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Neighborhood Power and the Notre Dame de Grace Community Council
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Neighborhood Power and the Notre Dame de Grace Community Council
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With many adolescents left alone while their parents were consumed by war-time activities during the Second World War, instances of juvenile delinquency rose in the Montreal borough of Notre-Dame-de-Grace (NDG). In response, January 1942 saw the first meeting of what was to become the NDG Community Council. The Community Council worked to combat the vices present in their neighbourhood, lobbying police and city officials to shut down a local pool hall suspected of running a clandestine gambling den. They continued their activities in the post-war years, campaigning for new and better parks, which led in 1950 to the creation of the Benny and Somerland parks. As well, they helped finance and operate two new libraries, one co-located with their office and the other in Gibson School. The Council continued to work to preserve the character of the borough well into the 70's, successfully obtaining a freeze on high-rise development in the neighbourhood after several high-density buildings went up on Monkland Avenue.
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City Magazine
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Vol. 6
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no. 2
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October 1983
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21-26
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en
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Schaechter, John. “Neighborhood Power and the Notre Dame de Grace Community Council.” City Magazine, October 1983.
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