Place Émilie-Gamelin (Montréal, Canada) : View looking south, showing the north flank of the square
- Creator:
- Charney, Melvin, 1935-
- Published/Created:
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
1992-2005 - Date Depicted:
- 2008
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- paving; concrete; granite; plantings
- Notes:
- Place Émilie-Gamelin (known informally as Berri Square), is a city square and park in central Montreal. It was created in the 1980's to mark the 350th anniversary of the city (and named Place du 350e). 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 (also the original architect of the park). The park is now 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. The park is the gateway to the Latin Quarter.
- Variant Titles:
- Berri Square
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Canada -- 21st century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Twenty-first century
- Culture:
- Canadian
- Accession Number:
- 2A2-C-M-PEG-B3
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- stairs architecture; cityscape; parks (recreation areas) Twenty-first century complexes; recreation areas; parks (recreation areas); open spaces; squares (open spaces)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Five
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
2008 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4090
- OID:
- 10056656
- PID:
- digcoll:1811652