As part of its mission, the Westmount Historical Association includes the promotion of public awareness of our community’s heritage. Westmount City Council’s proposed zoning changes for the Southeast sector will affect the Atwater Library and Dorchester Boulevard. The position of the WHA is that any zoning change must respect and complement these two heritage components. A recently revised proposed zoning change would now permit a 20-storey building on St. Catherine Street adjacent to the Atwater Library, in spite of the Library’s heritage designation. Any development immediately adjacent to such an historic structure should not be detrimental to its heritage value. In addition, a housing development on the north side of Dorchester should be in keeping with the Victorian homes on the south side of the street.
Links:
“How Architects Redefined Apartment Living in Westmount” with speaker Laurent Généreux, Thursday September 25 from 7pm to 9pm at the Westmount Public Library.
Mark London gave an important talk about protecting our Westmount heritage to the WHA in 2018. These subjects have been discussed a great deal recently relating to the redevelopment of the southeast sector of the city. This link is for the newsletter which covered his presentation: https://westmounthistorical.
Volume 25 Number 2
This newsletter summarized the fall 2024 lecture series which highlighted the work or individuals who have added to our knowledge of Westmount.
An electronic copy is available free to members, or may be purchased for $5 from the WHA Archives.
To view previous issues of our newsletters please follow the link below.
By joining the Westmount Historical Association, you will be supporting our efforts to collect, preserve, and interpret the history of Westmount.
Annual membership provides free admission to our two lectures series on Westmount’s history and heritage, participation in walking tours of Westmount, two issues of the WHA newsletter The Westmount Historian, and access to our Archives. Please note that our membership year now corresponds with the calendar year.