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6-579: The Gilles Hocquart building is at 535 Viger Avenue East in the Quartier Latin of Montreal, Quebec , Canada. This building was named in honor of Gilles Hocquart , fourteenth Intendant of New France who played an important role in safeguarding the documents concerning the French regime of New France . It is distinguished by its imposing presence in Viger Square , a prestigious setting for
12-462: Is known for its theatres, artistic atmosphere, cafés, and boutiques. It owes its name, a reference to the Quartier Latin in Paris , to the presence of the École Polytechnique de Montréal and the nascent Université de Montréal in the 1920s. In the 1940s the university moved out and headed for a new campus on the north slopes of Mount Royal , far from the downtown borough. In the late 1960s UQAM
18-648: The French-speaking bourgeoisie in the early twentieth century, The Gilles Hocquart building actually comprises three distinct parts built at different times. These three buildings are first, Jodoin House, built in 1871, then the former École des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) in Montreal built in 1910 and a modern annex. This building was built at the time in order to accommodate the HEC school. The construction
24-683: The institution moved into the Gilles Hocquart building, some changes were made to meet the needs of an archive center. These changes were made to the plans of the architect Dan Hanganu . Quartier Latin, Montreal The Quartier Latin is an area in the Ville-Marie borough of Montreal , located east of the Quartier des Spectacles and west of the Centre-Sud and Village , centred around UQAM and lower Saint-Denis Street. It
30-663: Was based on plans by architect Louis-Zéphirin Gauthier [ fr ] of the Gauthier & Daoust agency. The Gilles Hocquart building was owned by the HEC until 1970. The building was later occupied by the Dawson College until 1988 and then by various departments and agencies. The Gilles Hocquart building is now owned by Société Immobilière du Québec (SIQ) and houses the Centre d'archives nationales in Montreal after several moves. Now called "BAnQ Vieux-Montréal", when
36-609: Was born and established itself in the Ville-Marie borough, giving a modern underpinning to the name. A large junior college, the CEGEP du Vieux-Montreal also moved in at about the same period. The Grande Bibliothèque du Québec was opened in the area in 2005, joining the Cinémathèque québécoise as a key cultural attraction. The National Film Board of Canada 's CinéRobotheque facility was based here until April 2012, when it
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