April 1st, 2009
Photo du Jour : The Last House on Ste-Marguerite
By Alanah Heffez // 1 Comment
This house was built in 1890 and sits on its own tiny block, south of Notre-Dame. On a recent visit, I found it looking a little pitiful with those beautiful old trees chopped up.
History feels pretty palpable in this neighbourhood, in spite of - or perhaps in contrast to - a cluster of condos along the canal-side. Many of the duplexes along this street have entrances for horse-drawn carriages and there are a few old wood-sided homes on the corner of St-Ambroise. I rented an apartment down the block from here about 5 years ago and I was always convinced that our place once housed a sweatshop in a room above the garage.
Photo taken Feb 27 2009
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I've noticed that house too -- that and the house on Pine noted in another one of today's posts. (is SpacingMontreal psychic?)
A friend lives in one of the wooden duplexes down near St-Ambroise. The atmosphere is very Wild West. It's actually mentioned (by house number) in Gabrielle Roy's Bonheur D'occasion, apparently; some former college professors bought them up, work at restoring them, and try to rent them out to teachers and artists, apparently.
Comment by AJ
April 1, 2009 | 9:34 am