Place Émilie-Gamelin
Place Émilie-Gamelin (known informally as Berri Square, French: Square Berri) is a city square in central Montreal, Canada. It was created to mark the 350th anniversary of the city.[1]
Bordered by Berri Street, Saint Hubert Street, Saint Catherine Street and De Maisonneuve Boulevard, the square is adjacent to the transportation hubs of Berri UQAM Metro Station and Station centrale d'autobus, as well as UQAM and the Grande Bibliothèque du Québec.
The north end of the square features the metal sculpture Skyscraper, Waterfall, Roads, Brooks… a Construction by artist Melvin Charney.[2]
The park is named for Roman Catholic nun Émilie Gamelin, founder of the Sisters of Providence religious community, which had operated a convent on the land, until its demolition in the 1960s during the construction of the Montreal Metro.[3][4]
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- ^ "Images Montreal" (HTML). http://www.imtl.org/montreal/picture/public_places/. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
- ^ "Public art in Montreal, City of Montreal" (HTML). http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=1616,1979017&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
- ^ "Mother Émilie Gamelin: Foundress of the Sisters of Providence" (HTML). Providence Health System. Archived from the original on 2008-01-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20080119215554/http://www.providence.org/PHS/Archives/History_Online/gamelin/mgbio.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
- ^ St-Jean, Guillaume (7 October 2008). "Montage du jour : Le couvent des sœurs de la Providence". Spacing Montreal. http://spacingmontreal.ca/2008/10/07/montage-du-jour-le-couvent-des-soeurs-de-la-providence/. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
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Coordinates: 45°30′55″N 73°33′36″W / 45.515414°N 73.55996°W
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