Fifty years of Residential Development in Old Montreal and its Former Faubourgs: what can we learn?
Since the 1960s, many interventions have been made in Old Montreal and its former faubourgs to promoting patrimonial conservation and tourism development strategies. However, a third strategy – residential development – was implemented and contributed in reshaping the social and urban fabrics of a lived-in precinct. An analysis of urban planning documents and interviews show that the residential function was not the subject of a comprehensive vision, but rather based on arising opportunities. More than 50 years later, this situation led to the reproduction of lacks and cohabitation nuisances that question the role of the residential function in the development of a new urban identity for historical districts.