Sainte-Marie, Montreal

Coordinates: 45°31′30″N 73°32′44″W / 45.52500°N 73.54550°W / 45.52500; -73.54550
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Quartier Sainte-Marie
Postal code(s)
H2K

The Sainte-Marie

Maison Radio-Canada
overlook the neighbourhood.

History

Prior to the construction of the Maison Radio-Canada, the area was part of the working-class neighborhood popularly known as Faubourg à m'lasse, demolished in the 1960s.[1]

Sainte-Marie, looking south towards the Jacques Cartier bridge

Sainte-Marie, and the Centre-Sud more broadly, have a long held reputation for poverty, organized crime and prostitution[2][3][4][5][6][7] casting the neighbourhood in a negative light.[8][9][10][11]

This has notably changed in recent years, with increased gentrification.[12]

Geography

Sainte-Marie is part of the larger Centre-Sud, its boundaries are roughly De Lorimier Avenue to the west, the

CP rails to the east, Sherbrooke Street to the north and the St. Lawrence River
to the south.

The Sainte-Marie rapids separate Sainte-Marie from

St. Helen's Island
.

A notable landmark in the area is the

Ontario Street for many decades.[13]

The Sûreté du Québec have their headquarters in the heart of the neighbourhood on Parthenais Street. The building commonly known as the Prison Parthenais, is prominent in the skyline.[14]

Politics

The neighbourhood is part of the Montreal City Council district of Sainte-Marie and the federal riding of Laurier—Sainte-Marie. Provincially it’s part of Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques, with a small eastern corner in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve riding, despite not being part of that neighbourhood.

The area around the Frontenac station

Transport

The area is served by the

Frontenac
.

References

  1. ^ Corriveau, Jeanne (13 December 2008). "Réinventer le "Faubourg à m'lasse"" (in French). Montreal: Le Devoir. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
  2. ^ "Une nuit avec Capone" (in French). Montreal: La Presse. 26 October 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Prostitution dans le quartier Centre-Sud: les citoyens exigent des solutions" (in French). Montreal: TVA Nouvelles. 18 September 2002. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Prostitution dans le Centre-Sud de Montréal - Le groupe Stella n'apprécie pas les opérations policières" (in French). Montreal: Le Devoir. 21 May 2002. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  5. ISBN 2-89549-119-4
    .
  6. ISBN 978-2-9813755-0-6
    .
  7. ISBN 978-2-89793-106-3
    .
  8. L'Actualité
    . Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  9. ^ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7-_0csCC1hY%7C CONTE DU CENTRE-SUD documentary (in French)
  10. ^ "L'ancien bunker des Rock Machine n'est plus qu'un amas de débris" (in French). Montreal: TVA Nouvelles. 18 October 2001. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  11. ISBN 9782924049143
    .
  12. Radio Canada
    . 15 January 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  13. ^ "JTI-Macdonald Grand répertoire du patrimoine bâti de Montréal".
  14. ^ "Registre patrimonial SQI - Édifice Wilfrid-Derome - 1701, rue Parthenais, Montréal".

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