honour

By Joel Goldenberg
The Suburban

The City of Côte St. Luc will be naming a greenspace after former resident Alexandre Look, who was murdered by Hamas terrorists Oct. 7, 2023 while defending others during the Nova music festival in Israel, Mayor Mitchell Brownstein announced at a recent council meeting.

Brownstein pointed out that the council meeting was taking place a day after the six-month commemoration of the attack, in which more than 1,200 people were brutally murdered, more than 200 kidnapped and thousands injured.

“It was the bloodiest day in Israeli history,” the Mayor said. “It was the bloodiest day for Jews since the Holocaust. One of the many atrocities was at the Nova music festival. One of those killed was Alex Look, who grew up in Côte St. Luc. He was a family friend, same age as my son. We knew Alex well. He went to school here and knew a lot of people here. He died Oct. 7 trying to protect the people he was with. His mom was on Zoom with him.”

Brownstein said CSL will honour the memory of Look and all those killed on Oct. 7 “by naming the greenspace between Jewish People’s and Peretz Schools-Bialik and Beth Chabad ‘Alexandre Look Place.’

“We will also install a plaque explaining the events of Oct. 7 and work with the family and the institutions surrounding the area to conceptualize a meaningful landscape plan for the area.” n