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The Main is an online magazine dedicated to producing and curating Montreal’s best stories. Each month, a different editorial theme drives the writing, photography, and artwork published.

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Alexandraplatz: How to Turn a Montreal Warehouse into a Treasured Neighbourhood Bar
Food & Drink Posted by Hannah Liddle

On a long, hot summer day, the clanging sounds of a train ricochet across garage doors and metal-sided buildings, filling the space between the integrated warehouses on the north end of l’Esplanade. It’s 4:50 p.m., and by no coincidence, the trickling in of bicycles, of transit-takers, of neighbourhood friends and fringe folk begins. Ten minutes to…

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The Royal Victoria: the History of Montreal’s Famous Hospital on the Hill
History Posted by Jacqueline Di Bartolomeo

At 6:55 a.m. on April 26, a baby boy named Arthur took his first breath. But, unlike thousands of infants born since 1926, Arthur’s parents did not make their way to 687 Pine Avenue when it came time to bring him into the world. Instead, his birth at the McGill University Health Centre’s newly christened…

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