Spoiling De Castelnau in summer
Brendan Kelly continues with his quite conscious project to spoil the city’s quieter summer spots, with a look at pedestrianized de Castelnau.
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DeWolf 10:16 on 2023-08-08 Permalink
I don’t think enough people read the Gazette for it to make a difference.
JP 11:21 on 2023-08-08 Permalink
And the ones who do…probably don’t care much for pedestrianization and will not go out of their way to visit. But now that I see this posted here, I will explore the area at some point this summer 🙂
Kate 11:41 on 2023-08-08 Permalink
It’s a nice area but only a couple of short blocks of pedestrianization. Kelly doesn’t mention the Le Marquis bakery, which does everything non‑gluten, not something you’ll find everywhere. Also Les Givrés has a good selection of non‑dairy sorbets.
Also, on the far side of St‑Denis is Ferlucci, a good café, but the pedestrianization doesn’t extend on that side.
DeWolf 17:01 on 2023-08-08 Permalink
With the big revamp planned for the next couple of years, the pedestrianized part will be made into a permanent plaza (whether there will be car access is still not clear, but if there is it will just be one lane with no parking). The part in front of Ferlucci will be redone as well with wider sidewalks and a permanent bike path instead of the painted lane that exists now.
There are also big plans to completely redo the street west of St-Laurent, but it feels so disconnected from de Castelnau East it might as well have a different name.
Ian 19:42 on 2023-08-08 Permalink
Marquis is awesome. My wife has the double misfortune of being gluten intolerant and having a birthday during the construction holiday – Marquis is one of the few places that actually makes (really, really) good gluten-free cakes that is open in late July. Lots of fun murals and stuff in the area, too.
Kate 21:28 on 2023-08-08 Permalink
DeWolf, that’s interesting info. And you’re right, de Castelnau West is an entirely different kind of street. They’ll also have to deal with that ridiculous split‑up intersection next to the metro station.
DeWolf 10:14 on 2023-08-09 Permalink
A number of the comments published after the public consultation had to do with that intersection. It’s really terrible, but unfortunately it’s only covered by phase 2 of the work (post-2026), along with the stretches of Hutchison and Ogilvy adjacent to Parc metro. So we’ll have to put up with it for quite a few more years…
https://www.realisonsmtl.ca/secteurdecastelnau