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ARCHITECTOURS 2010 : DISCOVER HIDDEN GEMS OF MONTREAL’S HERITAGE!
New City Gas Complex, Griffintown.
© Héritage Montréal
This summer, join us for a new season of Architectours!
Every week-end, from August 7th to October 3rd, wander through Montreal’s neighbourhoods and discover how major projects have transformed Montreal’s industrial, residential and religious heritage.
These two-hour urban explorations will be offered every Saturday and Sunday, rain or shine, in both English and French.
Eight original walking tours for our 2010 Season:
Griffintown : Industrial past, an urban canvas
Centre-Sud : Artisan neighbourhood to broadcast central
Milton-Park : From student ghetto to community of co-operatives
Rosemont / Mile End : One track, two neighbourhoods
Latin Quarter : From Health to Knowledge
St. Gabriel Locks : Industrial Revolution, residential reconversion?
Maisonneuve : Its cathedral and its boulevards
The Square Mile : Grandeur and Renaissance
On the eve of Heritage Montreal’s 35th anniversary, we are pleased to announce a new partnership with SITQ for our 22nd edition of our Architectours. Founded by the Caisse de dépot et placement in 1984, SITQ is a leader in the commercial real estate development sector across North America and Western Europe. This support will bring new energy to one of our cornerstone educational programs and will supplement support from the Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine and the City of Montreal pursuant to the Entente sur le développement culturel de Montréal 2008-2011.
Each visit lasts two hours and reservations are not required. Tickets are available for purchase at the departure points 15 minutes prior to the designated start time.
To obtain a copy of our 2010 Architectours program and for more information on the actual circuits, departure points and rates:
Download the Architectours 2010 brochure
Visit our website or
Contact Claudia Li Fraine at 514-286 2662, extension 26 or
by e-mail at the following address architectours@heritagemontreal.org
PUBLIC LECTURE ON MONTREAL’S AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE
 As part of the event Terre en ville : Cultiver une ville verte et nourricière, the Collectif de Recherche en Aménagement Paysager et en Agriculture Urbaine Durable (CRAPAUD) is presenting a public lecture entitled: « Patrimoine agricole de Montréal : D’hier à aujourd’hui ». Free of charge and open to the general public, the lecture will be held this coming July 29th, at 7:00 p.m., in French, in the amphitheatre of UQAM’s Cœur des Sciences (200 Sherbrooke Street West).
Dinu Bumbaru, Heritage Montreal’s Policy Director, will discuss Montreal’s agricultural heritage. He is one of three invited keynote speakers and will be accompanied by Clément Desrosiers of the CPTAQ (Commission de Protection du Territoire Agricole du Québec) and by Claude Marois of Université de Montréal (Professor, Department of Geography).
Reservations are not required. For further information on the event, visit the event site directly at : www.crapaud.info/terreenville
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Guided tour near McAuslan Brewery by Dinu Bumbaru.
© Anna Nixon for Héritage Montréal
Heritage Montreal held its AGM on a sunny Tuesday on the 21st of June. True to our tradition of holding this annual event at a location with unique heritage interest, we chose the McAuslan Brewery and its interpretive center, the Centre St-Ambroise located in the heart of the historic workers’ neighbourhood of St. Henri along the Lachine Canal. After an interesting walking tour exploring the area, the Annual Meeting highlighted the accomplishments of the last year, notably the highly successful restoration of the 1930’s giant milk-bottle shaped water tank of the Guaranteed Pure Milk Co., a cherished icon of downtown Montreal!
As always, the reports on the year’s most pressing heritage and planning issues were presented with much interest. Luce Lafontaine, President of the Heritage and Planning Committee (COPA) and Dinu Bumbaru our Policy Director, submitted six Resolutions. All were approved unanimously and are now posted on our website. We are now working to communicate their content to the relevant elected officials, institutions and organisations.
After adjourning the Meeting, all attending Members as well as the newly elected Board of Directors were able to enjoy the perfect summer weather with a 5 à 7 beer-tasting reception at the lovely Terrasse McAuslan. A truly agreable evening was had by all! We thank Peter McAuslan, President of McAuslan Brewery and David Cool, Program Director for their much appreciated and warm welcome!
SUMMER MEMBERSHIP CONTEST !
 Not yet a Member of Heritage Montreal?
Join now and enter our Summer Contest!
Become a Member by August 31, 2010 to be entered to win a copy of André Bouchard’s wonderfully illustrated book « Le Jardin botanique de Montréal » (in French) along with Complimentary Passes offered by the Botanical Garden to visit this unique natural heritage destination of Greater Montreal!
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