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All in a Weekend Montreal | Sep 30, 2012 | 10:07

Griffintown: up and coming

EnRoute Magazine just profiled Montreal's Griffintown as one of Canada's up-and-coming neighborhoods. It has a sketchy past but it's gone from being essentially an industrial park to a place where some of the most talked about restaurants and shops are moving in, as well as residents. En Route's Laura Osborne spoke with Sonali Karnick.

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