“Let Toronto become Milan. Montreal will always be Rome.”

— Jean Drapeau

Quoted in House Beautiful, vol.133, p. 216 http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LKlUAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Let+Toronto+become+Milan.+Montreal+will+always+be+Rome.%22&dq=%22Let+Toronto+become+Milan.+Montreal+will+always+be+Rome.%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=J0djT-L9H5Da0QXvu-2iCA&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAA

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former mayor of Montreal, Quebec (1954-1957,1960-1986) 1916–1999

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