{"id":4335,"date":"2019-09-01T11:05:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T15:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bardagi.com\/?p=4335"},"modified":"2021-06-01T11:06:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T15:06:37","slug":"getting-to-know-villeray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bardagi.com\/en\/getting-to-know-villeray\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting to know Villeray"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<article id=\"post-5592\" class=\"post-5592 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-neighborhood tag-buying tag-neighbourhoods tag-real-estate tag-real-estate-agent tag-sell\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"blog-post\">\n<p>Villeray\u2013Saint-Michel\u2013Parc-Extension is hands-down Montreal\u2019s most multiethnic borough and its second most populous, with over 142,000 residents. It\u2019s a family kind of place known for its green streets, good restaurants, and neighborhood shops. It wasn\u2019t always that way, though. Let\u2019s take a trip down memory lane.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>A quarry, a name<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Like many of Montreal\u2019s neighborhoods, Villeray used to be farmland. The first wave of people started to roll in with the opening of the Canada Pacific Railway in 1878 and the arrival of the Montr\u00e9al Street Railway trolley in 1892. Quarries opened there at the turn of the century that supplied construction companies with the gray limestone used in many Montreal buildings, drawing blue\u2011collar workers to the neighborhood and giving it its name, after the Villeray Quarry Company that stood on the site of today\u2019s Villeray Park.<\/p>\n<p>A few decades later, in the 1960s, the Metropolitan Highway (Highway 40) went in along Villeray\u2019s northwestern edge, bringing new industries to the area and creating jobs. These were boom times, with an influx of people heightened by the wave of immigrants arriving from Europe.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong>Did you know?<\/strong>\u00a0Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc Extension has the most plexes of any Montreal borough: 8,437, to be exact! Neighboring Ahuntsic and Rosemont have 6,858 and 6,608, respectively. By comparison, there are only 2,706 plexes on the Plateau and a mere 448 in Outremont!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Jarry Park<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In 1920, Raoul Jarry\u2014a municipal councilor and member of the City of Montreal\u2019s executive committee\u2014launched a campaign to promote green spaces in Villeray. Poor hygiene and rough living conditions were prevalent in the area at the time, contributing to the spread of disease, and Jarry thought he could combat their effects by giving people greater access to green spaces. He also believed that sports were good for the personal development of youth. So he campaigned to get the City of Montreal to buy the land that was to become Jarry Park. Today it is one of the biggest in the borough and hosts the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in its IGA stadium.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong>Did you know?<\/strong>\u00a0Jarry Park was renamed Jean-Paul II in 1985 in honor of the pope\u2019s visit to the park in 1984. Jean-Paul II held an open-air mass there that was attended by 300,000 people. But the name was controversial and was eventually dropped in favor of the original name, Jarry Park, in 1988.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Discovering Villeray, one alley at a time<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>No trip to Villeray is complete without a stroll through its green alleys. We highly recommend the one between Rue Saint-Dominique and Avenue Casgrain, where you\u2019ll find a pretty blue and yellow mural, as well as \u201cHidden Face of the Street Alley\u201d between Rue Drolet and Avenue Henri-Julien, greened and maintained by the residents on either side.<\/p>\n<p>After all that walking, you\u2019ll want a bite to eat! Villeray darlings include\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lepaindanslesvoiles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Le Pain dans les Voiles (opens in a new tab)\">Le Pain dans les Voiles<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0bakery,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/restotapeo.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Tapeo  (opens in a new tab)\">Tapeo\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>restaurant,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/etohbrasserie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Etoh<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>brewery, caf\u00e9\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafeouimaisnon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Oui mais Non (opens in a new tab)\">Oui mais Non<\/a><\/strong>, and bar\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huisclos.ca\/en\/resto-bar-terrasse-huis-clos-villeray-saint-michel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Huis clos (opens in a new tab)\">Huis clos<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With its many parks, flowering alleys, charming tree-lined streets, and friendly neighborhood vibe, Villeray has definitely earned its stripes as a peaceful place with a great quality of life, the kind of neighborhood where you can settle down and enjoy watching the kids grow up.<\/p>\n<p>So when are you moving in?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<hr class=\"spacer-clear\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Villeray\u2013Saint-Michel\u2013Parc-Extension is hands-down Montreal\u2019s most multiethnic borough and its second most populous, with over 142,000 residents. It\u2019s a family kind of place known for its green streets, good restaurants, and neighborhood shops. It wasn\u2019t always that way, though. Let\u2019s take a trip down memory lane. 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