The First-Timer · Julien · Montréal
Boulevard Saint-Laurent (the Main)
If you walk one street to understand Montreal, walk the Main. Saint-Laurent is the historic dividing line between English west and French east (addresses still count from it), and the corridor every immigrant wave landed on. Walking it north from downtown threads Chinatown, the old garment district, Schwartz's, the murals, and the Plateau into the Mile End — the whole city's story and geography in one walk. It's free, and it connects half this list.
The Main — the historic immigrant artery and the city's spine — walked from downtown up through the Plateau and Mile End, threading food, murals, and neighbourhoods.
— Julien, The First-Timer
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