Greene Avenue
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Greene Avenue is a north-south street in Westmount and Montreal
, Quebec
, Canada
. It links Sherbrooke Street West in the north and Atwater Avenue, near the Atwater Market and Lachine Canal
in the south. North of Sherbrooke, it is known as Mount Pleasant Avenue.
Greene Avenue is locally known for its upscale shops, restaurants and antique dealers. Notable structures and businesses on the street include the western entrance to Westmount Square
, a Nicholas Hoare
bookstore as well as the studios for radio station CKGM.
Greene Avenue was given its name in 1881, after the area's former landowner, G.A. Greene.
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
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. It links Sherbrooke Street West in the north and Atwater Avenue, near the Atwater Market and Lachine Canal
Lachine Canal
The Lachine Canal is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5 kilometres from the Old Port of Montreal to Lake Saint-Louis, through the boroughs of Lachine, Lasalle and Sud-Ouest.The canal gets its name from the French word for China...
in the south. North of Sherbrooke, it is known as Mount Pleasant Avenue.
Greene Avenue is locally known for its upscale shops, restaurants and antique dealers. Notable structures and businesses on the street include the western entrance to Westmount Square
Westmount Square
Westmount Square is a complex of four buildings located in Westmount, Quebec. Canada. The four buildings, two of which are residential, were designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The complex opened on December 13, 1967...
, a Nicholas Hoare
Nicholas Hoare
Nicholas Hoare is a small chain of Canadian independent bookstores specialising in British books.Nicholas Hoare operates three locations: one in Montreal, Quebec, on Greene Avenue in Westmount ; one on Sussex Drive in Ottawa, Ontario; one on Front Street in Toronto,...
bookstore as well as the studios for radio station CKGM.
Greene Avenue was given its name in 1881, after the area's former landowner, G.A. Greene.