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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Montréal, Québec, Canadaen_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 1872-1892 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Canadian)en_US
dc.date1872-1892en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-25T20:57:02Z
dc.date.available2013-01-25T20:57:02Z
dc.date.issued1872-1892en_US
dc.identifier185826en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1908en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/95020
dc.descriptionDorchester Square (originally Dominion Square) is a large urban square in downtown Montreal. Together with Place du Canada, the area is just over 21,000 m2 or 2.1 ha of manicured and protected urban parkland bordered by René Lévesque Boulevard to the south, Peel Street to the west, Metcalfe to the east and Dominion Square to the north. The square is open to the public 24 hours a day and forms a focal point for pedestrian traffic in the city. Until the creation of Place du Canada in 1967, the name Dominion Square had been applied to the entire area. Land acquisition to build the square began in 1872 and the site was inaugurated in 1878, not being thoroughly completed until 1892. The square has four statues and a kiosk, arranged to form a five point equilateral cross.; Dorchester Square (originally Dominion Square) is a large urban square in downtown Montreal. Together with Place du Canada, the area is just over 21,000 m2 or 2.1 ha of manicured and protected urban parkland bordered by René Lévesque Boulevard to the south, Peel Street to the west, Metcalfe to the east and Dominion Square to the north. The square is open to the public 24 hours a day and forms a focal point for pedestrian traffic in the city. Until the creation of Place du Canada in 1967, the name Dominion Square had been applied to the entire area. Land acquisition to build the square began in 1872 and the site was inaugurated in 1878, not being thoroughly completed until 1892. The square has four statues and a kiosk, arranged to form a five point equilateral cross. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 6/21/2009)en_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectcityscapesen_US
dc.subjectlandscapesen_US
dc.subjectparks (recreation areas)en_US
dc.subjectNineteenth centuryen_US
dc.titleDorchester Squareen_US
dc.title.alternativeSquare Dorchesteren_US
dc.title.alternativeDominion Squareen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-C-M-DS-A4en_US
vra.culturalContextCanadianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling) gardeningen_US
vra.worktypesquare (open space)en_US
vra.worktypepark (recreation area)en_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Canadian)en_US


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