Villages in Cities: Community Land Ownership and Cooperative Housing in Milton Parc and Beyond

In Montreal in 1968, speculators announced their "urban renewal" plan to demolish six blocks of the downtown heritage neighborhood of Milton Parc in order to build enormous high—rise condos, hotels, office buildings, and shopping malls. The local community viewed this as a declaration of war. What followed was a remarkable struggle that not only saved the heritage architecture from destruction but also protected local residents from gentrification through the creation of the largest nonprof...