Guy Street

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Guy Street (officially rue Guy) is a street located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Concordia University's Integrated Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Complex is located on this street, as will be the John Molson School of Business building. The street is home to the Guy-Concordia metro station. Guy Street runs through the Little Burgundy and Shaughnessy Village districts, before changing to Côte-des-Neiges Road, north of Sherbrooke Street.

[edit] History

The street was named on August 30, 1817 for Étienne Guy, a notary who gave the city the land for the street.[1][2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ History of street names (HTML). L'Association du Village Shaughnessy Village Association. Retrieved on 2008-03-30.
  2. ^ Toponymie Montreal (HTML). Toponymie Montreal. Retrieved on 2008-04-08.