Two Strips of Dirt

EvilGentleman: 9th Oct 2007 - 00:06 GMT

Maybe it actually belongs to the railroad.

CE: 9th Oct 2007 - 03:38 GMT

This alley runs north/south whereas the railway runs east/west (by Montreal definitions which anyone from Montreal knows have nothing to do with what a compass might tell you). The trees that can bee seen in the distance are actually the buffer between the neighbourhood and the tracks.

EvilGentleman: 9th Oct 2007 - 20:54 GMT

Maybe all the adjoining homes own the alley, and they could not agree whether to pave it with asphalt or concrete.

KG: 24th Nov 2007 - 03:37 GMT

Neglected doesn't apply to Lower NDG. The city councillor is the mayor's brother and it has benefited from that connection, as witnessed by a $4 million new community center, St. James has been totally rebuilt, hundreds of new housing units have been added and the area has been at the center of the superhospital replanning storm.

ndgcatlady: 27th Nov 2007 - 12:43 GMT

Been down that alley many times. Nice Italian neighborhood. Many well kept flower and vegetable gardens. Yes, and a brand new Community centre down there...St. Raymonds....and of course the best Italian Bakery (NDG Bakery)...and let us not forget the best Italian sausage subs in Montreal at Momesso's. Great part of town...and that's not the only alley that has been kept a semi-greenspace.

kdb: 16th Dec 2007 - 22:50 GMT

you said theres tracks to the north and south?
that seems incorrect...
also theres a few non paved alleys in ndg..

pnav: 20th Dec 2007 - 20:09 GMT

That is my laneway! My house is half way down on the left. Yeah, that really is a cool part of NDG. This is the lane between Belgrave (west) and Clifton (east), with the tracks to the North and Upper Lachine road to the south.

terry hindley: 15th May 2008 - 03:34 GMT

I lived for 25 years above the tracks belgrave clifton acroos the tracks from here before a life of drugs and crime chased me to vancouver ndg was heaven to grow up in!!!The hot summer nights I googled daniel o connel school and found nothing!!Ask anyone over 40 if they remember that school??prudhomme and cote st antoine decarie

ze: 24th Mar 2009 - 07:10 GMT

the alley is accessible from ULR, then runs down to the tracks and bends then releases at the next street. so it dont really cross the tracks, and it only runs parallel for like 10 meters.

theres another one by monklandcouche tardterrebonne they call it Mystik, guess why...lol

TERRY HINDLEY:
i think the school u talkin =about is now called Centennial Academy still.

KG: its St.Raymond.

being a dweller id rather see it "still in time" rather than gentrified and robbed of its character,
AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO MISSES AGOSTINI'S??, which is now a Korean BBQ

there was a dep on STJ and Girouard with old ny style shutters, they tore the whole bldg down for a window shop and a cafe, which sticks out likea cold sore, humble dup and triplexes and the rundown commerce of STJ, then u have a big shiny mostly windowed building right on the corner.