Benny Farm : Une vocation renouvelée

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Benny Farm : Une vocation renouvelée
Abstract
In 1848, Walter Benny (1791-1870), a Scottish-born master baker/merchant, acquired a Montreal property that became known as Benny Farm, in what is now part of Notre-Dame-de-Grace (NDG). The area remained a farm until the mid-1940s when it was acquired by Housing Enterprises Limited. With a grant from the federal government, Housing Entreprises commissioned architect Harold J. Doran to build a residential neighbourhood. Inspired by the idea of the garden cities, Doran's concept included 384 dwellings grouped into three-storey "sixplex" buildings. In 1948, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) took over from Housing Enterprises, and 376 of the 384 dwellings were occupied by Second World War veterans. The author outlines the history of the planning for the redevelopment of the area that began in the early 1990s to 2008. The author was one of the architects involved in the redevelopment scheme for Benny Farm.
Publication
Continuité
Volume
No. 108
Date
Printemps 2006
Pages
36-38
Language
fr
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Citation
Barbarese, Dino. “Benny Farm : Une vocation renouvelée.” Continuité, Printemps 2006. https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/continuite/2006-n108-continuite1055783/17600ac.pdf.
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