Canada Pictures Part 1: Montréal

[franceslievens]

The old port, now converted to a park and a nice place to stroll and watch American citytrippers.



Street-art can also be found in Montréal. Like sister_luck it was partly the Wooster Collective website that made me photograph these.



The girls weren't too pleased they made it onto film, though.

Palais de Congres

Place des Arts.

The Jazz-festival was in full swing in Montréal at that point, hence the big ball on the square.

La Tour de Montréal

This tower is part of the olympique stadium and can be seen from the botanical gardens nearby.

(Montréal by night...)

At the Canadian Centre for Achitecture we stumbled upon work by Douglas Coupland. This installation is named Super City and is a view on how the building kits we explored as a kid influence the way we build our cities.



From one architectural wonder to the next: Montreal has a beautiful brand new library...



And more street-art:



The city skyline, seen from Mont Royal:



Old and New: Montréal has been rebuilt on many occasions (like most cities), but the churches will never be demolished.

Comments

[comava.livejournal.com]

Wow, these are great. The skyline is gorgeous and that library is tempting me something awful! As a kid, I used to say that when I died, I wanted to be cremated and have my ashes strewn around in a library; that's how bookwormy I was!

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

That library was gorgeous!

The library in Québec is even better. It doesn't look that good, but you can get a reader's card there that allows you to go on the internet for two hours a week and you don't have to live in the city. For free!

[comava.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's awesome. I went through a bit of internet withdrawel the last time I went on vacation and I spent quite some time looking up internet cafés in St. Petersburg! ;-.)

[sister-luck.livejournal.com]

Thank you for that - great pictures.

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

xx