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42: 411:). The 1,9m high work of art, made by sculptor Raoul Hunter in 1999, was inaugurated on May 25, 2000 commemorating both the 200th anniversary of her birth and the renovation of the rue Sainte-Catherine kiosk, located in the Place Émilie-Gamelin where the shelter she founded once stood. The bronze on her right hand, which is symbolically stretched out toward people in need, is slowly fading because of all the people that shake her hand for fun. The statue is owned by the City of Montreal. 348: 26: 246: 1511: 368: 1523: 49: 305:
Allegedly, the city of Montreal created a public municipal park on the square to be able to drive out the homeless people with the park regulations which don't allow access during the night. Ironically, the city named the park after Émilie Gamelin, which might contribute to the fact that the park
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Inside the metro entrance on the south-west corner of the park (corner rue Sainte-Catherine and rue Berri) is a bronze statue of Gamelin, called
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religious community, which had operated a convent on the land. Émilie Gamelin and her sisters were known for running a soup kitchen (
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For years Place Émilie-Gamelin and the surrounding area held a bad reputation for
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the area, making it more family friendly and appealing to tourists.
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Gratte-ciel, cascades d'eau / rues, ruisseau… une construction
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These are part of an ongoing series of effort by the city to
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The north end of the square features the metal sculpture
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Skyscraper, Waterfall, Roads, Brooks... a Construction
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Place Émilie-Gamelin was the starting point of many
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Place Émilie-Gamelin is located in Montreal
Town square
Quartier Latin
Ville-Marie
Montreal
Quebec
Canada
Coordinates
45°30′55″N 73°33′36″W / 45.515414°N 73.55996°W / 45.515414; -73.55996
Berri-UQAM (Montreal Metro)
https://jardinsgamelin.com/en/home
French
city square
Montreal
Quebec
Berri Street
Saint Hubert Street
Sainte Catherine Street
De Maisonneuve Boulevard
Berri-UQAM Metro Station
Station centrale d'autobus
Université du Québec à Montréal
Grande Bibliothèque du Québec

drug sales
homelessness
Roman Catholic
nun
Émilie Gamelin

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