Comments on: Welcome to Mile End

By: Michael Brown

Michael Brown — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:08:10 +0000

Thanks for the wonderful stroll down memory lane. I grew up on Saint Urban and St Viateur in the early sixties. Times were great, I have the fondest memories of Mile End.Park Aveue was my favorite stomping ground with the International YMCA, Rialto Hall, Lambrakis’s pool hall and the movie theater providing me endless fun. Winter in Saint Viateur Park was a gas.The reataurants in the area were wonderful !!! Ben’s Deli was my favorite eatery.

By: John Kordis

John Kordis — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:31:21 +0000

I Lived On Jeanne Mance Street In The 1950s. I Had A Great Chilhood Growing Up With The Jewish People Around This District…Played Street Hockey…Just Had Fun. Went To St Michaels Church, Luke Callaham School, Played Football In Outremont Park. Went Skating In The Frozen Pond.Everyone Should Live In A Nice District Like Outremont And St Viateur Area….It Was Nice Seeing It In Person Last Summer…..John…..

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au revoir montréal. hello london. | Gypsy Girls Guide — Thu, 19 May 2011 10:05:30 +0000

[...] My neighborhood. The Mile End. Christoper DeWolfe describes it so perfectly that any attempt on my part would fall short. “Mile End embodies [...]

By: London Photographer

London Photographer — Sun, 01 May 2011 14:44:33 +0000

Nice, we have a mile end in London as well, which is a bit more …Indian…

By: The Neighbourhood: Mile End, Montreal Quebec « Habit Magazine

The Neighbourhood: Mile End, Montreal Quebec « Habit Magazine — Mon, 31 May 2010 06:48:35 +0000

[...] The ethnic makeup of Mile End is incredibly diverse, and has experienced many cultural waves throughout the century. The area has substantial, Jewish (home of the late but great author, Mordecai Richler), Italian (home of Montreal’s largest public market Jean-Talon Market), Greek, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese and French-expat communities. Its 23,965 residents eat, sleep and curse the crooked floors in a motley array of triplexes, duplexes and apartment buildings, all with little gardens and those quintessential spiral staircases. Quintessential, really, is the key word here. Mile End embodies most of what’s best about Montreal: the effortless mix of languages, the whimsical architecture, the easygoingness and the sense that sitting in a leafy terrasse on St. Viateur Street is more important than whatever mundane task you’re neglecting. Urbanphoto.net [...]

By: agata

agata — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:38:35 +0000

I must say I really enjoyed reading your article. I`ve only very recently discovered Mile- End. At first I was taken aback by this unwelcoming atmosphere,and then slowly but surely I started to appreciate it. It definitely is a very unique part of Montreal, it doesn`t have all the glamour of the downtown district,but instead its richness tends towards a cultural diversity and a great variety of exotic merchants.I`m looking forward to going there in the summer,because I`m sure its far more charming.

By: what does community look like? « it’s all yoga, baby

what does community look like? « it’s all yoga, baby — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:59:20 +0000

[...] yoga” to a big cluster in the top corner, which represents my physical neighbourhood, Mile End. Most of my social and community action happens in my lively ‘hood, and it plays a big role [...]

By: Montreal Outings - 1wrongturn

Montreal Outings - 1wrongturn — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:57:39 +0000

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By: mikeymike

mikeymike — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:25:04 +0000

I’m not sure how 3312 B could be at Parc… unless they used to start numbering from the edge of the island (either west or east?) and then changed it to starting from the Main?

Do you have any other information? Pictures or businesses in prox?

Mile End is a wonderful place. Though it’s gettin’ kinda pricey…

By: Nathalie Connor

Nathalie Connor — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:57:40 +0000

Hello Mr. De Wolf!
I have just discovered that my grandfather emigrated to Mile End! I wonder if you could solve a mystery for me… His address was 3312 Bernard (at Park) in 1924. I wonder what that would translate to now?
Thanks to your photos and great description of the neighbourhood, I wonder why he moved to East Broughton! Many thanks!
Nathalie Connor

By: Ewald Friesen

Ewald Friesen — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:45:10 +0000

thanks for the information, see you in the neighbourhood!

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The Sound of Fiction » Blog Archive » Jeans Jeans Jeans — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:55:20 +0000

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By: Christopher DeWolf

Christopher DeWolf — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:32:35 +0000

Hi Ewald, are you referring to community newspapers or magazines/books/etc. that just happen to be published in Mile End?

Le Point d’Outremont covers both Outremont and Mile End news, although (as its name suggests) it leans more heavily towards the west side of Hutchison Street. There’s also another paper called L’Express d’Outremont, but it doesn’t have much Mile End content.

If I’m not mistaken, there’s a number of zines that are produced in Mile End. You can pick them up at some of the record shops, bookstores, cafes and clothing stores around the area.

By: Ewald Friesen

Ewald Friesen — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:00:14 +0000

I enjoyed reading this article very much. Just moved to Mile End from Winnipeg and am one of the those university students mentioned in your article. I am wondering, are there any local publications in the hood?