City says it will expropriate to save Notman Garden

The city of Montreal is preparing to expropriate the Notman Garden, one of the last remaining gardens of the historic mansions that once lined Sherbrooke St., and preserve it as a park.
Plateau Mont-Royal borough council is expected to pass a resolution at its monthly meeting on Monday to decree the acquisition through expropriation or negotiation of the 10,800 square-foot lot at Clark and Milton Sts. from its owner and thereby end a long-standing battle between the property’s successive o