place

Maisonneuve Park

Golf club and course stubsGolf clubs and courses in QuebecMontreal geography stubsParks in MontrealRosemont–La Petite-Patrie
Use Canadian English from December 2020
Parc Maisonneuve 25
Parc Maisonneuve 25

Maisonneuve Park (French: Parc Maisonneuve) is an urban park in the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is considered to be one of Montreal's large parks. Established in 1910, it is 80 hectares (200 acres) in size, in three sections. The primary section is a public space that is bordered by the Montreal Botanical Garden on the west, Rosemont Street to the north, Viau Street to the east, and Sherbrooke Street East to the south. The other two sections, east of Viau Street, are a nine-hole public golf course and a community garden. Originally the primary section contained an 18-hole golf course which was reduced to 9 holes in the mid-1970s in order to construct the Montreal Olympic Park.It is named in honour of Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, founder of Montreal.The park is a unique place where people enjoy walking day or night, bicycling on its bike trail which runs all the way around the park. The center of the park is a calm area where people enjoy picnics and tranquility and is very popular among young people and families. The loop section of the bicycle path is 3.1 kilometres (1.9 mi) long. This does not include the path outside the fenced area, along Sherbrooke Street. It has been the site for Montreal's annual Fête nationale du Québec concert on June 24, but in 2015 the festivities were held in the Place des Festivals instead.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Maisonneuve Park (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Maisonneuve Park
Boulevard Pie-IX, Montreal Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Maisonneuve ParkContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 45.5618 ° E -73.562 °
placeShow on map

Address

Jardin d'ombre

Boulevard Pie-IX
H1X 2K3 Montreal, Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
Quebec, Canada
mapOpen on Google Maps

Parc Maisonneuve 25
Parc Maisonneuve 25
Share experience

Nearby Places

Olympic Village (Montreal)
Olympic Village (Montreal)

The Olympic Village is a twin-tower structure in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, built as the athletes' residence for the 1976 Summer Olympics. Designed by architects Roger D'Astous and Luc Durand, it was built massively over budget by a consortium of architects, including Joseph Zappia, who was later convicted of fraud in connection with his involvement with the building. Construction was overseen by René Lépine, Chairman of Groupe Lépine, and his associates through the company Zarolega Inc. Construction overruns were so drastic that the Olympic Installations Board seized the complex after its original estimate of $30 million ballooned to $90 million. The Olympic Village is situated in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, with the entrance on the northeast corner of Sherbrooke Street East and Viau Street and the building extending along Sherbrooke Street as far as De L'Assomption Boulevard. Its design was chosen by Mayor Jean Drapeau to imitate a similar structure in the South of France and was criticized for its exposed walkways, as some noted that they were unsuitable for winter climate. All the athletes were housed there, except those participating in equestrian sports and sailing, who were housed in residences set up in Bromont, Quebec, and Kingston, Ontario.The Régie du logement has an office and court rooms on the ground floor. In 1998, Metcap Living Inc. bought the buildings from the Régie des Installations Olympiques for $64.5 million.In 2004, El-Ad Group bought the buildings from Metcap Living Inc. In 2012, El-Ad Group expressed their interest to sell the buildings.On August 6, 2012, it was reported that El-Ad had sold the buildings to CAPREIT for $177.5 million.