McGill, Montreal
The McGill Ghetto also known
as Milton Park
or officially, Milton-Parc, after the neighbourhood's two main
streets, Milton and Park, is a neighbourhood
in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, named after McGill
University, situated directly to the east of the university campus.
McGill University, General Information
James Administration Buil, 845 Sherbrooke Street West [Map]
Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T5
The Ghetto is located in the Plateau-Mont-Royal
borough
of Montreal. Many McGill students live in this area, which is
characterized by a mix of rowhouses and low- to mid-rise apartment
buildings. The area is roughly bordered by rue University and the
university campus to the west, rue Sherbrooke to the south, avenue des
Pins to the north, and avenue du Parc to the east, though McGill
University considers this area to extend as far east as Saint
Laurent Boulevard or just short of Carré
Saint-Louis.
The neighbourhood has many historic townhouses built in the late 19th century, which housed affluent businessmen and their families. The area remained a wealthy enclave throughout the early half of the 20th century. Eventually, many of the affluent residents of the area moved to other boroughs such as Westmount or to the suburbs.
While the space is colloquially known as the "Ghetto", the name for
the area is used with the original definition of the word "ghetto": a
socioeconomically homogeneous area. It is well-kept and quite safe. In
recent years, more students have begun to move out of the Ghetto
because of rising rent prices, with fewer moving in for the same reason.[1]
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In the 1970s, community activists were concerned that the vast La Cité mixed-use complex (consisting of apartments, offices, a mall, and a hotel - now McGill's New Residence) would destroy the neighbourhood's character.[2] A campaign to stop further redevelopment was led by a residents' coalition and the then-newly formed historic preservation group Heritage Montreal.[3]
When McGill University acquired the hotel component of La Cité (at Parc and Prince Arthur) and transformed it into an undergraduate student residence (called New Residence Hall), the student population in the Ghetto increased by 650 people.[4] In 2009, McGill University purchased a second hotel (Four-Points on Sherbrooke) and transformed it into another student residence for use starting in the 2009-2010 school year.[5]
[edit] See also
References
- ^ "In the Ghetto", "McGill Reporter", September 9, 1999. Accessed June 5, 2008.
- ^ Gravenor, Kristian (2008-02-26). "Dashed projects". Coolopolis. http://coolopolis.blogspot.com/2008/02/dashed-projects-1968.html. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
- ^ John Pierce, Ann Dale, ed (2000-05-01). Communities, Development, and Sustainability Across Canada. UBC Press. pp. 20. ISBN 0-7748-0722-9. http://books.google.com/?id=s8KvskbIL1wC&pg=PA19&dq=%22Heritage+Montreal%22&q=%22Heritage%20Montreal%22.
- ^ "Residence Renaissance", "McGill News", Summer 2003. Accessed October 18, 2010.
- ^ "McGill acquires Four Points", "McGill Daily", March 9, 2009. Accessed October 18, 2010.
[edit] External links
- DeWolf, Christopher (2007-09-05). "A window Into Another City". URBANPHOTO. http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/09/05/a-window-into-the-seventies/. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
- Gravenor, Kristian (1987-07-20). Studies in Citizen Response: Community Reaction to the Threat of Demolition in Goose Village and Milton Park, Canadian Urban History, Concordia University. keepandshare.com. http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/view.php?id=807158&da=y. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
Coordinates: 45°30′30″N 73°34′29″W / 45.5083°N 73.5747°W
