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The Main Revisted

Posted By Justin On July 26, 2007 @ 2:21 pm In Around Town | Comments Disabled

This article by Rima Elkouri [1] I think sums up best my feelings about the main that solicited so many comments. Especially this paragraph and quote:

Trouve-t-il que la «Main» change pour le mieux? «On ne peut pas arrêter le changement. Mais on peut être nostalgique de certaines choses qui ne sont plus», observe-t-il, en notant que le boulevard offre de moins en moins de diversité et de plus en plus de commerces pour plaire aux touristes du Grand Prix.

Si certains commerces mythiques ont survécu, ils sont de plus en plus rares. L’épicier Simcha Leibovich, par exemple, un des derniers commerçants juifs de la «Main», qui avait pignon sur rue depuis 40 ans, n’est plus. Lui qui racontait en riant avoir acheté sa propre stèle funéraire chez son voisin d’en face, L.Berson & Fils, est mort il y a un an et demi.

My article, of which many really missed the point of, was a lamet. It was nostalgia for 15 years ago when the Main still had its charms. You can’t stop “progress” and I never suggested that this be done. Nor was my article about Le Plateau or the surrounding areas of The Main. It was about The Main itself.

As I stated earlier, the Main has changed and that it has changed for the worse.


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[1] This article by Rima Elkouri: http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070725/CPOPINIONS05/707250752/6730/CPACTUALITES

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