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Saint Paul is Montreal's oldest street and for many years served as its main thoroughfare. [2] [better source needed] Paved in 1672, it was named after Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve, founder of Montreal, who built a home for himself on it in 1650. [3] The street is home to such landmarks as the Bonsecours Market and Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours ...
Old Montreal (French: Vieux-Montréal, pronounced [vjø mɔ̃ʁeal]) is a historic neighbourhood within the municipality of Montreal in the province of Quebec, Canada.Home to the Old Port of Montreal, the neighbourhood is bordered on the west by McGill Street, on the north by Ruelle des Fortifications, on the east by rue Saint-André, and on the south by the Saint Lawrence River.
As assistant director of the city of Montreal's newly formed planning department, he persuaded authorities to abandon plans for an expressway that would have cut through the old city. [2] In 1964, most of Old Montreal was classified as a historic district. In 1970, the road was renamed from rue des Commissaires, in memory of early colonial days.
Saint Jacques Street (French: rue Saint-Jacques, pronounced [ʁy sɛ̃ʒak]), or St. James Street, is a major street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running from Old Montreal westward to Lachine. The street is commonly known by two names , "St. James Street" in English (after St. James's , London ) and rue Saint-Jacques in French .
Saint Laurent Boulevard, also known as Saint Lawrence Boulevard (officially in French: boulevard Saint-Laurent), is a major street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.A commercial artery and cultural heritage site, the street runs north west–south east through the near-centre of city and is nicknamed The Main (French: La Main), which is the abbreviation for "Main Street".
The original, southernmost section of the street was built by Urbain Tessier (c. 1624–1689), a farmer and carpenter who settled in the area. The name also makes reference to Saint Urbain . In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the street, now stretching northward, was home to several of Montreal's prominent British and French merchants ...
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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.