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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Montréal, Québec, Canadaen_US
dc.coverage.temporal2008 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorGilchrist, Scotten_US
dc.date2008en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-25T21:18:57Z
dc.date.available2013-01-25T21:18:57Z
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.identifier186128en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1920en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/95322
dc.descriptionSt. James Street (officially rue Saint-Jacques) is a major street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The street has had two official names: St. James in English (never spelled "Saint") for St. James's London and Saint-Jacques in French. Both names are sometimes used in English, though Saint-Jacques is now more common for current geographical reference and St. James is usually used for reference to its historic importance as a financial district. A main thoroughfare passing through Old Montreal, the street was first opened in 1672. In the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, St. James Street was the centre of Montreal's financial district and where several major insurance, banking, and trust companies built their Canadian head offices. At the time of its construction in 1928, the new head office of the Royal Bank of Canada at 360 St. James Street was the tallest building in the British Empire. Today, the stretch of St. Jacques Street between McGill Street and Saint Laurent Boulevard is still notable mostly for its grand Neo-Classical buildings. More modern buildings include the Montreal World Trade Centre and the Stock Exchange Tower. Farther west, St. Jacques Street runs through the residential neighbourhoods of Little Burgundy, Saint-Henri, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Lachine.; St. James Street (officially rue Saint-Jacques) is a major street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The street has had two official names: St. James in English (never spelled "Saint") for St. James's London and Saint-Jacques in French. Both names are sometimes used in English, though Saint-Jacques is now more common for current geographical reference and St. James is usually used for reference to its historic importance as a financial district. A main thoroughfare passing through Old Montreal, the street was first opened in 1672. In the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, St. James Street was the centre of Montreal's financial district and where several major insurance, banking, and trust companies built their Canadian head offices. At the time of its construction in 1928, the new head office of the Royal Bank of Canada at 360 St. James Street was the tallest building in the British Empire. Today, the stretch of St. Jacques Street between McGill Street and Saint Laurent Boulevard is still notable mostly for its grand Neo-Classical buildings. More modern buildings include the Montreal World Trade Centre and the Stock Exchange Tower. Farther west, St. Jacques Street runs through the residential neighbourhoods of Little Burgundy, Saint-Henri, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Lachine. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 6/17/2009)en_US
dc.format.mediumdigital photographyen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectbusiness, commerce and tradeen_US
dc.subjectcityscapesen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectCity planningen_US
dc.subjecturban renewalen_US
dc.subjectfinancial districten_US
dc.subjectTwenty-first centuryen_US
dc.titleMontreal: Rue Saint-Jacques; Topographic Viewsen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-C-M-RSJ-A16en_US
vra.culturalContextCanadianen_US
vra.techniquephotographyen_US
vra.worktypephotographen_US
vra.worktypetopographical viewen_US
dc.contributor.displayScott Gilchrist (Canadian photographer, born 1960)en_US


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