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St. Catherine site near Atwaterokayed for demo, buildingBy Laureen Sweeney

City council gave its blessing February19 for the demolition of an almost vacantthree-storey commercial building at 4014-4022 St. Catherine and its replacement byone of seven to 10 storeys high of mixeduse. The site is just west of Atwater anddirectly south of Alexis Nihon.

The new $21-million project consists ofretail at street level, two storeys of offices,topped by two recessed apartment sec-tions and common rooftop areas, architectMarc Rasmussen of FRW architects ex-

plained at the demolition hearing. Thereis also underground parking for 89 cars.

“Obviously, it’s a very large project,”Mayor Christina Smith said. “We don’t seemany of these in Westmount,”

The remaining tenant of the existingbuilding was the lone legally recognizedopponent.

“I strongly object to the demolition,”stated Xiaobing Fan, owner of the 7 Joursdépanneur. His lease in the building was“good” until 2020, he said. The businesssupports his entire family and offers 24-hour service to the neighbourhood.

He asked how the city could considersuch a request when he had obtained acourt injunction against the demolition.

Smith, however, ex-plained the injunction

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Westmount won’t support Montreal’scontroversial pilot project to close off Re-membrance Rd./Camillien Houde overMount Royal to through-car access, MayorChristina Smith said last week. At least notfor now, that is.

She said that at the agglomeration coun-cil meeting February 22 she asked whyWest mount – once again – had not beenconsulted about a major initiative. In theabsence of Mayor Valérie Plante and execu-

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Smith said if Montreal is not willing toback down, would it delay the plan untilcompletion of the Turcot work when moreof a traffic baseline could be established?

When Tomlinson said Montreal wascounting on the support of Westmount asone of the three peaks comprising MountRoyal, Smith said, “I told him I will notsupport it.”

City’s DG Hurtubise speaks toIndependent about his firstsix months at top post, p. 8

Westmount High, in red, had an opportunity to score in front of the St George’s net with a bouncingpuck at an exhibition hockey game at the Westmount recreation centre February 23. It was the firstgame of a re-launched program at the school and a 6-1 victory for the players. See p. 15 for more.

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BeaverTails, which is majority ownedby Westmounters Pino Di Ioia and TinaSerrao and Pino’s brother Anthony, cele-brated its 40th anniversary on February 20.

Pam and Grant Hooker began servingBeaverTails pastries at the Killaloe Fairnear Ottawa in 1978. Pino joined the en-terprise as a university student in 1987 atits La Ronde location, “I’ve been here for

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What to do with churches?

Hanna reviews the options in Westmount, elsewhereBy Ralph Thompson

The Westmount Historical Associa-tion’s winter 2018 lecture series continuedFebruary 15 on the theme of “shaping thefuture” at the Westmount Public Library,with guest speaker David Hanna, UQAMassociate professor of urban studies, talk-ing about repurposing churches.

It was a full house with an enthusiasticand knowledgeable audience posing lots ofquestions and sharing experiences. Hannais a member of the Conseil du patrimoinereligieux du Québec, whose mission is tosupport and promote the conservation andenhancement of Quebec’s religious her-itage. Hanna is also a member of West-mount’s Local Heritage Council.

Westmount has 13 houses of worshipranging from the earliest construction, thetraditional Anglican-designed church ofthe Advent on de Maisonneuve Blvd. builtin 1892 to the most recent construction, thebright and spacious Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom built in 1958 on SherbrookeSt. at Wood, still in use by its builder.

“Repurposing religious establishmentshas always been difficult,” said Hanna.“Residents will passionately protect theirneighbourhood church, but when asked ifthey attend services, will often say theynever go to church, but point out thatsince churches are tax exempt, then theyare supporting the institution. Developersare not interested anymore,” said Hannabecause of these and other issues.

He stated that the challenges aregreater now because of Montreal agglom-eration by-laws, which apply to demerged

cities on the island of Montreal, that pro-tect both the exterior and interior ele-ments of religious buildings that have sig-nificant heritage value. Most were builtwith much larger assemblies in mind.With diminishing congregations, high op-erating costs, zoning restrictions, heritageby-laws and neighbourhood resistance, re-purposing of a church requires innovativethinking and public accommodation.

Westmount currently faces two suchchallenges, namely St. Stephen’s Churchon the corner of Atwater and Dorchesterand the very large Mountainside UnitedChurch at the corner of Lansdowne andThe Boulevard.

St. Stephen’s has reportedly been sold,although on February 22 the Montreal ag-glomeration’s Role d’évaluation foncièrestill showed “St. Stephen’s Church” as the

owner. The Open Door drop-in centre forhomeless people was still using the build-ing on February 26 when the Independentwent by. (For more coverage, see “Study

moves into viability of houses of worship,”July 4, 2017, p. 3).

Mountainside is for sale (see “Moun-tainside United going up for sale after 100years,” April 5, 2016, p. 1).

Solutions can include partial repurpos-ing of the building together with a com-munity activity (such as daycares) but thechurch continues to operate; a completereplacement of the religious endeavour bycommunity functions but including reli-gious functions; or a complete sale of theproperty for private use.

But faced with the numerous obstacles,it’s unlikely that residential condomini-ums would be an attractive propositiontoday, he said.

Councillor Cynthia Lulham participat-ed in the discussions after the presenta-tion pointing out that Councillor ConradPeart and she are on the Planning Adviso-ry Committee (PAC) and that she sits onthe Local Heritage Council.

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Some celebration,some coverage

Some celebration at Victoria Hall onFebruary 10! (“Boicel, Lord celebrate BlackHistory Month at Vic Hall,” February 20,p. 1).

Marie-Josée Lord never performed. Ap-parently she came to the hall, but thenleft without explanation, without apology,with out excuse! Some diva!

It would have been a good story for theIndependent, but the paper missed out. Toobad. No word from anyone about thewhole debacle, although I am assured thatwe will be getting our money refunded.

Nicholas Hanlon, Sherbrooke St.

Editor’s note: You are right. I am temptedto argue that our story was correct. Weused two verbs to describe Lord’s activitiesat Victoria Hall. She may well have “cele-brated” before she left and was “featured”on the promotional material, but I have toconfess it was misleading, and that wemissed her non-performance. Thanks forkeeping us on our toes. – DP

Last word on parking(for a while)

Maybe Matthew Cope (“Parking app isfree...,” February 20, p. 4) can afford asmart phone, but I doubt if the majority ofWestmount citizens can, so the pay-by-plate parking system remains a dauntingchallenge for most. The unnecessary in-

crease of one-dollar is very simply anothertax grab by the city along with the unjusti-fied increase in the “welcome tax.”

When will it ever end?Tim Carsley, Barat Rd.

Damn the poopFor God’s sake, if you own a dog, have

the basic decency to pick up his poop.Damn it!

Lucille Laperrière Robitaille,de Maisonneuve

Mayor, council showfine leadership

Letter writer David Black of SydenhamAve (February 13, p. 6) speaks for many ofus in applauding the mayor and councilfor fine leadership in banning gas-operat-ed leaf blowers. Now the truly hard part ofleadership begins: making NIMBY culturework for everyone, Not In My Back Yardfor leaf blowers. Dust, dirt and noise,odours and exhaust, are bad for the com-munity and those who work in it. We haveto police ourselves. Let us find new waysand styles of making our lovely homespresentable. Speak with your contractorstoo, and persuade them to adapt, as itsaves their hearing and health. Also letPublic Works lead the way in followingthis by-law and ensure its subcontractorsdo so also.

Victor Yelverton Haines II,de Maisonneuve

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Roslyn Elementary School students hada surprise February 20 at 2 pm. Pupilscrowded into the gymnasium and, afterwelcoming guests and a few introductoryspeeches, the secret was unveiled: 30 sleeknew Lenovo laptop computers.

Roslyn, along with seven other schoolsin North America, was granted $10,000worth of laptop computers (convertible totablets) in the Softchoice Power Up pro-gram. The excitement was palpable and

principal Nicholas Katalifos had to ask thechildren several times to quieten down.

Two years ago, Softchoice, togetherwith partners Lenovo and VMware, estab-lished the program to “level the playingfield” for students with limited access totechnology.

Although Roslyn is in Westmount, “50percent of our students come from manyparts of Montreal including the Point,”said Katalifos.

“Some students have no access to com-puters outside the technology classroom,”

said Julie Marcus, Roslyn’s technologyteacher. So she took the initiative and applied for the grant, along with 15 otherschools in the Montreal area. Roslyn wasthe only successful applicant, one of onlytwo in Canada, the other being in Toronto.

“The laptops will be kept in their charg-ing stations overnight and used by stu-dents during the day. Teachers will requestuse of the computers for their classes,”said Marcus “They are light and robust,and can be converted into tablets.”

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Six months of challenges recounted by HurtubiseBy Laureen Sweeney

It’s gone by so fast you could call it awhirlwind or maybe a blink of the eye.

But in the six months since BenoitHurtubise took over the reins of West-mount’s administration as the city’s direc-tor general, there’s been a hot electioncampaign, a new council sworn in and thecity’s operating budget for 2018 to be re-worked in a week.

And it came on the heels of a period ofuncertainty. Long-time mayor Peter Trenthad resigned. Christina Smith took overas interim mayor and then Mike Deeganretired unexpectedly as director general.Hurtubise, as assistant DG, took over.

“There’s never a dull moment,” he saidlast week. “Every day is a new day thattakes me out of my comfort zone.”

Only a couple of weeks ago, he foundhimself in front of TV cameras at city hallwhen neither the mayor nor the city clerkwas available to speak about the city’ssound barrier case in court against theprovincial ministry of Transport.

“That really took me out of my comfortzone!” Hurtubise said with a laugh. Butthat was another challenge met.

‘Gray zones’

While he has a passion for manage-ment, he said, “You learn you have to dealwith a lot a gray zones.”

And these challenges are actually thereason he decided in 2013 to apply to anad for a new director of Hydro West-mount. After a 25-year career in the pri-vate sector’s electrical industry, “I thoughtrunning an electric utility might be inter-esting,” he said.

“Did I ever think I would end up as di-rector general of the city? It never came tomy mind.”

At age 52, however, it comes at a good

time in his life, he points out.Married, with three children inCEGEP or university, Hurtubisehas a lot of experience on whichto draw.

In his earlier days at Nor-tel/Emerson, he worked as aquality and application engineerbefore migrating into manage-ment there and at SchneiderElectric, he explained. “I’ve al-ways enjoyed things that need-ed fixing.” That meant comingup with the right resources todo the job.

Hurtubise holds a degree inelectrical engineering fromÉcole Polytechnique de Mon-tréal and an MBA from Écoledes Hautes Études Commer-ciales, obtained in 1988 and1996 respectively (see story April9, 2013, p. 3).

And while his road to the topjob in municipal governmentwithin five years could be con-sidered a leap, it was actually a“logical progression,” he pointsout.

While managing and re-structuring Hydro Westmount,Hurtubise soon found himselfsimultaneously heading PublicWorks when its director, Mari-anne Zalzal, left on sick leave. “I was anelectrical engineer, not a civil engineer,” hemused, “but I used common sense.”

With this added experience, Hurtubisewas the city’s choice to help the council re-alize a new priority: substantially increas-ing its spending to renew the city’s ne-glected infrastructure. With this appoint-ment, he became assistant director gener-al for infrastructure.

“The money was there,” he recalled,

“but I had to put together an organizationand capital works budget for 2016 thatshowed we had to invest $15 million a yearover 20 years, excluding special projectssuch as restoration of the greenhouses.”

This is “a long-term financial plan,” heemphasized, “but it does not specificallyname, in what order, specific streets andutilities will be redone. You can’t list theorder of streets, for example, until you knowthe condition of what’s under them.” While

the city has already obtained anevaluation of roads, the conditionof water mains and other networksis now under way.

New ideas

Since last November’s elec-tions, his key focus has been tosupport the new council and helpits six new councillors becomeoriented into the municipal andpolitical world. “Like other West-mount councils, they’re commit-ted and dedicated to the city, butthey have new ideas,” he ex-plained.

Once the council has deter-mined its goals, it will be for Hur-tubise and his team of depart-ment heads to find ways to trans-late them into action.

While these five years havebeen the first for Hurtubise work-ing in the public sector, he pointsout he has been no stranger topublic “service.”

A West Islander, he hadworked as a lifeguard and thenmanager at a pool in Dollard desOrmeaux. He was also a ski in-structor at Mont St. Sauveur,where he met his wife. It wasn’tuntil he was in his forties that hetook up hockey, which he now

plays on an Old Timers C team. But hesoon became director and president of theDorval Old Timers Hockey League of 235members and, as a father, was an assistantcoach for Hockey West Island.

Along with managing the city, he says,he sees his role in Westmount as beingthere “to serve” residents. “I always try tobe fair and equitable,” he said. And he con-siders himself lucky: “I’ve always had astrong team to work with.”

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The senior tour group (actors aged 14to 18) of the Teen Tour Theatre Group pre-sented Totally RED! in the Lodge room atVictoria Hall February 18 between 2 pmand 3 pm to an audience of about 100 chil-dren and their parents. Totally RED! is anew twist on the classic European fairytale “Little Red Riding Hood.”

Dinah Toups wrote the script with mu-sical notes, and Barbara Walker wrote thelyrics and music.

The director, Aviva Wolman-Wener,runs the Teen Tour Theatre school inNDG. She said, “My theatre school is notfor profit. Any money we earn goes tocharity. We perform for free at schoolsaround Montreal and the aim is to give

teens the opportunity to act in front an au-dience.”

Totally RED! presents multiple theatrestyles, beginning with a humorous story-book version of the story. It continues byrestating sections in melodrama, Eliza-bethan, hip-hop, American musical andavant-garde styles.

Seemingly a little sophisticated for au-dience members as young as 4, Wolman-Wener explained that, “It’s arranged to en-tertain both kids and their parents. For ex-ample, the young kids laugh at the big badwolf ’s nose poking over the blanket whenit pretends to be grandma and it is inter-active. They dance and answer questions.”

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Westmounters Marie Sicotte and DanBigras are offering a twist on the typicalcountry house by developing a communi-ty of “micro” houses set in the midst of theLaurentian wilderness near Mont Trem-blant.

Located seven kilometres from MontTremblant, the Chic Shack micro-loft pro-ject offers modern architecture renderedwith respect for the environment in orderto preserve the visual and ecological har-mony of the surroundings, says Sicotte.

There are five or six models to choosefrom and they come pre-fabricated. Bon-neville Industries is building the houses.Depending on clients’ choices and their

needs, the homes can vary from 800 to1,200 square feet, with one to three bed-rooms.

Scattered in the woods surrounding thecommunity will be cross-country ski,snow shoeing and mountain bike trails,which can be easily accessed.

According to Sicotte, phase one of theproject, in a lakefront setting, is almostsold out, with a second phase due to belaunched this spring. Future phases of de-velopment are also planned.

As the project is positioned near a bodyof water that is on crown territory, there isno question of development ever takingplace there, although members of the ChicShack community will have access and beable to enjoy the lake.

Sicotte and Bigras say they were in-spired by a way of life that is quite com-mon in Scandinavia, where cross-countrytrails are found almost everywhere and alarge number of people use the trails to getaround for everyday tasks.

“You don’t have to use your car,” shesays. “You just get on your skis and hit thetrails, which are right there at yourdoorstep.” Prices for the houses start at$245,000.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS

Gallery at Victoria Hall: call for projectsAnnual registration period: February 15 to April 15. The Gallery at Victoria Hall announces a call for projects for its 2018-2019 exhibition season (September 2018 to August 2019). Emerging or professional artists who are residents of Westmount are invited to apply. Consult westmount.org for full details. 514 989-5521.

Héma-Québec Blood Donor ClinicWednesday, March 7, 2:30 to 7:30 p.m., Victoria Hall. Give the gift of life. 514 989-5226.

Gallery at Victoria Hall: exhibitionMarch 8 to 29. The Gallery at Victoria Hall is pleased to present an exhibition featuring artist Sara Colby. Come meet the artist on March 14 at 7 p.m. Hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., weekends 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 514 989-5521.

Lecture: Let's Talk Opera!Sunday, March 18, 10:30 a.m., Victoria Hall. Svadba. Presented in English by L’Opéra de Montréal. 514 989-5226.

Family Film DaySunday, March 18, 2 p.m., Victoria Hall. The whole family is invited to a screening of Oddball (2015). Tickets required. 514 989-5226.

Lecture: The Importance of Your EyesTuesday, March 20, 7 p.m., Library. Dr. Miguel N. Bernier Jr. will talk about the prevention and treatment of several ocular conditions, as well as research and new technologies. Presented by the Westmount Healthy City Project and by the McGill University Health Centre Foundation. Please register for the talk at fondationcusm.com/whc.

Earth Hour 2018Saturday, March 24, 4:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Victoria Hall. Turn o� your lights! Join us for an evening of activities as part of Earth Hour, an event to raise awareness on climate change. This year’s theme is Zero Waste, Zero Emissions: Westmounters reducing their impact on climate change. Presented by the Westmount Healthy City Project. 514 989-5226.

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Galerie du Victoria Hall : appel de dossiersPériode d’inscription annuelle : du 15 février au 15 avril. La galerie du Victoria Hall lance un appel de dossiers pour sa programmation de la saison 2018-2019 (septembre 2018 à août 2019). Ce concours s’adresse aux artistes émergents ou professionnels qui habitent Westmount. Consultez le westmount.org pour plus de détails. 514 989-5521.

Collecte de sang d’Héma-QuébecLe mercredi 7 mars, 14 h 30 à 19 h 30, Victoria Hall. Donnez du sang. Donnez la vie. 514 989-5226.

Galerie du Victoria Hall : expositionDu 8 au 29 mars. La galerie du Victoria Hall est � ère de présenter des œuvres de Sara Colby. Rencontrez l'artiste le 14 mars à 19 h. Horaire : lundi au vendredi 10 h à 21 h, samedi/dimanche 10 h à 17 h. 514 989-5521.

Conférence : Parlons opéra!Le dimanche 18 mars, 10 h 30, Victoria Hall. Svadba. Présenté (en anglais) par L’Opéra de Montréal. 514 989-5226.

Journée familiale du � lmLe dimanche 18 mars, 14 h, Victoria Hall. Joignez-vous à nous pour la projection d’Oddball (2015), un � lm amusant pour toute la famille. Billets requis. 514 989-5226.

Conférence : L'importance de vos yeuxLe mardi 20 mars, 19 h., Bibliothèque. Le Dr Miguel N. Bernier Jr. parlera de la prévention et du traitement de troubles oculaires, ainsi que de la recherche et des nouvelles technologies. Gratuit. Présenté par le Projet ville en santé de Westmount en partenariat avec la Fondation du Centre universitaire de santé McGill. Inscriptions : fondationcusm.com/whc.

Une heure pour la terre édition 2018Le samedi 24 mars, 16 h 30 à 21 h 30, Victoria Hall Éteignez vos lumières! Venez vous joindre à nous au Victoria Hall pour une soirée d’activités soulignant la lutte aux changements climatiques. Le thème de cette année est Zéro déchet, zéro émission : les Westmontais réduisent leur impact sur le changement climatique. Présenté par le Projet ville en santé de Westmount. 514 989-5226.

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HÔTEL DE VILLESignalez à la Ville un nid-de-pouleSi vous apercevez un nid-de-poule à Westmount, avisez le Service des travaux publics, qui s’occupera de le réparer. Complétez le formulaire en ligne à westmount.org ou appelez au 514 989-5311.

BIBLIOTHÈQUEBibliothèque de semences : lancement du printempsSemences gratuites pour les membres de la Biblio-thèque : choississez parmi plus de 50 variétés de plantes - � nes herbes, � eurs, légumes, plantes patrimoniales. Les semences sont classées dans les tiroirs des anciens meubles du catalogue sur � ches près du comptoir du prêt. 514 989-5530.

Club de lecture en anglaisLe mardi 27 février, 19 h, Bibliothèque. Commonwealth par Anne Patchett. Animé par Carly Vandergrindt. 514 989-5299.

Conférences de 14 heures : Gregory B. GallagherLe mercredi 28 février, 14 h, Bibliothèque. Film : Legends of Magdalen. Billets requis. 514 989-5299.

Série Récits de voyageLe vendredi 2 mars, 13 h à 15 h, Bibliothèque. Une activité pour les individus atteints de la maladie d’Alzheimer ou d’une autre forme de démence. Inscription requise; le nombre de places est limité. 514 989-5530 ou dmiguez@westmount.org.

Atelier de poésie avec Ann LloydLe mercredi 7 mars, 10 h 15, Bibliothèque. Le Groupe de poésie de Westmount compose des poèmes à partir de thèmes proposés par les membres. Bienvenue à tous. 514 989-5299.

Club de � lms documentairesLe mercredi 7 mars, 19 h, Bibliothèque. Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016). Billets requis. 514 989-5299.

Relâche scolaire : � lms en après-midiLes 5 et 6 mars, 14 h, Bibliothèque. Le lundi 5 mars : Coco (2017) - 5 ans et plus;Le mardi 6 mars : Wonder (2017) - 7 ans et plus.Projections en anglais. Inscription requise. 514 989-5229.

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English Book ClubTuesday, February 27, 7 p.m., Library. Anne Patchett's Commonwealth. Led by Carly Vandergriendt. 514 989-5299.

2 O’Clock Conferences Series: Gregory B. GallagherWednesday, February 28, 2 p.m., Library. Film: Legends of Magdalen. Tickets required. 514 989-5299.

Tales and Travels SeriesFriday, March 2, 1-3 p.m., Library. An activity for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Registration is required and spaces are limited. 514 989-5530 or dmiguez@westmount.org.

Poetry Workshop with Ann LloydWednesday, March 7, 10:15 a.m., Library. The Westmount Poetry Group meets to compose poetry together working with themes proposed by members. Welcome to all. 514 989-5299.

Documentary Film ClubWednesday, March 7, 7 p.m., Library. Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016). Tickets required. 514 989-5299.

March Break Film AfternoonsMarch 5 & 6, 2 p.m., Library. Monday, March 5: Coco (2017) - 5 years and up; Tuesday, March 6: Wonder (2017) - 7 years and up.Screenings in English. Registration required. 514 989-5229.

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703 Grosvenor: John Hand in upper Westmount

Westmount worked its way through thefirst two decades of its existence as a sortof “end-of-the-line” community on the out-skirts of Montreal, concentrating on thedevelopment of what is now the south-eastern area around Clarke and Rose-mount avenues, while the area to thenorth of Côte St. Antoine Rd. remained asorchards and forests, dotted with man-sions like the Murray and Raines estates.

All this changed in 1895 with the cre-ation of the Westmount Land Company,among the first of several “project devel-opers” who set their sights on the moun-tain and land that, by dint of the expand-ing downtown core, was becoming moreand more attractive to investors. Williamand David Yuile were born in Scotland andcame to Canada with their parents in 1857,finally settling in Montreal in 1869. Theytook over an ailing St. Jean sur Richelieuglassworks in 1878 and moved it to Mon-treal, bought other glass companies andexpanded operation to the point that theybecame, under the name Diamond FlintGlass Company Limited, the largest glassmanufacturer in Canada.

Westmount Land formed

Along with George Arthur Grier, whodescribes himself as a lumber merchant,but who also served as president of the St.Lawrence Flour Mill, they formed theWestmount Land Company largely to lookafter land originally owned by CharlesPhillips, a Montreal businessman whohad, years earlier, purchased a strip offarmland stretching from St. Henri to thetop of (and over) Westmount mountainalong what are now Roslyn and Grosvenoravenues. In 1896, the town approved theWestmount Land Company’s proposalsfor subdivision, with at least the top of themountain divided neatly into 50-foot lotsalong the proposed streets.

At the time there were no strict build-ing requirements, so the developmentcompany established its own rules, thatany construction “shall be first-classdwellings detached or semi-detached withstone or solid brick fronts on stone foun-dations only, and the value of not less thanfour thousand dollars each, and no saloon,restaurant, shop or livery stable, and noslaughter house, tannery, factory, hospital,medical school, soap or oil factory, orbuildings for the purpose of carrying onany trade or manufacture which may bedeemed a nuisance by the vendor, to beerected, established or carried on any part

of said land.” The rules also stipulated 17-foot setbacks from the street as well as 7-foot sidelines, “and any stable or outhousethat may be built shall be placed at least 70feet from the street.”

Legal wrangling about the Phillips es-tate and preparation of Grosvenor andRoslyn avenues held up construction for adecade, but by 1905 Westmount was ex-panding on both sides of the “Phillipsstrip,” that is, on Victoria and Lansdowneavenues. It took a while for developmentto make its way up the hill, but in 1912Thomas Williamson, vice-president of St.Lawrence Mills Co., who lived at the cor-ner of The Boulevard and Argyle Ave.,paid $9,990 (or 30 cents per square foot)for six lots on Grosvenor above The Boule-vard, immediately selling three of them toFrederick Whitley, a downtown leathermerchant, for $11,655 (70 cents per squarefoot). Unfortunately, Whitley died in June1914, and his widow quickly sold off halfthe land (1½ lots) to a well-known West-mount builder, John Hand, for $7,600(89.5 cents per square foot).

With Grosvenor and Roslyn reachingnorth, it appears Hand convinced the cityto extend Sunnyside Ave. – which previ-ously had only extended from BelvedereRd. to Bellevue Ave. – through to VictoriaAve. Hand’s two houses at the corner ofGrosvenor were numbered 703 and 705Grosvenor, though eventually 705 wasgiven the address of 110 Sunnyside.

The first buyer of 703 Grosvenor, in Oc-tober 1916, was Sarah Dorothy Brown,wife of Carl Meincke, who ran a store onSt. Nicholas St. downtown. The price paidwas “$1 and other good and valuable con-siderations,” though included in the “otherconsiderations” was paying off the $4,000loan which Hand used for construction ofthe house.

According to Lovell’s Directory, CarlMeincke lived there until his death in themid-1930s and Sarah stayed there withJack Meincke (according to Lovell’s Direc-tory), until her own death in 1940. It wasleft to Ernest Rudolf Brown to sell theproperty in 1943, to Phyllis Baker, wife ofBeverly Hall Steeves, an electrical engi-neer with Northern Electric.

The Steeves’ stayed there only fouryears before selling the house to ArthurChristian Jensen, assistant general man-ager of the Bank of Montreal, almost dou-bling the price to $15,200 in November,1947. The new family stayed there for 38years until Jensen’s death in April of 1985;his wife, Gwendoline Payne, sold thehouse a year later for $360,000.

The buyers, Jane Elizabeth Woolcombeand Robert Coppenrath, renovated thekitchen, built a deck and redecorated thehouse before reselling it in August 1990,for $530,000. The Coppenraths still worktogether as management and human re-sources consultants in Montreal.

They sold the house to Michael and

Shirley Kieran: it appears he worked at thetime for CN Rail, then as transportationconsulting principal for IBI Group, andmost recently as a private transportationconsultant. She started working in opera-tions research and planning for CanadaPost, but quickly moved to Montreal soft-ware company Best-Seller Inc., whichgrew tremendously under her guidanceand leadership. Since June of 2014 she hasbeen affiliated with i4i Inc., dealing in in-formation management.

Referendum looms

Unfortunately, the Westmount real es-tate market turned south in the 1990s asQuebec moved toward a second referen-dum, and the Kierans sold it in September1996, for only $341,000 – less than its 1986price – as they moved to Calgary.

Robert Baird, an executive with ShellCanada at the time, and his wife, MarieRacicot, who has been variously an editor,university lecturer and translator, sold thehouse in 1999 to Angeline Fournier, butshe never moved in, reselling to J. Hart-land McKeown and Michèle Belzile, whomoved here from the United States andapparently moved back there after fiveyears, selling to Samuel Blatchford andAnne-Marie Dutil in 2004. He was presi-dent of Canam Steel Co. and now is pres-ident of American Steel and Aluminum,LLC, in Boston, where she is an interiordesigner and a specialist in gift-boxes.

They sold the stately John Hand houseto Hooman Taravati and Cristina Rossi.He is a “a strategic operations optimiza-tion and transformation advisor.” Theypaid $1,400,000 in September 2012; themunicipal valuation for 2017 is $1,590,200.

HISTORY OF 703 GROSVENOR(since construction)

Date Buyer Price

Oct. 3 1916 Sarah Dorothy Brown $1*Apr. 24 1943 Phyllis Baker $8,000Nov. 20 1947 Arthur Christian Jensen $15,200Oct. 31 1986 Jane Elizabeth Woolcombe $360,000Aug. 2 1990 Michael E. Kieran &

Shirley Kieran $530,000Sep. 30 1996 Robert Ian Baird

& Marie F. Racicot $341,000Jun. 23 1999 Angeline Fournier $450,000Nov. 16 1999 J. Hartland McKeown

& Michèle Belzile $495,000Jun. 16 2004 Samuel Blatchford

& Anne-Marie Dutil $835,000Sep. 18 2012 Hooman Taravati

& Cristina Rossi $1,400,000

*Includes $4,000 paydown of vendor’s mortgage.

History bythe House

Andy Dodge

703 Grosvenor Ave. on February 8.

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Greene still closed at tracksGreene Ave. between Dorchester Blvd.

and St. Antoine St. was closed to pedestri-ans and vehicules when the  Indepen-dent visited on February 23 and was sched-uled to be “re-opened to pedestrians in theupcoming weeks,” provincial ministry ofTransport spokesperson Sarah Bensadouncommunicated by email February 26.“The closure of Greene Ave. [to vehicles]was extended at the city of Westmount’srequest.

“As of now, discussions are ongoing re-garding the timeline, since it was origi-nally planned to re-open January 28.”

The confusing sign on the westernsidewalk directing pedestrians to the alsoclosed eastern sidewalk, noticed by the In-dependent on February 9 (“Turcot impactfelt from east to west,” February 13, p. 17),has been removed. 

Just south of the CP train tracks, theold, raised 720 above the road surface ofGreene Ave. has been dismantled and thedeck of a temporary bridge for vehicles hasbeen removed. The temporary bridge’sabutments are being removed this week,but no date has been set for dismantlingits retaining wall, Bensadoun said.

What’s up at Westmount Square? Repairs

Work was being done to the northeast corner of Westmount Square on February 6 (left) and February 23 (right) at Wood and de Maisonneuve. A respondent to a telephone call to the head office of its owner,Creccal Investments, told the Independent to send an email, two of which were not returned by press time. A different source said on February 23 that the work was to repair a leak and everything would beput back as it had been. Photos: Independent.

What’s up at Centre Greene?Heated wheelchair ramp coming

These workers were photographed in front of Centre Greene on Greene on February 23. “This [pre -liminary work] is the delivery and installation of the long-awaited ramp to enter Centre Greene (forwheelchairs, baby-strollers etc ...),” board member Willem Westenberg told the Independent by emailthe same day. Westmounts owns the Centre Greene building and, at the city council meeting February5, Mayor Christina Smith told a questioner on heated sidewalks that the city would be heating the newramp as “a test” of the concept. Photo: Independent.

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By Ralph Thompson

Westmount High School has beenwithout a formal hockey program for 10years, but on February 23 at 4 pm at theWestmount recreation centre, its newlyformed exhibition team took to the iceagainst St. George’s High School. TheWestmount High Knights hockey pro-gram – for girls and boys, beginners andadvanced players, ages 13 to 16 years –aims to develop accessible, affordable, pro-fessionally coached hockey training at thesame standard as a private school.

“It’s complicated to create a compre-hensive hockey program” said parent vol-

unteer Neil Chazin, “but we’ve had a lot ofsupport from a core group teachers [and]dedicated parents, and professional coach-ing from math teacher and qualified coachDonald Chan. The city [of Westmount] hasalso been very supportive.”

Hockey camp SISU HockeyTek hasprovided help on a voluntary basis underthe direction of technical director MatthewRobins. The program includes a commit-ment by students to academic achievementtogether with a healthy lifestyle and diet.

The Knights won 6-1, but Chazin point-ed out that the objective is to have fun andenjoy the game of hockey.

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to Westmount HighHockey returns

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continued until March 9 and called theissue a civil matter.

Offered money

Property owner and project developerRon Basal of BSR Group took over the micexplaining: “When we bought the build-ing, we negotiated to buy the (dépanneur)business. We offered a substantial sum forhim to walk away [but] his prices went upand up.”

Fan rose again to the mic. “It’s nottrue,” he said of the increases. “He tried toforce us out.”

“This is not a court room,” Smith in-terjected. “So now we will take some timeto deliberate.” With this the council, whosemembers form the city’s demolition com-mittee, adjourned.

They returned after a few minutes toannounce their decision in favour of thedemolition application and “the prelimi-nary replacement plan as recommendedby the city’s Planning Advisory Commit-tee.”

Lengthy resolution

Conrad Peart, the Urban Planningcommissioner for permits and architec-

ture, read a lengthy resolution of approvalthat included conditions related to thecity’s standard construction managementand traffic protocols as well as the re-quirement for monetary guarantees.

“Notwithstanding the comments fromthe retailer” and sympathies for him, Peartsaid, that issue was a civil matter “beyondthe purview of our control.” He said thecity would be taking a series of steps tomitigate risks and that the project was onethe city was “looking forward to.”

Councillor Cynthia Lulham, commis-sioner of Urban Planning for zoning,parks and economic development, re-counted how the city had upzoned thesouth side of St. Catherine near Atwater atthe end of 2014 to provide for revitalizationof an entrance to Westmount and makethe street “livable” by introducing resi-dential occupancy to the commercial zone.

Fits into the vision

As a result, the current developmentproject “fits into our vision,” she ex-plained. The street’s design, repaving andreplacement of the water main also need-ed attention. She also pointed out that itfits with the current regional planningprogram for densification around transithubs.

After the vote and conclusion of a ques-tion period, the meeting ended with de-veloper Basal being asked when workwould start.

“As soon as we solve the issue with thedépanneur,” he replied. It is understood he

and the tenant were to be discussing thematter February 28.

But Fan immediately interjectedthe last word: “My lease is to 2020 and, before that, no one will demolish thatbuilding.”

Project, cont’d. from p.1

Demo questions concern noise, sustainability, ‘cohesive’ visionBy Laureen Sweeney

During a question period that followedthe vote on the new development project,Melanie Richards of HappyTree Yoga at4010 St. Catherine, just east of the build-ing targeted for demolition, voiced con-cerns about the effect on her business ofnoise pollution from the construction andasked if the city would provide compensa-tion.

Smith told her the city had put controlmeasures in place and offered to meetwith her.

Greene Ave. resident Patricia Dumais

asked why the city was so “hell bent” onapproving the project without public con-sultation or before adopting a vision for St.Catherine. She also asked how the three-plus levels of parking fit in with the build-ing’s sustainability.

She was told no consultation was re-quired for this conforming project, butwas reminded one had taken place whenthe street was upzoned after a year-longzoning freeze of the area (see story De-cember 9, 2014, p. 1).

She was also told sustainability wasprovided by the new project’s residentialcomponent and that the underground

parking conformed to the city’s require-ments. “Maybe we should reconsider theparking by-law,” Dumais replied.

Former city councillor Theodora Sami-otis, who had led the upzoning as UrbanPlanning commissioner, spoke at lengthduring the question period as a resident ofDorchester.

She read out sections of the city’s plan-ning program for the area, underliningthe need for an updated cohesive planrather than consideration of projects “asthey come to us.”

Smith thanked her for her “commen-tary.”

Former city councillor Theodora Samiotis speaksat the question period February 19.

Xiaobing Fan, owner of the 7 Jours dépanneur,op poses the demolition.

Developer Ron Basal, left, beside architect MarcRasmussen, speaks at the hearing February 19, atwhich they presented the plan for the newbuilding seen on the screen behind.

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For the sold-out gala, Windsor Stationwas once again splendidly transformed byBridget Fetterly.

Co-presidents were Westmounters Andrew Molson, chair Res Publica, therewith his wife Helen Antoniou, and GeoffMolson, member of the foundation board,

owner/CEO/president of Le Club de hockey Canadien, the Bell Centre andEvenko, with his wife Kate Molson.

Noted amidst the Olympian guest listwere Quebec’s premier Philippe Couillardand his wife Suzanne Pilot; ministers Gaétan Barrette, Hélène David; provinciallegislator Kathleen Weil, there with hus-band Michael Novak, and provincial legis-lator Rita de Santis and husband Jean-Marcel de Magistris.

Local res enjoying the delicious four-course meal by Ristorante Beatrice in-cluded foundation board president Anne-

Marie Boucher and her husband Cirquechair Mitch Garber; Claire and PeterKruyt, vp Power Corp and chair MUHCboard; Angie and Tony Loffreda, vice chairRBC; Sophie and Scott Jones, pres NovaSteel; Vanessa and Guy Laframboise, presLes Restaurants Subway Québec Ltée, andfoundation board member; Josée Noiseux,CEO/pres Montreal Heart Institute Foun-dation; Arielle Meloul-Wechsler, senior vpAir Canada and hubby Arthur Wechsler,ball committee chair and managing part-ner Kugler Kandestin; Diane Dunlop-Hébert and Norman Hébert, Sylvie and

Jean Chagnon, Colleen and Mirko Wicha,Véronique Pourcelet and hubby MartinSzpiro, Joan Vogeslesang and Fred Heese,Cynthia and Jean Aucoin and doctorsTammy and Ron Dimentberg and Giseleand Robert Hemmings.

Westmount city councillor Mary Gal -lery, a great grand-daughter of the founderof St. Mary’s Hospital, Dr. Donald Hings -ton, attended with Tom Godber. TalentedTerry Mosher (Aislin), there with his wifeMary Hughson, presented the frères Molson with a personalized cartoon.

Also noted amidst the swings and

St. Mary’s Hospital gala gorgeousSocial NotesVeronica Redgrave

Peter and Claire Kruyt, and Gaétan Barrette. Geoff and Andrew Molson with Cynda Heward. Arielle Meloul-Wechsler and Arthur Wechsler, Josée Noiseux.

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Thursday, March 1Atwater Library Lunchtime Series:

Academy Award-winning filmmaker TorillKove presents her short, Threads. Free, do-nations requested. Atwater Library, 1200Atwater Ave. 12:30 to 1:30 pm.

Wednesday, March 7Film Club presents Eat That Question:

Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016).Westmount Public Library. 7 pm

Monday, March 12St. Patrick’s Day crafts (4+ years). West-

mount Public Library. 4 pm

Tuesday, March 13Westmount Horticultural Society pre-

sents Stéphanie Boucher of McGill’sLyman Entomological Museum on “Gar-den Insects – Friend or Foe?” $5. West-mount Public Library. 7 pm.

The Women’s Art Society of Montrealpresents sculptor Shelley Miller. $10. Uni-tarian Church of Montreal, 5035 deMaisonneuve Blvd. West. 1:30 to 2:30 pm.

Monday, March 19City council meeting, Westmount city hall,7:30 pm.

Saturday, March 24Earth Hour evening at Victoria Hall.

The Westmount Healthy City Project pre-sents exhibits and program related to cli-mate change. Victoria Hall. 4:30 to 9:30pm.

Tuesday, March 27PhD candidate in English studies

Marie Leconte on “What is Anglo-Québé-cois Literature?” $10. Unitarian Church ofMontreal, 5035 de Maisonneuve Blvd.West. 1:30 to 2:30 pm.

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Suzanne Pilot and Philippe Couillard. Rachel Renaud and Anne-Marie Boucher.

shrubbery were Carolyn and Richard Renaud, CEO/chair TNG Corp, andRichard’s sister Rachel Renaud, memberof the executive, St. Mary’s board of gover-nors and the foundation board, there withhubby Jim Hare; Jeanne-Marie and LucBertrand, vice chair National Bank; LilianeVineberg and Morris Goodman, boardchair Pharmascience; CIUSSS West-Cen-tral board pres Alan Maislin, attendingwith his daughter Jojo and wife Gloria;Jane and James Cherry, MUHC boardmember; and Jenny and Terry Didus, part-ner, Dentons Canada LLP, president SMH

board of governors.A myriad of volunteers were stylish in

forest green dresses from Dynamite. Ra-diant in red, Cynda Heward, CEO/pres ofthe foundation, announced the eventraised $1,060,250 (net) to benefit St.Mary’s maternal/child department and theMcGill chair in family and communitymedicine and research.

The night ended with a rainbow-coloured candy table: sweet!

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Landscape architects HETAawarded Grand Prix du Design

Westmount-based HETA, also knownas Hodgins et associés paysagistes, wasawarded the Prix Terrasse et Aménage-ment paysager résidentiel de maisonprivée on February 13 at the 11th edition ofthe Gala des Grands prix du design, whereprizes in several other categories wereawarded.

The winning project is situated at theGlen Villa estate in St. Catherine de Hatleyowned by Westmounters Norman and PatWebster. The design took advantage of astream leading to Lake Massawippi, a

slope and an old stone foundation.Founder and Westmounter Myke Hod-

gins said in a press release, “I am proudof the whole HETA team, Éric Fleury, thelead architect of the project [and] FrançoisBéroud, the designer of the steel structure… It takes a great team to build great pro-jects!”

HETA recently celebrated its 30th an-niversary. At first, it mainly specialized inresidential landscape designs, but iswiden ing its areas of work to municipaland real estate projects.

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