35 minutes ago by Dan

Je vais me permettre ce billet complétement pas rapport. Pis si vous me trouvez trop “sentimental” bin laissez un commentaire. Je n’ai jamais rencontré Joe McNally . Je lis son blog depuis 2 ans pcq c un grand photographe mais c’est surtout un bon humain. Et aujourd’hui il a écrit ce billet, cette t ...

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54 minutes ago by cemsarak

ARCHITECT Frank Wills completed Christ Church in 1859 as the seat of the Anglican bishop of Montreal. This graceful Gothic limestone building, with a triple portal and a tall slender spire, has exterior walls decorated with gargoyles. The church was too heavy for the land, and the stone spire was re ...

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55 minutes ago by cemsarak

OPENED IN 1964, THE MUSEUM of Contemporary Art is the only institution in Canada dedicated exclusively to modern art. Located in downtown Montreal, more than 60 percent of the approximately 6,000 paintings, drawings, photographs, videos, and installations in the permanent collection are by Quebec ar ...

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56 minutes ago by cemsarak

THIS COMPLEX of halls and theatres is Montreal’s prime center for the performing arts. Both the Opéra de Montréal (Montreal Opera) and the Orchéstre Symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra) make their home in the Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, the largest of the center’s five halls. The build ...

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58 minutes ago by cemsarak

NO NEIGHBOURHOOD captures the essence of Montreal more fully than the Plateau. Its main thoroughfares are lined with bistros, bookstores, boutiques, and sidewalk cafés. Nightclubs veer from the eccentric to the classic, and eateries from snack bars and sandwich shops to some of the best dining locat ...

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1 hour ago by cemsarak

WHEN IT was founded in 1821, Canada’s oldest university was set on land left for the purpose by fur trader and land speculator James McGill (1744–1813). The university’s main entrance is guarded by the Classical Roddick Gates. Behind them an avenue leads to the domed Neoclassical Arts Building, whic ...

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1 hour ago by cemsarak

WHEN MONTREAL OPENED its first métro (or subway) lines in 1966, it inadvertently created a whole new layer of urban life – the Underground City. It is theoretically possible to lead a rich life in Montreal without once stepping outside. The first métro stations had underground links to just the two ...

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1 hour ago by cemsarak

THESE TWO open squares create a green oasis in central downtown Montreal. On the north side of Boulevard René-Lévesque, statues including Canada’s first French-Canadian prime minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, share the shade of Square Dorchester’s trees with a war memorial. On Place du Canada a statue ...

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1 hour ago by cemsarak

WHEN MONTREAL’S first Catholic cathedral burned down in 1852, Bishop Ignace Bourget decided to demonstrate the importance of the Catholic Church in Canada by building a new one in a district dominated at the time by the English Protestant commercial elite. To show his flock’s loyalty to the Pope, he ...

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1 hour ago by cemsarak

IN THE LATTER HALF of the 19th century, Montreal was one of the most important cities in the British Empire. Its traders and industrialists controlled about 70 percent of Canada’s wealth, and many built themselves fine homes on the slopes of Mont Royal in an area that became known as the Golden, or ...

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