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[[File:Redpath Library in 1935.gif|thumb|McGill's [[Redpath Library]] building as seen from McTavish Street in 1935.]]
'''''McTavish Street''''' is a street in the [[Golden Square Mile]] of [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. It is named for [[Simon McTavish]], whose [[Estate (land)|estate]] once covered the land about it. The street runs up the slope of [[Mount Royal]], from [[Sherbrooke Street]] at its southern end, to [[Pine Avenue]], where its end is marked by [[Sir Hugh Allan]]'s former home, [[Ravenscrag, Montreal|Ravenscrag]].
Adjoining to the main campus of [[McGill University]], as of 28 May 2010 the lower half of the street is a [[car-free zone]].<ref name="gaz">{{cite news|title=McGill students and staff take roadway's shutdown in stride|url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/todays-paper/McGill+students+staff+take+roadway+shutdown+stride/3086068/story.html|accessdate=31 May 2010|newspaper=[[Montreal Gazette]]|date=29 May 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Plans call for the greening of the street with additional shrubs and trees. The pedestrianization of McTavish is part of a city-wide plan as well as the university's "Greening the Lower Campus" initiative.<ref name="curran">{{cite news|last=Curran|first=Peggy|title=McGill goes green on McTavish|url=http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/universitycity/archive/2010/05/27/mcgill-goes-green-on-mctavish.aspx|accessdate=31 May 2010|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|date=27 May 2010}}</ref><ref name="McGill">{{cite web|title=Greening the Lower Campus|url=http://www.mcgill.ca/masterplan/lowercampus/|publisher=[[McGill University]]|accessdate=31 May 2010}}</ref>
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