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Sir George-Étienne Cartier Square

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Parc George Etienne Cartier
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Sir George-Étienne Cartier Square (officially in French: square Sir-George-Étienne-Cartier) is a town square in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Saint-Henri neighbourhood of the Southwest borough. It is a small rectangular square with a fountain in the middle, woods in the northern part and a pool in the southern part. It is surrounded by rowhouses. Named after politician George-Étienne Cartier, it was built in 1912 on the site of an old west-end slaughterhouse. When Saint-Henri was annexed by the city of Montreal in 1905, the construction of this square had been an election promise made by Hormidas Laporte, the Mayor of Montreal at the time. According to the regulations adopted during its development, the houses around the square were to be built with stone façades and decorative brick.Restored in 2003, the fountain that occupies the centre of the square was installed for the opening of the square in 1912. The different components of the fountain were ordered by catalogue from J. L. Mott Iron Works foundry of New York City.

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Sir George-Étienne Cartier Square
Square Sir-George-Etienne-Cartier, Montreal Le Sud-Ouest

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Square Sir-George-Etienne-Cartier 305
H4C 1S1 Montreal, Le Sud-Ouest
Quebec, Canada
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Atwater Market
Atwater Market

Atwater Market is a market hall located in the Saint-Henri area of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It opened in 1933. The interior market is home to many butchers and the Première Moisson bakery and restaurant. The outside market has many farmers' stalls, which sell both local and imported produce, as well as two cheese stores, a wine store and a fish store. The market's Art Deco building was designed by architect Ludger Lemieux, working with his son, Paul Lemieux. It is located on Atwater Street, near the Lachine Canal and the Lionel-Groulx Metro station, as well as Greene Avenue. A pedestrian bridge, which can also be used by bicycles, connects the market to Saint-Patrick Street and to a bicycle path in Pointe-Saint-Charles on the other side of the Lachine Canal. The presence of this bridge explains the popularity of this market with bike riders, who often stop there, and contributes to the summer ambiance of the area. The bike path travels from the Old Port of Montreal to the Lachine Marina and is owned and maintained by Parks Canada. The area immediately east and west of the market has experienced gentrification, with a number of upscale condominiums being built right on the Lachine Canal, causing rent prices in the area to increase rapidly. Since the Lachine Canal reopened in 2002, residential property values in the Southwest borough have shot up by 61%, according to Montreal's 2006 property valuation roll, with the highest growth happening around the Atwater Market.