Anjou

Anjou · 79 photographs · 1947–1975

At Notre-Dame-d’Anjou, a bell tower forms the centre and highest point of a spiral-shaped church beneath a helicoidal ceiling of laminated timber. Architect André Blouin designed the building, whose construction finished in 1964. Anjou remained predominantly agricultural until the mid-1950s; water and sewer networks and public transportation developed during the following decade. The junction of Highways 40 and 25, an industrial park and Galeries d’Anjou accompanied its transformation into a suburb.

Opened in 1968, Galeries d’Anjou anchored a commercial area arranged around the car, with extensive parking that makes walking through the district more difficult. Les Halles d’Anjou is a separate covered public market in the same area. The public library opened in 1984, now named Jean-Corbeil, also accommodates exhibitions, concerts and film screenings. Municipal planning around the future Anjou metro station proposes homes, parks and community facilities while retaining the commercial activity that already occupies this part of the borough.