Park Avenue, Montreal

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Park Avenue (officially avenue du Parc) is one of central Montreal's major north-south streets. It derives its name from Mount Royal park, through which it runs. Between Mount Royal Avenue and Avenue des Pins, the street serves as the boundary between the mountain, to the west, and the smaller Jeanne Mance Park to the east. The portion of the street south of Sherbrooke Street is known as Bleury Street, and south of Saint-Antoine the name changes again to rue Saint-Pierre. The northern end of Park Avenue is the Park Extension CP Passenger Rail Station, now serving as the Parc metro station and commuter train station.

Once one of Montreal's most elegant residential avenues, Park Avenue is now a busy commercial street, home to the Greek community since the 1940s.

Park also lends its name to the residential neighbourhood Park Extension, at its northern end.

[edit] Parc Avenue name change controversy

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• On November 28, 2006 Montreal city council voted in favour (40-22) of renaming Avenue du Parc after Robert Bourassa, as announced on October 18 by Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay. [1]
• If Quebec's Toponymy Commission had approved the name change, all of Parc Avenue and its continuation would have been renamed Avenue Robert-Bourassa. This would have caused the newly named street to cross René Lévesque Boulevard, named after a longtime political rival to Bourassa.
• This decision by the City of Montreal without any consultation with the people of the city provoked controversy, especially as Parc is itself an historical street name, associated with the city's beloved Mount Royal park.[2]
• There was an online petition against this renaming. [The petition is now closed.]
• The STM's Parc metro station (and AMT commuter rail station) was to remain "Parc" due to a moratorium on renaming metro stations. ^[1]
• After Robert Bourassa's family publicly expressed reservations about the controversy, Mayor Tremblay announced on February 6, 2007 that he would not pursue the issue further and that the council would be presented with a motion to withdraw the resolution of November 28. The urban planning department will work to find an alternative commemoration for the late premier. [3]

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

1. ^ (French) Holà aux changements de nom des stations de métro. Retrieved on 2006-11-28.

Coordinates: 45°30′54.6″N, 73°35′8.1″W