Comments on: Three Strange Streets http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/12/08/three-strange-streets/ Exploring urban life through word and photography Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stephen http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/12/08/three-strange-streets/comment-page-1/#comment-133147 Stephen Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:38:00 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/12/08/three-strange-streets/#comment-133147 Re: comment by Mary Soderstrom. The little courtyard just off Plantagenet is called Plantagenet Place. As a kid I used to sometimes play with friends in the driveways behind those duplexes. The front pathway was very nice, the downside was that those duplexes had no backyards. The place just off Decelles has no "official" name, but the complex of apartments was called The Calypso Gardens, they were built in the late 40's. The buildings were called Calypso Gardens Apartments A, Calypso Gardens Apartment B , etc ....up to R. There is another set of buildings on Decelles just to the north of those called the Garden City apartments that have a nice garden courtyard as well, though there is automobile access around it. They were built in the early 1940's and were probaly considered upscale in their day, whereas Calypso was built as affordable housing to fill the postwar housing shortage. Re: comment by Mary Soderstrom.
The little courtyard just off Plantagenet is called Plantagenet Place. As a kid I used to sometimes play with friends in the driveways behind those duplexes. The front pathway was very nice, the downside was that those duplexes had no backyards.
The place just off Decelles has no “official” name, but the complex of apartments was called The Calypso Gardens, they were built in the late 40′s. The buildings were called Calypso Gardens Apartments A, Calypso Gardens Apartment B , etc ….up to R. There is another set of buildings on Decelles just to the north of those called the Garden City apartments that have a nice garden courtyard as well, though there is automobile access around it. They were built in the early 1940′s and were probaly considered upscale in their day, whereas Calypso was built as affordable housing to fill the postwar housing shortage.

]]> By: Bruno http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/12/08/three-strange-streets/comment-page-1/#comment-122094 Bruno Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:40:54 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/12/08/three-strange-streets/#comment-122094 Kinda looks like a Montreal version of Macondray Lane in SF http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=macondray&w=all I'll definitely go check it out since I live in the area. Nice find. Kinda looks like a Montreal version of Macondray Lane in SF
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=macondray&w=all

I’ll definitely go check it out since I live in the area. Nice find.

]]> By: Mary Soderstrom http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/12/08/three-strange-streets/comment-page-1/#comment-121167 Mary Soderstrom Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:33:49 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/12/08/three-strange-streets/#comment-121167 There are a few other developments of this kind in Côte des Neiges, although I don't think the little paths that separate the houses have names. One is off Plantangent, just east of the Couvent Saint-Albert le grand, which fronts on Côte Sainte-Catherine. Anoher is off Decelles between Côte Saine-Catherine and Edourard-Montpetit. They seem to have garages with access from lanes that run perpendicular to the street, but the entrance to the houses as well as rather nice little front yards face the other row of duplexes. Quite a nice arrangement, it would seem t me. Mary There are a few other developments of this kind in Côte des Neiges, although I don’t think the little paths that separate the houses have names. One is off Plantangent, just east of the Couvent Saint-Albert le grand, which fronts on Côte Sainte-Catherine. Anoher is off Decelles between Côte Saine-Catherine and Edourard-Montpetit. They seem to have garages with access from lanes that run perpendicular to the street, but the entrance to the houses as well as rather nice little front yards face the other row of duplexes. Quite a nice arrangement, it would seem t me.

Mary

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