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Highlights include Fairmount Bagel, George Stephen House, Kondiaronk Belvedere, Lahaie Park, McCord Stewart Museum, McGill University.

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  1. Fairmount Bagel: story on the “Le Plateau-Mont-Royal and Mile End: Streets, Communities, and Bagels” route

    It will explain how a family's return split one bakery name between two addresses.

  2. George Stephen House: story on the “Mount Royal and the Golden Square Mile” route

    The mansion gives a human scale to the financial risk on which the railway was built.

  3. Kondiaronk Belvedere: story on the “Mount Royal and the Golden Square Mile” route

    Here, the city panorama connects with the world contained at the foot of the mountain.

  4. Lahaie Park: story on the “Le Plateau-Mont-Royal and Mile End: Streets, Communities, and Bagels” route

    It explains why a public garden was set aside in advance amid private development.

  5. McCord Stewart Museum: story on the “Mount Royal and the Golden Square Mile” route

    Here, a private collection and private support come together in a former university club.

  6. McGill University: story on the “Mount Royal and the Golden Square Mile” route

    This stop takes the route from a city park to institutions that grew out of private fortunes.

  7. Montreal City Hall: story on the “Old Montreal: city, market, and port” route

    An ordinary balcony outside the council chamber became the place where a city reception disrupted the plans for a state visit.

  8. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: story on the “Mount Royal and the Golden Square Mile” route

    The finale will show how the museum was expanded without erasing Sherbrooke Street's former scale.

  9. Mount Royal Chalet: story on the “Mount Royal and the Golden Square Mile” route

    The stop will show how a municipal construction project sought a purpose only after it was completed.

  10. Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal: story on the “Old Montreal: city, market, and port” route

    This stop will explain why the city's largest parish church never regained its bishop's cathedra.

  11. Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel: story on the “Old Montreal: city, market, and port” route

    Here, a vow made at sea will remain not only a story, but also a silver model of a ship beneath the vault.

  12. Old Port and Clock Tower Quay: story on the “Old Montreal: city, market, and port” route

    The finale shows how a working cargo pier was turned into a waterfront for walks while preserving a port memorial.

  13. Olmsted Road and the Cross: story on the “Mount Royal and the Golden Square Mile” route

    Here, the carefully planned climb up the mountain meets a sign that was meant to be visible to the whole city.

  14. Place d'Armes: story on the “Old Montreal: city, market, and port” route

    Here, the square's military name will coincide with a ceremony at which weapons had to be laid down without the main trophy.

  15. Place Gérald-Godin: story on the “Le Plateau-Mont-Royal and Mile End: Streets, Communities, and Bagels” route

    Links the square's name, the poem on the wall, and the political history of the surrounding district.

  16. Place Jacques-Cartier: story on the “Old Montreal: city, market, and port” route

    The last market stall will recall the condition that two merchants built into a land deal.

  17. Place Royale: story on the “Old Montreal: city, market, and port” route

    The former market will show how customs officials took the place of direct trade between city residents and farmers.

  18. Pointe-à-Callière: story on the “Old Montreal: city, market, and port” route

    Beneath the modern museum lie traces of the first fort, the governor's residence, and a river that was hidden underground.

  19. Prince-Arthur Pedestrian Street: story on the “Le Plateau-Mont-Royal and Mile End: Streets, Communities, and Bagels” route

    It links today’s pedestrian scene to the shops that appeared here before the city project.

  20. Saint-Enfant-Jésus du Mile-End Church: story on the “Le Plateau-Mont-Royal and Mile End: Streets, Communities, and Bagels” route

    Returns to the façade, which remained without two sculptural groups for thirty-seven years.

  21. Saint-Laurent Boulevard: story on the “Le Plateau-Mont-Royal and Mile End: Streets, Communities, and Bagels” route

    It will show how one newsroom became a foundation for new urban institutions.

  22. Saint-Louis Square: story on the “Le Plateau-Mont-Royal and Mile End: Streets, Communities, and Bagels” route

    It will show how the terms of a land sale determined the future appearance of an entire neighborhood.

  23. St-Viateur Bagel: story on the “Le Plateau-Mont-Royal and Mile End: Streets, Communities, and Bagels” route

    It will end the route with the decision of a teenager who chose the oven over accounting.