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Kilgore Trout

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I finally got my camera back from the repair shop. Needless to say, I've been spending almost every spare minute taking photos. I've decided to depart from my usual photothread format this summer. I'll still be offering regular batches of photos but I will also be putting together as many tours of obscure or out-of-the-way Montreal neighbourhoods as I can. I'm already working on a couple.

This thread will be accompanied by a second part in a few days. Enjoy!

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Nice shots, as always.

I don't know about Montreal but in Toronto 'back from the dead' is the mot juste.

During the wintertime, Toronto seems to shrink into a small town. By April, when the freezing rain comes in sideways, you want to move out of this place so badly. Then, during one weekend in mid-May everything is redeemed and all of a sudden the pokey cowtown blossoms into a vibrant, dizzying metropolis. By June Toronto is a moveable feast.
 
Nice imagery- they really capture the textures and ambience of the city as well as the mutiplicity of architectural styles that is distinct to Montreal.

What's going on beyond Bonsecours market in that first pic- anything interesting being built there?
 
Bogtrotter said:
What's going on beyond Bonsecours market in that first pic- anything interesting being built there?

It's for a big residential development, most of which looks like this:

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The stuff being built now is okay but the previous phases are very bland. On the whole it's a huge disappointment considering the prime location.

simply Dan said:
Excellent images! This little building is fantastic...

I've always liked that building too. I think it's the Hotel St. Germain.

What amazes me about that particular area is that it consisted entirely of elegant Back Bay-style rowhouses and apartment buildings about 40 years ago. In fact, the street in that photo, President Kennedy, didn't even exist until the late 60s.
 
Great pics as always... Montreal truly is one of North America's urban gems. Pic #37 is especially good!
 
MONTREAL: A vibrant lively city

Everyone: Good MTL Pix!! What neighborhood are those rowhouses in pic#69? Dan-that small building you photographed-what is the address on that so I can pinpoint it on a MTL street map? Good tour here! LI MIKE
 
69 was taken at the corner of Gilford and Grand-Pré on the Plateau about a block from Laurier metro.

As for the "small building Dan photographed" --- are you referring to photo number 3? That's located right at the corner of Metcalfe and President Kennedy.
 
j'adore mtl:)

i love the little synagogue in #68 must pay a visit someday. in part 2 i recognize a woman who was my boss@a schmatte joint on chabanel. I'm in a montreal/chabanel state of mind at the moment--I'm reading B Glen Rotchin's "The Rent Collector": highly recommended to anyone that has worked in that biz especially in montreal. I shall be back in just a few weeks:)

btw, my absolute favourite architectural element I love about mtl: the townhouses in that orange-yellow brick. (It's a relatively "rare" occurance in mtl since most are red brick or greystone.) I'm so in love with the colour I will be buying a townhouse in mtl soon with that gorgeous feature.
 
That synagogue is now a private residence... I wonder what the interior is like.

As you probably know, Mile End and Outremont are full of old repurposed synagogues from the first wave of Jewish settlement from about 1910-1950. The two biggest ones have been turned into a private school and a Ukrainian cultural centre; smaller ones have been turned into churches.

Only one of the old synagogues actually remains a synagogue. The Hasidic Jews that settled in the area after 1960, who now make up about 25% of the population, generally built their own places of worship.
 
Great eye candy of a glorious city and proof that it doesn't take immense wealth to create a vibrant urban scene.
 
yeah a pity the hasidic places i've seen are dives:(

i've been discovering similar places in toronto--there's a nice old one in the junction. When i get a new camera, I promise: i'll take pix of the junction/annette/runnymede corridor that will make toronto look like a saner, more interesting place than the usual pix of the same old lame old retail strips downtown.
 

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