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Walking Tours : Journées de la culture

Mordecai Richler ‘s Main and Mile End

Susan Bronson

Explore the places mentioned in the various novels of this author of Jewish origin who grew up in the ‘hood in the 1940s (offered in collaboration with Mile End Memories)

Date and time:

Saturday 25 September  2010, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., rain or shine

Departure point:

Parc du Portugal, corner of Saint-Laurent and Marianne

End point:

Corner of Saint-Laurent Boulevard and Fairmount

Language:

English and French

Cost:

No charge

Reservations:

Not necessary

Mini Walking Tour: From Rowhouses to Megastructures in the Saint-Viateur East Sector

Explore the former Turcot Public Bath and its surroundings, including rowhouses, megastructures and a former railway yard (offered in collaboration with Mile End Memories).

Date and time:

Saturday 25 September  2010, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m., rain or shine

Departure point:

Bain Saint-Michel, 5300, rue Saint-Dominique (corner of Maguire Street), métro Laurier, buses 51, 55

End point:

Champ des Possibles (east of corner of Saint-Viateur and De Gaspé Streets), métro Laurier, buses 51, 55

Language:

English and French

Cost:

No charge

Reservations:

Not necessary

The Portuguese connection

Miguel Simao Andrade et Joaquina Pires

Explore the Portuguese neighbourhood and various aspects of Luso-Montreal culture through the discovery of the community’s principal meeting places.

Date and time:

Sunday 26 September  2010, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., rain or shine

Departure point:

North-west corner of Saint-Laurent and Pines

End point:

Santa-Cruz Church (corner of Rachel and Saint-Urbain)

Language:

English and French

Cost:

No charge

Reservations:

Not necessary