ARTH 298 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Joseph Godin, Art Nouveau, Jean Drapeau
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Arth 298 montreal: evolution through architecture and urbanism. Victor bourgeau architect, 1201 de la visitation st. summarise war i nthe 19th ce was after the big fire of 52, practically a desert, nothing there from st-laurent to molson brewery. Obliged to rebuild not only the houses but the institutions. First to come back here were the order of oblige marie. decided to put their church. In that area, asked one of the key architect, v. bourgeau created it. The bishop at the time, had a problem supission were the owner of the island, still the seigneurs, there were friction between the two. The bishop had problem to make the parish. Bc the supission had a right dating back to french regime that the only parish officially allowed on the island was notre-dame. All the others were sisters of the parish.