Greene Avenue (officially in french: avenue Greene) is a north-south street in
Westmount and
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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, Canada. It links
Sherbrooke Street West
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in the north and Saint-Ambroise Street West, near the
Atwater Market and
Lachine Canal
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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 is a residential and office complex located in Westmount, Quebec, Canada. There are two residential apartment buildings and two office buildings. These towers sit atop an underground shopping centre consisting of thirty-five sh ...
and the studios for radio station
CKGM.
Greene Avenue was said to be given its name in 1884, after the area's former landowner, Edward K. Greene, although other sources point to G.A. Greene as the namesake.
Further reading
Ville de Montréal, Les rues de Montréal, Répertoire historique, Montréal, Méridien, 1995, p. 209
References
Streets in Montreal
Westmount, Quebec
Shopping districts and streets in Canada
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