Parc Pierre-Boucher

Parc Pierre-Boucher is a park in Plateau, Montreal, Quebec. Parc Pierre-Boucher is situated nearby to the locality Passage des Solidarités, as well as near Rose Hill.

Type: Park
Description: park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Also known as: “Parc Pierre-Boucher, acteur”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Conservatoire d’art dramatique de Montréal and The André-Bourbeau JMC House.

Conservatoire d’art dramatique de Montréal

College

The Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal is a Canadian government-funded dramatic school founded in 1954. The first director was Jan Doat. He was succeeded by Jean Valcourt in 1955 on the condition that a branch also be opened in Quebec City, which occurred in 1958.

The André-Bourbeau JMC House

Arts center

Photo: Sandra Cohen-Rose and Colin Rose, CC BY 2.0.

The André-Bourbeau JMC House is an arts center.

Plateau Mont-Royal Library

Library

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mile-End and Outremont.

Mile-End

Photo: Alain Rouiller, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mile End, the last Mile, is a small neighborhood between Outremont, Le Plateau, Rosemont and Little Italy. The main commercial streets are parts of St-Viateur, Fairmount, Bernard, Villeneuve, Parc Ave & St-Laurent.

Outremont

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Outremont, once its own town, was incorporated into Montreal in 2002. As its name suggests, it's on the other side of Mount Royal from downtown, and is a predominately residential area, home to well-known Québec artists and celebrities and to Montreal's Hasidic Jewish community.