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Montreal Geography Trivia No. 12

What’s at 1200 Atwater Ave., Montreal, QC?

UPDATE: OK, time to let y’all off the hook. A couple of you clued in on it a bit. The answer is not the Atwater Library, which is at 1200 Atwater Ave. in Westmount. It’s a small two-storey semi-detached home near the roundabout at the southern end of the Atwater Tunnel.

It’s a pretty horrible location, with the train tracks and the highway within spitting distance, high-voltage transmission wires overhead and lots of traffic going through the Atwater Tunnel or down Centre St.

And I totally didn’t put this question up here because I got the two confused and ended up spending 20 minutes more than I wanted to walking in the freezing cold…

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21 Comments

  1. Posted February 11, 2008 at 12:05 pm | Permalink

    Innit a water filtration something or other?

  2. Posted February 11, 2008 at 12:12 pm | Permalink

    The Atwater Library.

    http://atwaterlibrary.ca/

  3. Posted February 11, 2008 at 12:23 pm | Permalink

    Isn’t it the Bell building, that holds the switchboards?

  4. Posted February 11, 2008 at 12:24 pm | Permalink

    a weird street forming the letter ‘q’ (on google maps you can see the shape…)?

  5. Posted February 11, 2008 at 12:29 pm | Permalink

    Howdy!

    The library. Why?

  6. Posted February 11, 2008 at 12:34 pm | Permalink

    (Would a fair hint be: don’t believe Google Maps?)

    I’m guessing you are referring the famous public library, the Atwater Library and Computer Centre.

  7. Eric
    Posted February 11, 2008 at 12:42 pm | Permalink

    dammit! I was just there

  8. Eric
    Posted February 11, 2008 at 12:45 pm | Permalink

    Well, search says Children’s Hospital, which I know is on the East side of Atwater, 1200 should be on the West side.

    In any Case I am going with the Children’s Hospital.

  9. Eric
    Posted February 11, 2008 at 12:48 pm | Permalink

    I change my answer to The Atwater Library. that is my final Answer

  10. princess iveylocks
    Posted February 11, 2008 at 12:56 pm | Permalink

    Ooohh!

    http://www.mcl-bjm.ca/

  11. Posted February 11, 2008 at 3:44 pm | Permalink

    All wrong so far…

  12. Eric
    Posted February 11, 2008 at 3:48 pm | Permalink

    Professional Writers Association of Canada?

  13. Posted February 11, 2008 at 4:01 pm | Permalink

    Duh! Empty set. That address doesn’t exist. 1200 Atwater Avenue is in Westmount.

    Cf. map of Ville-Marie borough.

  14. Allan
    Posted February 11, 2008 at 4:31 pm | Permalink

    The montreal children’s library

  15. Posted February 11, 2008 at 5:06 pm | Permalink

    I think it’s the Montreal children’s library.

  16. Peter
    Posted February 11, 2008 at 6:02 pm | Permalink

    Lionel-Groulx metro station

  17. Posted February 11, 2008 at 6:39 pm | Permalink

    I’ve never been to this place but I ve passed by this street. Everyone seems to be off by this Atwater in Mtl. Yes this address does exist but it’s in Montreal to be more specific just south of St. Patrick. Just looking at Google earth the houses? the baseball diamond? or the roundabout?.

  18. Posted February 11, 2008 at 7:30 pm | Permalink

    Well by combining GoogleMaps and Google Earth I can see it’s a statue but I can’t figure out or what. I should know this I live next door in Verdun and I probably rode my scooter next to it everyday during the month of October…

  19. Eric
    Posted February 11, 2008 at 8:16 pm | Permalink

    Ok, I think my messages may now qualify as spam but here it goes. 1200 Atwater Ave, known as Atwater Library but officially it is known as “Atwater Library of the Mechanics’ Institute of Montreal”. I will take my prize in cash please.

  20. Posted February 12, 2008 at 3:14 am | Permalink

    I’ve updated the post with the answer. It’s not the Atwater Library or Children’s Library. It’s a small home on the other side of the Atwater Tunnel.

  21. Posted February 12, 2008 at 10:32 am | Permalink

    And that is why Canada post didn’t want people to change their addresses when the island was merged.

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