ARTH 298 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Frank Lloyd Wright, Rogers Sugar, Saint Lawrence River
22 Feb 2018
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The city of maisonneuve was one of the main players in the quebec manufacturing industry. Led by a french bourgeoisie ultramontaine involved in all city life levels, the city was known for its shoe and steel factories, and was seen as the pittsburgh of the north. Maisonneuve was supposed to be the most modern city of the time. City created major buildings created, kind of a expo. First experiment of a garden city in canada. Create a city where nature is very present. Can raise children without any problems not designed for car traffic, but for people. 1883 it became too big and had many financial problems decided to annex to montreal. East of hochelaga didn"t want to asked to create their own municipality. Most of the residents were landowners aware of industrialization. Large companies started to appear st lawrence sugar (sucre lantic) Shipyard only submarines ever built in canada.
