Talk:Golden Square Mile

map
can someone put a map here, please. thanks. Jackzhp 22:31, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

crazy changes to this entry
1) this map added is completely useless. 2) you folks have removed nearly every link i added. whilst i appreciate that you didn't touch the post itself, if seems awfully silly to have removed nearly every link that gave it coherence. david manou
 * Feel free to add a better map, David. This is, at least a start. As for the links, I believe they failed to meet the basic standards set out at WP:LINKS, as they were merely URLs of search engines where people could look for stuff, rather than direct links to supporting material. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 13:38, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

a question
why are you folks messing with the external links to make them less valuable? —Preceding unsigned comment added by David manou (talk • contribs) 01:56, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * People are trying to help, David. Just like I offered to help you with the images. The links as you placed them were not correctly formatted or terribly useful. You can't just direct people to search engines, as explained at WP:LINKS under "Links to Avoid." And as I've mentioned before, please sign your posts. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:23, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Drop 'Golden' - the area was never known by this name
The word 'Golden' is a modern creation intended to ramp-up property values after a considerable portion of the area was razed back in the 50s, 60s and 1970s; I believe John Kalbfleisch makes this point in his book This Island in Time.

The term Square Mile is the historical name used to describe the area between Atwater and Bleury, from the slope of Mount Royal down to Saint Antoine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by T noakes (talk • contribs) 04:16, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Tone?
"Though not excluded from commerce as is often thought, the educated Canadiens were inclined and encouraged to pursue gentlemen's professions of the Ancien Régime; remaining on their Seigneuries or entering law, politics and the Church.[14] Many made money from investing in the companies being formed around them, but apart from a handful of men such as Masson, Quesnel and Forget, the French Canadians left 'trade' to Les Anglais: Napoleon's "nation of shopkeepers"."

Both the fruity tone and the alleged "facts" presented here are suspect. ("The French Canadians left the trade to Les Anglais." I'd like to see the minutes of the big French Canadian meeting where they all agreed that only Englishmen -- as we say when reporting fact -- should do business in Montréal.)

Much of this article reads as if Rick Steves had written it. Just the facts, ma'am. Laodah 01:10, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

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Coatrack?
I came here for the Golden Square mile. What I see is a huge exposition on Montreal's Mercantile community... 104.163.140.141 (talk) 07:23, 16 April 2018 (UTC)