MAISONNEUVE: FROM RICHES TO RAGS AND BACK AGAIN
A former industrial sector once known as the “Pittsburgh of Canada”, this neighbourhood is now filled with green alleys, mosaics, murals and poetry.
Within a few meters of each other, you will discover repurposed factories, handsome duplexes and triplexes with their outdoor staircases, and … LOTS of turtles!
What is fascinating here is this “side-by-sideness” of the old and new, breathtaking Beaux-Arts monuments in a place otherwise packed with workers’ lodgings, where French-Canadians factory bosses lived alongside their employees, on the same street.
Come marvel at the contrasts that abound in Maisonneuve.
Duration
Approx. 75 min + 30-min question period