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plates in the street serve as urban markers, identifying the grand turn-of-the-century department stores and commercial buildings that lend this area its storied heritage. The design also recenters
Phillips Square as an integral part of the downtown core as envisioned in the 1841 Phillips Plan. A contemporary interpretation of the English Garden Square, the space is newly expanded thanks to wider sidewalks, lush plantings and open sightlines, which offer picturesque views over the built environment and surrounding landscape. The monument to Edward VII is showcased with new uplighting, surrounded by integrated urban furniture and a programmable water feature. In addition, the project increases vegetation in the Square by 46% and plants 14 times the number of current trees.
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West into a pedestrian oriented hub. At the heart of the project sits
Phillips Square a newly expanded public space. The plan eliminates street parking and drastically widens the sidewalks, flipping the proportion of space allocated to cars and pedestrians to turn it into a place for people. Bronze
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In 1842, the square was first laid out in what was then a wealthy residential area on the fringe of the city of
Montreal. The first merchant to open a business on Phillips Square was Alfred Joyce; “the high class caterer and confectioner” and one-time mayor of the town of Outremont who built an
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was built soon after on the west side of the square in 1894. The fast food outlet on the corner of the east side of
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department store established itself on the north side of the square. That site is of particular interest to visitors from the United States because
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of King Edward VII, who ruled from 1901 to 1910. He visited
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