Lives and Times of the Plateau
October 23, 2012 - September 1, 2014
Pointe-à-Callière Museum of Archaeology is
presenting an exhibition about the history of Montreal's Plateau Mont-Royal
neighbourhood, its distinctive character and creativity. It showcases the Plateau as a meeting place of the artistic and intellectual vitality as well as the entrepreneurial daring which symbolize Montréal’s diverse
and vibrant culture.
In less than 200 years, the Plateau was transformed from totally agrarian area, with four small villages, into a working-class neighbourhood which later became a fully diversified urban community. This rapid pace of urban evolution made Plateau Mont-Royal one of the sources of major transformations that marked the city’s history, while at the same time becoming a meeting place of people with colourful pasts and futures.
Plateau is known for its famous triplexes with balconies, spiral staircases and green back lanes. It is even proclaimed as one of the best places to live.
Plateau Mont-Royal is also considered to be a "creative" neighbourhood. A number of Quebec artists either lived in the Plateau, had their studios there, or painted the Plateau neighbourhoods.
For more information about the Lives and Times of the Plateau exhibition, visit the PAC Museum's website
http://www.pacmusee.qc.ca/en/home
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