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spmarshall
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I just came back from a three day trip to Montreal, staying with a friend who lives in the du Parc/Mont-Royal area. This photothread should have something for everyone: the election, Boxing Week on Ste-Catharine and the Metro. Plus i've been playing with night photography without the aid of a tripod, using street furniture as a subsitute.
Walking along Ste-Catharine from St-Urbain westwards, taking in the crazy Boxing Week crowds.
St. James' Church, long hidden by a commercial block and marked with a neon sign, has been revealed.
The last streetcar ran on Ste-Catharine in 1956 (and in Montreal in 1959), let the abandoned rails are taking its revenge as a serious hazard at McGill College Ave.
The famous spoon man can be seen in this photo, entertaining shoppers in front of Oglivy's, who once got a bylaw passed with the sole intention of displacing him.
Montreal, like Toronto, now has monster infoposts with illuminated ads.
Fun with night shots. I like capturing blurs, traffic lights that display both green and red, thanks to Montreal's ancient traffic light system, that still uses little timer boxes (and which also do not allow a phase between when one side from yellow to red and the other side green).
Got some great flashless Metro photos in the St-Michel station.
A line-up for lunch, at Schwartz, which is missing its old orange and white sign.
Congestion and huge slush puddles on The Main.
A pic of the area I stayed in:
Election! I was in the Outremont riding, held by that Crypto-Tory bagman and Martin crony Jean "Go to Montreal for cheaper airport rents" Lapierre. This is one riding that I almost agree with the Bloc's slogan: "Happily, here, there's the Bloc". (I hope I get the translation right). Though, of course, I wish my friend luck: he's an NDP supporter.
Left over UFP and Liberal signs from the recent provincial by-election. I notice the Quebec tradition of having candidate's pictures on the election signs (it being rare in Ontario) and the signs on the poles everywhere.
Next door is Gilles Duceppe's riding.
One particularly offensive Lapierre sign greeted passengers getting off the rear doors of the 80 bus on Parc, low enough to be an obstacle to bus riders, for whom the Transport Minister has done nothing. It felt like there was work to be done:
But, really, I never had anything to do with it.
NOTICE: No election election posters or signage were actually damaged or stolen in the making of this photo thread, no matter how repulsive the candidate or how disruptive such a poster was to STM customers. However, the activities of other individuals may or may not have been documented in this posting. Someone else ended up removing that sign for us anyway, so a guilt-free revenge was had!
Walking along Ste-Catharine from St-Urbain westwards, taking in the crazy Boxing Week crowds.
St. James' Church, long hidden by a commercial block and marked with a neon sign, has been revealed.
The last streetcar ran on Ste-Catharine in 1956 (and in Montreal in 1959), let the abandoned rails are taking its revenge as a serious hazard at McGill College Ave.
The famous spoon man can be seen in this photo, entertaining shoppers in front of Oglivy's, who once got a bylaw passed with the sole intention of displacing him.
Montreal, like Toronto, now has monster infoposts with illuminated ads.
Fun with night shots. I like capturing blurs, traffic lights that display both green and red, thanks to Montreal's ancient traffic light system, that still uses little timer boxes (and which also do not allow a phase between when one side from yellow to red and the other side green).
Got some great flashless Metro photos in the St-Michel station.
A line-up for lunch, at Schwartz, which is missing its old orange and white sign.
Congestion and huge slush puddles on The Main.
A pic of the area I stayed in:
Election! I was in the Outremont riding, held by that Crypto-Tory bagman and Martin crony Jean "Go to Montreal for cheaper airport rents" Lapierre. This is one riding that I almost agree with the Bloc's slogan: "Happily, here, there's the Bloc". (I hope I get the translation right). Though, of course, I wish my friend luck: he's an NDP supporter.
Left over UFP and Liberal signs from the recent provincial by-election. I notice the Quebec tradition of having candidate's pictures on the election signs (it being rare in Ontario) and the signs on the poles everywhere.
Next door is Gilles Duceppe's riding.
One particularly offensive Lapierre sign greeted passengers getting off the rear doors of the 80 bus on Parc, low enough to be an obstacle to bus riders, for whom the Transport Minister has done nothing. It felt like there was work to be done:
But, really, I never had anything to do with it.
NOTICE: No election election posters or signage were actually damaged or stolen in the making of this photo thread, no matter how repulsive the candidate or how disruptive such a poster was to STM customers. However, the activities of other individuals may or may not have been documented in this posting. Someone else ended up removing that sign for us anyway, so a guilt-free revenge was had!
