Ville de Montréal, such as sewers and aqueducts, were slow to materialize.
Before/After : A photographer's stroll through Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie in 1924-25
Walking around Parc Molson, the Héritage Montréal team was able to spatially situate several of the buildings immortalized in the 1920s by Notman Studios.
Photo: Notman Collection, Mccord-Stewart
Cover image credits: Montage from Google Maps, Photographie Notman collection du McCord-Stewart, 1925, V-23306 and Archives de la Ville de Montréal, 1946,3612099_58-55.
