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Starting in 1745, the urbanized area of Montreal began to extend beyond its fortifications. The Plateau-Mont-Royal was born when the Faubourg Saint-Laurent to the north became the main area of development. In 1792, Montreal expanded, with new official limits about two kilometres (1¼ miles) beyond the original fortifications.
Typical residential street in Plateau-Mont-Royal, June 2005. Montreal's trendy and colourful Plateau Mont Royal neighbourhood is located on the twin North-South axes of Saint Laurent Boulevard and Saint Denis Street, and East-West axes of Mount Royal Avenue and Sherbrooke Street.
Little Portugal (French: Petit Portugal, pronounced [pəti pɔʁtyɡal]) is a neighbourhood in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is situated in the western portion of the borough of Le Plateau Mont-Royal. Portuguese businesses can be found along several blocks of Saint Laurent Boulevard between Pine and Marie-Anne Street.
These factors have subsequently moved much of the artist community and poorer residents of Mile End further away from Downtown Montreal to Park Extension and other adjacent neighbourhoods. The writer Mordecai Richler grew up on Saint Urbain Street in the 1930s and 40s, and wrote about the neighbourhood in several of his novels.
Saint Louis Square (officially in French: square Saint-Louis) is an urban square in Montreal's Plateau Mont Royal. Its eastern edge fronts onto Saint Denis Street, a major north–south artery. Square Saint Louis Street runs along both the square's northern and southern sides, while Laval Avenue runs along its western side.
Milton Park (French: Milton-Parc), is a neighbourhood in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.It is named after the neighbourhood's two main streets, Milton Street and Park Avenue.It is situated directly to the east of the McGill University campus in the borough of Plateau-Mont-Royal.
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The Plateau-Mont-Royal borough council is the local governing body of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, a borough in the City of Montreal.The council consists of seven members: the borough mayor (who also serves as a Montreal city councillor), city council representatives for each of the borough's three electoral districts, and borough council representatives for the same three districts.