Parc Oxford, Urban park in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Canada.
Parc Oxford, officially Georges-Saint-Pierre Park since 1996, is a park in the southern part of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, bounded by Oxford, Upper Lachine, Old Orchard Avenue and Saint Jacques Street. It lies about 55 metres above sea level, roughly 4.7 km from downtown Montreal. The site includes an outdoor rink and a fenced-off plastic turf soccer field.
The land was part of a farm owned by the Brodie family, who had come from Scotland. After several generations they sold it to the City of Montreal in 1949 for $73,000, on condition that the historic stone farmhouse become a library or a facility for children. The city did not honour the clause and the building was demolished in the 1960s.
The park hosted a longstanding Italian festival that was cancelled after the city installed a fenced-off plastic turf soccer field, which fireworks could damage. Italian events continue there, including ItalFestMTL during Montréal Italian Week. The name Oxford Park is still used by people who grew up in the area.
The park sits in southern Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, bounded by Oxford, Upper Lachine, Old Orchard Avenue and Saint Jacques Street. A fenced-off plastic turf soccer field occupies part of the grounds; fireworks are no longer set off there because they could damage the surface. The site lies about 55 metres above sea level, roughly 4.7 km from central Montreal.
The outdoor rink was part of a larger neighbourhood house league that also included teams from Terrebonne Park, Benny Park and Patricia Park. Doug Harvey, Howie Morenz, Kenny Mosdell and Fleming Mackell learned to play there, and boxer Johnny Greco played sports in the park as a child.
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