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ROSEMOUNT NEIGHBOURS UNTIL ST.JOSEPH WAS JOINED WITH RAYMOND, ROSEMOUNT BLVD WAS EXTENDED THRU QUARRIES AND FIELDS, ADDITIONAL
TUNNELS(UNDERPASSES) AND ROADS WERE BUILT, ROSEMOUNT WAS FAIRLY ISOLATED. THE SOUTHWEST BORDER WITH THE PLATEAU
FEATURED A STRING OF SLAUGHTER HOUSES(MAINLY ON IBERVILLE SOUTH OF THE TUNNEL) AND MEAT PROCESSING PLANTS. FORTUNATELY
THE WINDS BLEW AWAY FROM ROSEMOUNT.
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BOULEVARD SHOPPING CENTER POST WWII ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THE POPULARITY OF SHOPPING CENTERS SAW THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOULEVARD SHOPPING CENTER
IN ST.MICHEL IN THE AREA DEFINED BY BELAIR, PIE IX AND JEAN TALON. INITIALLY AN L-SHAPED STRIP MALL, ANCHORED BY MORGAN'S
AND STEINBERG'S, BY THE LATE 1970S IT WAS AN ENCLOSED MALL SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY ACROSS THE STREET AND EASTWARD
ON JEAN TALON.
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| 1963 Miracle Mart on Jean Talon |
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| PINKY STAMP REDEMPTION BESIDE MIRACLE MART |
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| Woolworth's Cafeteria |
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MORGAN HILL PART
OF MAISONNEUVE PARK BEFORE THE OLYMPIC STADIUM SITE WAS BUILT ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PIE IX AND SHERBROOKE EAST, CONVERGENCE
OF ROSEMOUNT, MAISONNEUVE AND HOCHELAGA SHARED BY YOUNGSTERS FROM EAST CENTRAL MONTREAL FOR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES - SKIING, TOBOGGANING,
SOAPBOX DERBY,FOOTBALL PRACTICE FIELD DESJARDINA AND BOYCE.
1969 SKYVIEW FROM THE SOUTH.MORGAN HILL, BOTANICAL GARDENS, MUNICIPAL GOLF,PROVENCHER
PARK, RESIDENTIAL ALONG ROSEMOUNT BLVD.
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