Garment District, Montreal
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The Garment District is a neighbourhood in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located primarily along Chabanel Street in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough.
[edit] History
Montreal's Garment District was originally located downtown on De Maisonneuve Boulevard between Berri Street and Saint Laurent Boulevard. Furriers such as the Hudson's Bay Company and warehouses lined the streets in this area at the time.[1]
The Garment District later moved to the Mile End neighbourhood in the northern most edge of the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal. The massive 1960s buildings built by the fur traders along De Gaspé Street are still visible today.
It has since moved again to its current location, along Chabanel Street.
[edit] References
- ^ Google Books Insight Guides: Montreal & Quebec City p.104-105
