Sherbrooke Street: Difference between revisions

| name = =Sherbrooke Street

| native_name = ={{lang-native name|fr|rue Sherbrooke}}

| captionimage = =Sherbrooke Streetand EastRue at [[Berri Street]].jpg

| length_kmcaption = Sherbrooke Street East at [[Berri = 31.3Street]]

'''Sherbrooke Street''' (officially in {{lang-fr|'''rue Sherbrooke'''}}) is a major east-westeast–west artery and at {{convert|31.3|km|mi}} in length, is the second longest street on the [[Island of Montreal]], Canada. The street begins in the town of [[Montreal West, Quebec|Montreal West]] and ends on the extreme tip of the island in [[Pointe-aux-Trembles]], intersecting [[Gouin Boulevard]] and joining up with [[Notre-Dame Street]]. East of Cavendish Boulevard this road is part of [[Quebec Route 138]].

The street is divided into two portions. ''Sherbrooke Street East'' is located east of [[Saint Laurent Boulevard]] and ''Sherbrooke Street West'' is located west. Sherbrooke Street West is home to many historic mansions that comprised its exclusive [[Golden Square Mile]] district, including the now-demolished [[Van Horne Mansion]], the imposing [[Beaux-Arts style]] [[Montreal Masonic Memorial Temple]] as well as several historic properties incorporated into [[Maison Alcan]], the world headquarters for [[Alcan]].<ref name="Dutton">{{cite book|title=A Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Montreal|publisher=Douglas & Mcintyre|author=Dutton, Nancy|year=2008|pages=26–27|isbn=978-1553653462|chapter-url=httphttps://books.google.cacom/books?id=NiOFuF-3PW8C&pg=PA26&dqq=Maison+Alcan&hlpg=en&sa=X&ei=mEHeT8vuHuSk6gHN4PmYCw&ved=0CFAQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Maison%20Alcan&f=falsePA26|chapter=Maison Alcan}}</ref><ref name="Drouin">{{cite book|title=Le Combat du Patrimoine à Montréal, 1973-2003|publisher=Presses de l'Université du Québec|author=Drouin, Martin|date=3 April 2005|pages=225–26|isbn=9782760518469|language=Frenchfr|url=httphttps://books.google.cacom/books?id=KSZ5IZv8n84C&pg=PA226&dq=Maison+Alcan&hl=en&sa=X&ei=d5DeT8jwM4ef6QGm5qSYBQ&ved=0CEQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Holland&fpg=falsePA226}}</ref>

Sherbrooke Street East runs along the edge (both administrative and topographic) of the [[Plateau Mont-Royal]], at the top of a marked hillside known as Côte à Baron, and continues between the [[Jardin BotaniqueMontreal deBotanical MontréalGarden]] and [[Parc Maisonneuve]] to the north and [[Olympic Park, Montreal|Parc Olympique]] to the south. The street is named for [[John Coape Sherbrooke]], the [[Governor General]] of [[British North America]] from 1816-18 to 1818.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.westmountexaminer.com/article-70501-A-celebration-of-Sherbrooke-Street.html|title=A celebration of Sherbrooke Street|last=Larsen|first=Wayne|date=2007-01-29|work=[[Westmount Examiner]]|accessdateaccess-date=2009-01-09}}</ref>

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In 1817, Sherbrooke Street initially consisted of two sections, from [[Park Avenue, Montreal|de Bleury Street]] to Sanguinet Street. Its relative remoteness from "downtown" (at the time; now [[Old Montreal]]) made it difficult to establish industries or factories. Many nursing homes and educational institutions were established on the street in the nineteenth19th century, such as ''[[McGill University]]'', the ''écoleÉcole normale Jacques-Cartier'', the ''Collège Mont-Saint-Louis'', and the ''Couvent du Bon Pasteur''.

From the early twentieth20th century untilto the 1930s, Sherbrooke Street was the most prestigious street in Montreal. In 1912, the [[Montreal Museum of Fine Arts]] was established on Sherbrooke Street West. Later, with the expansion of the city centercentre, luxurious new houses were built a little furtherfarther west in the new [[Garden city movement|Garden City]] of [[Westmount, Quebec|Westmount]].

Sherbrooke Street was prolongedextended eastward starting infrom the early twentieth20th century, and followed the urban development of Montreal eastward. It was central to the creation of several institutions and parks such as [[La Fontaine Park]], the [[Notre-Dame Hospital]], [[Maisonneuve Park]], [[Montreal Botanical Garden]] and [[Olympic Stadium (Montreal)|Olympic Stadium]].

In 1976, the street was to be venue for an eight-kilometre8&nbsp;km exhibit of art entitled [[Corridart]] during the [[1976 Summer Olympics]]. However, in a controversial decision, former Mayor [[Jean Drapeau]] had the exhibition torn down two days before the Games began.<ref>[http://www.canadianart.ca/art/features/2002/01/21/11 Melvin Charney interview], canadianart.ca, January 21, 2002. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213082913/http://www.canadianart.ca/art/features/2002/01/21/11/ |date=February 13, 2012 }}</ref>

Three of Montreal's four major universities are present on Sherbrooke Street. Downtown, the street is home to the main campus of [[McGill University]];, furtherand farther west, is the Loyola Campus of [[Concordia University (Montreal)|Concordia University]]. SherbrookeThe isstreet also home tohas [[UQAM]]'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20080410185327/http://www.octgm.com/download/pdf/behind_scene_janvier2006.pdf Complexe des sciences Pierre-Dansereau], and [[INRS]]'s Montréal campus as well as [[Dawson College]], [[Collège de Maisonneuve]] [[CEGEP]]s, and the [[Collège de Montréal]].

Other key attractions on the street include the [[Montreal Museum of Fine Arts]], [[Grand Séminaire de Montréal]], [[McCord Museum]], [[Ritz-Carlton Montreal]], [[Holt Renfrew]], [[Parc Lafontaine]], and further east, the [[Château Dufresne]], [[Olympic Stadium (Montreal)|Olympic Stadium]], [[Montreal Botanical Garden]] and the [[Montreal Biodome]].

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ImageFile:Feature. Farms in the City. Benny Farm (Sherbrooke St. W. BAnQ P48S1P07865.jpg|Sherbrooke Street West in 19421842

ImageFile:Ritz montreal.jpg|The [[Ritz-Carlton Montreal|Ritz-Carlton]]

ImageFile:MontrealPavillon MuseumHornstein, ofMusée finedes Artsbeaux-arts de Montréal, Aug 31 2022.jpg|[[Montreal Museum of Fine Arts]]

ImageFile:Roddick Gates (McGill University) 2005-09-02.jpg|McGill University's [[Roddick Gates]], on Sherbrooke

ImageFile:TemplemaconniqueMontreal060825.jpg|[[Montreal Masonic Memorial Temple]], located on Sherbrooke Street West.

ImageFile:Le Cartier.jpg|[[Le Cartier Apartments]] on the corner of [[Peel Street (Montreal)|Peel Street]].

ImageFile:Le Linton.jpg|[[Linton Apartments]].

ImageFile:Le Chateau Apartments.jpg|[[Le Château Apartments]].

ImageFile:Workman House, Sherbrooke & University, Montreal.jpg|[[William Workman (Canadian politician)|William Workman]]'s house on Sherbrooke in the [[Golden Square Mile]]. Built 1842, demolished 1952

ImageFile:Maison William-Notman 03.jpg|The [[Notman House]] at 51 Sherbrooke Street West was built 1843-45

ImageFile:Van Horne House, Montreal.jpg|[[Van Horne Mansion]] on Sherbrooke. Built 1869, controversially demolished 1973

ImageFile:Sir George A. Drummond's House, Sherbrooke Street, Montreal.jpg|[[George Alexander Drummond|Sir George Drummond]]'s House, built in the 1880s on Sherbrooke, at the corner of [[Drummond Street, Montreal|Drummond]]. Torn down in 1930, the site was used as a [[car wash]]

ImageFile:Marjory Meredith Clouston at the corner of Drummond and Sherbrooke, Montreal, 1902.jpg|Marjory [[Edward Clouston|Clouston]] on Sherbrooke with [[Drummond Street, Montreal|Drummond Street]] leading up to [[Mount Royal]] behind her, 1902

ImageFile:Maison Lord-Atholstan 02.jpg|[[Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan|Lord Atholstan]]'s House on Sherbrooke in the [[Golden Square Mile]]

ImageFile:WTMTL T17 DSC09740.JPG|[[Château Dufresne]] Sherbrooke East

ImageFile:McCord Museum.jpg|[[McCord Museum]]

ImageFile:Collège Dawson, façade sur Sherbrooke O, Montréal 2005-11-10.JPG|[[Dawson College]]

ImageFile:Grand séminaire de Montréal1.JPG|[[Collège de Montréal]]

ImageFile:Maison Arthur-Dubuc 02.jpg|Maison Arthur Dubuc

ImageFile:Maison William Alexander Molson 01.jpg|William Alexander [[Molson family|Molson]] House

ImageFile:StrathconaMcGill musicUniversity buildingMusic (McGillBuilding, University)Aug 31 2005-10-212022.JPGjpg|[[Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal|Strathcona]] Music Building, [[McGill University]]

ImageFile:MBAM 090.JPG|''[[Jean d'Aire]]'' (1887) by [[Auguste Rodin]] in front of the [[Montreal Museum of Fine Arts]]

ImageFile:772 Sherbrooke Ouest Montreal.jpg|Houses on Sherbrooke Street West

ImageFile:Montreal rue sherbrooke.JPG|Houses on Sherbrooke Street East