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Notes:
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| The content for this Web module is based on the 1996 Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada report "Boulevard Saint-Laurent Historic District (The Main), Montréal, Quebec" prepared by G. Fulton and L. Vermette, Historical Services Branch, Parks Canada. |
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| i. |
Comments by a server working in a Spanish bar, quoted in Edward Hillel's The Main: Portrait of a Neighbourhood, Toronto, Key Porter Books, 1987, p. 36.
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| ii. |
Israël Medresh, Le Montréal juif d'autrefois ou comment se développa au cours des dernières décennies à Montréal, la vie communautaire juive; et comment eut lieu son essor sur le plan économique et culturel, Montréal, Keneder Odler Press, 1947, translated from Yiddish to French by Pierre Anctil, manuscript, September 1995, p. 52. [Translated by Parks Canada]
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| iii. |
Christophe Caron, President of the Group d'intervention urbaine de Montréal, in "The Main's Renewal Threatens its Diversity", The Gazette, September 27, 1986, p. J12.
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| iv. |
Andrée Maillet, Nouvelles montréalaises, Montréal, Éditions du Jour, 1966, pp. 72-76.
[Translated by Parks Canada]
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| v. |
Robert Marteau, Mont-Royal, Paris, Gamillard, 1981, p. 56, regarding the section between Duluth and Prince Arthur.
[Translated by Parks Canada]
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| vi. |
C. Caron, op. cit., p. J12.
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| vii. |
Constantin Mavros, community worker, quoted in E. Hillel, op. cit., p. 38.
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| viii. |
André.-G. Bourassa and Jean-Marc Larue, Les Nuits de la « Main », Cent ans de spectacles sur le boulevard Saint-Laurent (1891-1991) , Montréal, VLB editor, 1993, p. 184. [Translated by Parks Canada]
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| ix. |
Originally, the street ended at Notre-Dame, but it was extended to the river in 1914 following the demolition of a group of buildings belonging to the motherhouse of the Notre-Dame Congregation.
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| x. |
A.-G. Nourassa and J.-M. Larue, op.cit. p. 15.
[Translated by Parks Canada]
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| xi. |
I. Medresh, op. cit., p. 101.
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| xii. |
Barry Lazar and Tamsin Douglas, The Guide to Ethnic Montreal, Montreal, Vehicule Press, revised edition, 1993, p. 306.
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| xiii. |
Harris Vineberg (1855-1942) was born in Lithuania and immigrated to Canada in 1872. In 1888, Vineberg also became the first president of the Baron de Hirsch Institute. I. Medres, op. cit., p. 13.
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| xiv. |
Yves Thériault, Aaron, Montréal, Éditions de l'Homme, 1965, pp. 25-26. [Translated by Parks Canada]
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| xv. |
R. Robin, La Québécoite, quoted in Monique Larue's Promenades littéraires dans Montréal, Montréal, Éditions Québec / Amérique, p. 38. [Translated by Parks Canada]
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| xvi. |
Ingrid Peritz, "Fast-food invasion threatening multicultural Main," Montreal Gazette, October 26, 1994, p. A1, A2.
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| xvii. |
Marian Scott, "Remember the Main: it may never be the same," Montreal Gazette, October 23, 1986, p. A1, A2.
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| xviii. |
Telephone interview, Gabriel Deschambault, City of Montréal, January 12, 1996. A preliminary study and inventory of the street's architecture were conducted by the Société immobilière du patrimoine architectural de Montréal (SIMPA).
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| xix. |
Ibid., plus telephone interview with Dinu Bumbaru, Héritage Montréal, January 11, 1996.
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| xx. |
Brian Highbloom, resident, quoted in E. Hillel, op. cit., p. 152.
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| xxi. |
Hugh MacLennan, quoted in E. Hillel, op. cit., preface
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| xxii. |
A. Maillet, op. cit., pp. 72-76. [Translated by Parks Canada]
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| xxiii. |
Mordecai Richler, Son of a Smaller Hero, London, André Deutsch, 1955; reprint Toronto, McClelland ... Stewart, 1989, pp. 10-11.
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| xxiv. |
Aline Gubbay, A Street Called « The Main », Montreal Meridian Press, 1989, pp. 72-76.
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| xxv. |
Marvin Berson, owner of a funeral monument business, quoted in Louisa Taylor, "The Main Chance," Montreal Magazine [Globe and Mail], October 1989, p. 53.
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For many decades, Boulevard Saint-Laurent was the centre of light industry in Montréal, such as the textile, garment and printing industries. (Between 1900 and 1950, Montréal accounted for more than half of Quebec's manufacturing output and around 17% of Canada's manufacturing output.) J.-C. Robert, Atlas historique de Montréal, Montréal, Art Global et Éditions Libre Expression, 1994, p. 130.
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This is where cinema in Quebec and Canada was born; this is where burlesque thrived and where Quebec reality emerged on the stage. This is where Yiddish theatre in Quebec reached its height. This is also where the nightclubs had their heyday and where the concept of Quebec cabaret triumphed. And lastly, this is where modern theatre emerged and was revived. A.-G. Bourassa and J.-M. Larue, op. cit., p. 184. [Translated by Parks Canada]
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| xxviii. |
Hugh MacLennan, quoted in E. Hillel, op. cit., preface.
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| xxix. |
A. Gubbay, op. cit., p. 19. |