August 2025 - Montreal QC
We had gone to Mile End in 2017, another cool area nearby.
January 2018 Montreal Leonard Cohen
August 2018 Montreal Pride
Day 2- 4 Montreal
Flowers on the street, in front of McGill's McCall building.
We Are a Cafe.
We walked along St. Laurent back to our hotel.
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Ste. Catherine is also pedestrian only. This commercial artery has been the pride of Montreal for over 100 years. It stretches over more than 11.2 km and hosts over 1,200 businesses. It is accessible through nine metro stations and offers numerous accesses to the underground city. The western side of the street was home to affluent Anglophone neighborhoods. Towards the end of the 19th century, department stores, bank branches, and office buildings opened their doors there. The eastern side of the street developed around the 1870s. Following the installation of numerous enterprises and factories, many Francophone workers settled there. Gradually, the artery lost its residential vocation and now hosts businesses, cafes, as well as numerous cinemas and theaters.
This stretch is known as The Quartier Latin, east of the Quartier des Spectacles and west of the Centre-Sud and Village.
The Former Saint-Jacques Cathedral, located at 1455 Rue Saint-Denis in Montreal, was the city's first purpose-built cathedral, consecrated in 1825. It was destroyed by fire in 1852, and its remnants were incorporated into the Universite du Quebec a Montreal's Pavillon Judith-Jasmin. The preserved elements, including the bell tower and transept, showcase the cathedral's original Gothic Revival architecture. Today, these historical features are integrated into the university's modern campus, offering a unique blend of Montreal's rich architectural heritage and contemporary design.
Entering the Gay Village and it is Pride weekend with a parade on Sunday.
La Grande Roue de Montréal, Canada's tallest observation wheel, offers 360-degree breathtaking views of Montreal's skyline year-round in the Old Port.
Notre Dame Cathedral.
The Bank of Montreal's Head Office (French: Édifice de la Banque de Montréal) is located on 119, rue Saint Jacques, across from Place d'Armes and the Notre-Dame Basilica in the Old Montreal neighbourhood. The Bank of Montreal is the oldest bank in Canada, founded in 1817. Although it still remains the bank's legal headquarters, its operational head office was moved to First Canadian Place in Toronto in 1977 due to political instability in Quebec.
Chinatown.
Back up Bleury to our hotel.
ocated at 500 Rene Levesque Boul. West, Olympic House acts as the home offices of the Canadian Olympic Committee in Montreal.
Christ Church Cathedral was designated a national historic site of Canada in 1985 because: it is an excellent example of a Gothic Revival-style cathedral; the cathedral is an excellent example of the architectural theories of Augustus Welby Pugin and of the Cambridge Camden Society; it is notable for its highly functional and rational appearance which clearly expresses both the functional and spiritual aspects of the Anglican liturgy; clarity of design characterizes both the organization of the interior space, the choice of materials and the structural design; it is historically associated with the growth and development of Montréal through its congregation, whose members included leading industrialists and businessmen when Montréal was the most important city in British North America.
Bibliothèque du Plateau-Mont-Royal / Library of Plateau-Mont-Royal, constructed in 1896 by architects Resther and Son, originally served as the Saint-Basile boarding school for girls for the teaching order of Sainte-Croix. The library and the cultural centre opened there in 1984. The building now houses apartments for the elderly as well.
OTHER MONTREAL 2025 POSTS
FRIDAY
I grew up in Montreal after my parents emigrated to Canada and I met John after he was transferred to Montreal. This time I convinced John (along with his son) to take the train instead of driving. It was a pleasant way to travel (in business class).
Arriving in Central Station I amazed both of us by finding my way to The Ring!
Montréal’s famed Underground City, a pedestrian network right under the heart of the city for kilometres. Linking metro stations to shopping plazas for over 33 kilometres (about 20.5 miles), the underground pedestrian network — as it’s officially dubbed — is a lifesaver when you want to stroll, shop and eat away from the hot blazing sun or the freezing snow.
The downtown core is vastly changed from what we remember. Walking up McGill College St.
Le Germain Hotel Montreal boutique hotel displays an impressive permanent mural, Dazzle My Heart, by Canadian artist Michelle Hoogveld, on its front facade.
Flowers on the street, in front of McGill's McCall building.
One of many pedestrian streets we will encounter.
Mural by Ruben Sanchez (2017)
Our destination was Prince Arthur, another pedestrian street.
This stretch of Rue Prince-Arthur is a pedestrian zone and is closed off to vehicular traffic. In its heyday, it was really vibrant with lots of restaurants. But like many cities, since Covid, many have closed.
Onoir was the first restaurant in Canada to experience food, drinks and conversation like never before, IN THE DARK!
What’s more, a percentage of O.Noir’s profits are given to support local associations that serve blind and visually impaired people — like the restaurant's entire waitstaff.
We walked along St. Laurent back to our hotel.
Can it get any more French-Nationalist than this? A bust commemorating the spot where Charles DeGaulle declared "Vive le Québec libre!"
Téo (@teoleroo) is a multidisciplinary visual artist who juggles illustration, animation, and muralism.
SATURDAY
After breakfast we headed out, down Bleury towards Old Montreal.
The Black Watch is the oldest highland regiment in Canada.
Volunteers have served since the regiment's inception in Montreal on January 31st, 1862 as the 5th Battalion, Volunteer Militia Rifles of Canada. The rise of American military strength during the Civil War concerned Canada. The government authorized formation of militia regiments. Each of six Montreal Scottish chieftains responded by raising an infantry company for the 5th Battalion. Eventually, eight companies were raised for border service. Since then, thousands of Canadian citizens have served in the Black Watch. In addition to Canadian border security, they have fought in the Boer War, WW1, WW2, Korean War; bolstered NATO operations in Europe and UN peacekeeping worldwide
Place des Arts is a major performing arts complex that was conceived in the mid-1950s and inaugurated in 1963. It was created to provide Montreal with a cultural center to house various performing arts and events, and has since become a core part of the city's cultural identity.
This stretch is known as The Quartier Latin, east of the Quartier des Spectacles and west of the Centre-Sud and Village.
Église unie Saint-Jean (United church)
Honoré Mercier was a Canadian lawyer, journalist, and politician who served as the ninth Premier of Quebec. He led the Parti National, also known as the Quebec Liberal Party, from January 27, 1887, to December 21, 1891. Mercier was also the first Quebec Premier to advocate for provincial autonomy and the first to consider Quebec's independence, according to a French Wikipedia page. He was born on October 15, 1840, and died in Montreal on October 30, 1894. He was married to Virginie Saint-Denis and had three children: Honoré Jr., Éliza, and Paul-Émile. Mercier was buried in Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montrea
The first church to bear the name Notre-Dame de Lourdes in America [ 1 ] , it is the work of the Quebec architect Napoléon Bourassa , father of the politician Henri Bourassa.
Created in 1996 by graffiti writers Seaz and Flow, Under Pressure is the largest and longest running event of its kind all across North America. It is a urban culture festival which focuses on community development, artist empowerment as well as positive youth development through ownership and responsibility of a shared space.
The festival brings together more than a hundred local, national and international artists for a weekend. On the agenda: the creation of murals on over ten walls, artist’s’ actions on urban property, musical performances, street dance competition, kids activities, guided tours and more.
Entering the Gay Village and it is Pride weekend with a parade on Sunday.
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Communauto gives you access to a fleet of hundreds of vehicles that can be rented at low cost for a few minutes, an hour, a day, or longer!
Franco Rama, also known as Franco Égalité, is a Montreal-based illustrator and artist known for his vibrant and colorful murals. He often creates artwork that celebrates community, solidarity, and social issues, inspired by his personal experiences and the city of Montreal.
This small park is named for Miville Couture, who was well known for his popular radio program "Chez Miville" (1956-1970), on CBC French radio network: Radio-Canada.
Pierre Yves Angers - Les clochards célestes
They embody a rising movement: the two standing figures are trying to lift the third figure, sitting in front of them, as they point to the sky.
The title of the artwork, borrowed from a novel by Jack Kerouac, draws a parallel between the hard reality of homelessness and the spiritual exploration of Beat Generation travellers. The dedication accompanying the sculpture emphasizes the spiritual sensibility of works by Kerouac and Angers: “À tous ceux et celles pour qui la réalité quotidienne n’est constituée que de l’inlassable quête de l’essentiel” (To all of those for whom daily reality is composed only of a tireless search for the essential).
The Molson family in Montreal has a long history of brewing and banking. John Molson established the Molson Brewery in 1786, making it the oldest brewery in North America. The brewery expanded over time, with new buildings and expansions occurring in 1786, 1788-89, 1913, 1922, and 1985. In addition to brewing, the Molson family also founded the Molson Bank, which was later acquired by the Bank of Montreal in 1925. The former brewery site is currently undergoing redevelopment into a new neighborhood called Kach\`e Molen, featuring residential, commercial, and green spaces.
I've never been this far east to get this view of the Clock Tower.
The Montreal Clock Tower (French: Tour de l'Horloge de Montréal), also known as the Sailor's Memorial Clock. The construction of the tower began in 1919, and was finished in 1922. The Clock Tower is 45 m (148 ft) tall with 192 steps from the bottom to the top of the tower. It has three observation stops along the staircase and the outside walls of the Clock Tower are white in colour. The structure consists of the principal tower as well as a smaller tower that is 12 m (39 ft) and architecturally similar to the main tower. The two towers are connected by a white 13 m (42 ft) curtain wall. The tower consists of four translucent clock faces. These are each 3.7 m (12 ft) in diameter and were designed by the English engineering firm Gillett & Johnston.
The Clock Tower Beach can accommodate up to 800 people. Open until Labour Day, it features heaps of soft, silky sand, lounge chairs, colourful parasols and a wooden boardwalk. Drinks and munchies are available at the on-site refreshment stand. While swimming isn’t allowed, refreshing mist stations and showers are available to cool off during the day.
In 1651, the governor of Montréal, Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve granted land to Jean de Saint-Père to be used as pasture. This 'commune' (commons) is a strip of land one arpent wide with 40 arpents of shoreline.
The river bank was the site of a tow path, and became a road, lined with grain elevators from 1879. It became a thoroughfare for carriages, transport wagons, and pedestrians. Lower streets along the riverbank were known to flood during winter storms.
A proposed elevated highway along the river over the Rue de la Commune spurred a movement to preserve the district. Dutch-born architect and urban planner Daniel van Ginkel played a major role in saving the district from destruction during the early 1960s. As assistant director of the city of Montreal's newly formed planning department, he persuaded authorities to abandon plans for an expressway that would have cut through the old city. In 1964, most of Old Montreal was classified as a historic district.
Sites Musée Marguerite-Bourgeoys & Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours. A place dedicated to the life and work of this exceptional woman who inspired people around the world. Marguerite Bourgeoys was an audacious, avant-gardist woman who dared to realize her dreams despite the social constraints of her time. As early as 1659, she formed a community of uncloistered women, an unusual initiative for the time, to ensure the continuity of her educational work.
You can explore the captivating story of Marguerite Bourgeoys, from her beginnings in France to her arrival in Nouvelle-France and the founding of her congregation, the Congrégation de Notre-Dame.
These are the CND nuns that I had in high school.
There are plenty of touristy shops along the boardwalk.
Busy, busy skyline. Boardwalk, Bonsecours Market (dome) ziplining (tower) and a pirate ship that is Voiles en Voiles, a family adventure park in the Old Port of Montreal with outdoor action in the unique world of royal ships and pirate ships.
Time to see the real Old Montreal. Place Jacques-Cartier is a vibrant public square in Old Montreal, known for its lively atmosphere and historical significance. It's a popular gathering spot for both locals and tourists, featuring street performers, terrace restaurants, and vendors. The square is also home to Nelson's Monument.
The Nelson Monument is the oldest piece in the municipal collection. The statue and decorative panels were originally covered with Coade stone, a synthetic material developed by the Coade & Sealy's Lambeth Company of London, the formula for which is now lost.
The monument was erected in memory of Admiral Horatio Nelson (Burnham 1758–Trafalgar Bay 1805) to commemorate his victories and titles of nobility, and more particularly to underline the victory at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. Venerated as the architect of British naval supremacy, Nelson is considered one of the greatest military strategists of all time. His famous order at the Battle of Trafalgar, “England expects every man will do his duty,” has become part of the mythology of British patriotism.
This seems like a very odd statue to have in a French Canadian city. In Dublin Ireland, the statue of Nelson that stood on O'Connell St. was blown up by the IRA.
Completed in 1809 when Ireland was part of the United Kingdom, it survived until March 1966, when it was severely damaged by explosives planted by Irish republicans. Its remnants were later destroyed by the Irish Army.
It is an important landmark in the city and a structuring element of Old Montréal, at the crossing of the east-west and north-south axes. When the monument was erected, this site was one of the largest squares in the city. At the time called the New Market, this public market was considered to be Montréal’s city core. Around it were municipal and private buildings such as the Exchange Coffee House, the Silver Dollar Saloon, the Jesuit church, the Custom Court, and the prison.
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Notre Dame Cathedral.
You can see the BMO blue sign on one of their buildings on the left.
The Bank of Montreal's Head Office (French: Édifice de la Banque de Montréal) is located on 119, rue Saint Jacques, across from Place d'Armes and the Notre-Dame Basilica in the Old Montreal neighbourhood. The Bank of Montreal is the oldest bank in Canada, founded in 1817. Although it still remains the bank's legal headquarters, its operational head office was moved to First Canadian Place in Toronto in 1977 due to political instability in Quebec.
The centrepiece of the complex is the Bank of Montreal Main Branch, a Pantheon-like building designed by John Wells in 1847. The building was inspired by the design of the former headquarters of the Commercial Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh.
The Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences is one of the constituent faculties of McGill University. It became established as a constituent of McGill University in 1904 as the McGill Dental School, a department in the McGill University Faculty of Medicine until becoming its own faculty in 1920.
Turning onto Ste. Catherine St. Montreal's area code is 514 so it was easy to remember our hotel room number.
In May 2025 The City of Montreal introduced Place des Montréalaises, which also creates a safe and universally accessible link between downtown and Old Montreal.
Back on Rene Levesque Blvd.
At 2:30 it was time to head back to the hotel for a family dinner.
SUNDAY
We were meeting family for brunch in Old Montreal at 1:30, so we headed out around noon.
The Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences is one of the constituent faculties of McGill University. It became established as a constituent of McGill University in 1904 as the McGill Dental School, a department in the McGill University Faculty of Medicine until becoming its own faculty in 1920.
We had to drop by and say bonjour-hi to Leonard. I first posted this mural in 2018.
Another Crescent St mural, we should have crossed the street, but it was hot, hot, hot.
Dedicated to Parasuco jeans, specifically featuring a 1972 photo, it celebrates the brand's history and the city's fashion legacy. The mural is a tribute to Sal Parasuco and the love and courage associated with his denim brand. The image captures the brand's origins on Crescent Street, a vibrant area known for fashion and nightlife.
It was also difficult to photograph so I "borrowed" this one.
Turning onto Ste. Catherine St. Montreal's area code is 514 so it was easy to remember our hotel room number.
HMMMM I thought it was still called Dominion Square!
Dorchester Square, originally Dominion Square, is a large urban square in downtown Montreal. Together with Place du Canada, the area is just over 21,000 m2 (230,000 sq ft)[1] or 2.1 ha of manicured and protected urban parkland bordered by René Lévesque Boulevard to the south, Peel Street to the west, Metcalfe Street to the east and Dorchester Square Street to the north. The square is open to the public 24 hours a day and forms a focal point for pedestrian traffic in the city. Until the creation of Place du Canada in 1967, the name "Dominion Square" had been applied to the entire area.
Up until 1854, the square was little more than a public green and an informal meeting place. Much of it was used for the Catholic Sainte-Antoine Cemetery, a hastily arranged cemetery for the victims of the 1851 Cholera Epidemic. In that year, the bodies were exhumed and moved to Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery on the northwestern side of Mount Royal. In 1869, St. George's Anglican Church was erected at the corner of Peel and De la Gauchetière. It spawned the construction of several other Protestant churches and cathedrals in and around Dominion Square, which was beginning to take form as a dividing line between the estates and suburbs of the northwest and the retail and commercial areas to the east and southeast. The 1870s provided several massive projects which made the green a central meeting point and prestige address that formalized the use of the square.
Completed between 1928 and 1930 in the Beaux Arts style, the Dominion Square Building is both a commercial office tower and a shopping mall. The site was formerly occupied by the Erksine Presbyterian Church c. 1866.
Designed by the architectural firm of Ross and Macdonald, the building comprises twelve floors, the main entrance primarily serves as the entrance to the Montreal Gazette with the escalators leading to a mezzanine looking out onto the ground floor below.
This architectural solution allows natural light to filter through the mezzanine level in the atrium space at the entrance.
That is PVM, Place Ville Marie peeking in at the right corner, where we emerged from Central Station when we arrived on Friday.
Rene Levesque Blvd. formerly Dorchester Blvd (and always in my mind) is closed for the Pride parade which was scheduled for 1 PM.
From the time of its formal naming in 1844, the street was known as "Dorchester Boulevard" in honour of Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724–1808), Governor of the Province of Quebec and Governor General of Canada. As part of the Golden Square Mile, several mansions once stood on this street.
Shortly after Jean Drapeau was elected mayor in 1954, his administration ordered the destruction of hundreds of buildings along Dorchester. In 1955, the street was widened into an eight-lane boulevard.
The name was changed in 1987 after the death of Quebec premier René Lévesque. A portion of the thoroughfare located in the largely anglophone city of Westmount, between Clarke and Atwater, retains the name "Boulevard Dorchester", as does a portion in the mainly French-speaking Montréal-Est, where it is known as "Rue Dorchester."
The steps on the left are Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral.
I always wanted a photo of this sign!
Created during the 19th century, the Square was named after Queen Victoria (1819-1901). The monument dedicated to the illustrious monarch was the work of British sculptor Marshall Wood and was unveiled in 1872. The entrance to the métro station in the Square bears an authentic Paris métro railing. The Art Nouveau casting was designed by Hector Guimard in 1900 and was offered to the City of Montréal by the City of Paris, on the occasion of the 1967 World Exhibition.
The shorter building in the middle is the InterContinental Hotel.
Before becoming a prestigious hotel and conference center, the Nordheimer building was a cultural center in Montreal.
1848: The Nordheimer brothers open a branch on Rue Saint-Jacques, specializing in sheet music sales and piano manufacturing, attracting artists such as Sarah Bernhardt and Maurice Ravel.
1886: A fire threatens the cultural building.
1888: It was rebuilt with an architecture combining shops, a concert hall and a piano workshop.
1903: The building is bought by Alexander Fraser, marking a turning point with a shift to the wine and spirits trade.
1903 – 1991
Over the decades, the building has lost some of its splendor, its former glory gradually fading. Yet its history is too precious to be forgotten.
One of the building’s landmarks, La Voûte, once served as an artillery storage area.
After brunch on the rooftop Terrasse Nelligan, we strolled back to the hotel.
Montreal City Hall (French: Hôtel de Ville de Montréal, pronounced [otɛl də vil də mɔ̃ʁeal]) is the seat of local government in Montreal. It was designed by architects Henri-Maurice Perrault and Alexander Cowper Hutchison, and built between 1872 and 1878 in the Second Empire style.
As one of the best examples of the Second Empire style in Canada, and the first city hall to have been constructed in the country solely for municipal administration, it was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1984.
In May 2025 The City of Montreal introduced Place des Montréalaises, which also creates a safe and universally accessible link between downtown and Old Montreal.
“As the 400th anniversary of Montreal, co-founded by Jeanne Mance, approaches, Place des Montréalaises marks the territory by recognizing the women builders of Montreal and serves as a daily reminder that women and girls must never doubt the place they must loudly and clearly claim in our society,” said Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante.
The multidisciplinary landscape covers over two hectares, and consists of three components:
Flower meadow, located on the slope, offering a constantly changing display of flowers and acting as a lookout over the city
Mirror, bearing the names of the 14 victims of the École Polytechnique femicide and seven pioneering women of the city from different fields
Staircase displaying a field of letters, evoking the names of all Montreal women, and showcasing Marcelle Ferron’s stained-glass window
Subject: René Lévesque (1922-1987), former Premier of Quebec (1976-1985) and Minister of Natural Resources (1960-1966).
Location: Integrated into the facade of the Hydro-Québec building at 75 Boulevard René-Lévesque Ouest, Montreal.
Artist: Paul Lancz.
Chinatown.
Back up Bleury to our hotel.
Le Mille Neuf Apartments - name refers to its address 1009 Bleury.
We put our feet up for a while and then decided we had to head to the Montreal Pool Room. We ended up walking through Chinatown.
A real diner, with some shady characters.
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Walking back to our hotel along Ste. Catherine St. to Union St.
Saint James United Church is a heritage church in the city's downtown co It is a Protestant church affiliated with the United Church of Canada. It was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 1996.
The Gothic Revival church was designed by Montreal architect Alexander Francis Dunlop. It is noteworthy for its false apse housing church offices and for its Casavant Frères organ.
Montreal holds a special place in Olympic history as the first Canadian city to host the Games in 1976. The COC has two major offices: Toronto houses the corporate office and the sports operations will run out of Montreal.
Phillips Square.
In 1842, the square was first laid out in what was then a wealthy residential area on the fringe of the city of Montreal. The first merchant to open a business on Phillips Square was Alfred Joyce; “the high class caterer and confectioner” and one-time mayor of the town of Outremont who built an elegant shop on the south side of the square in 1878. In 1891, Morgan's department store established itself on the north side of the square. That site is of particular interest to visitors from the United States because Confederate President Jefferson Davis sent his family to live in Montreal during the American Civil War. Davis came in 1867 to stay in John Lovell’s house, which then stood on the site.
On the south side of the square, where Alfred Joyce once had his pastry shop, is the Canada Cement Building, built in 1921. Designed by Barott and Blackader, the dignified 10-storey building was the first office tower to be built completely of reinforced concrete. Canada Cement was founded by Max Aitken, later Lord Beaverbrook, and Barott convinced him to use concrete in the building of his head office to advertise his cement-based products. The building was considered avant-garde when it opened because it was the first skyscraper in Montreal to have an underground parking garage, and there were then only a few automobiles on the road.
Sadly, sitting empty.
The Bay Building (originally the Henry Morgan Building; French: Maison Morgan) was a department store on Saint Catherine Street West in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was designed by John Pierce Hill for Henry Morgan, and opened in 1891. It was the flagship store of the Morgan's department store chain, was acquired by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1960, and was converted to a regional The Bay flagship store in 1960. The store was rebranded to Hudson's Bay in 2013, and slated to include a Saks Fifth Avenue store by 2018, however, these plans were indefinitely postponed. However, on April 23, 2025 due to court rulings deeming it "low probability" to find a buyer to keep the remaining six stores afloat, HBC announced liquidation and permanent closure of all Hudson's Bay stores and closed on June 1, 2025.
In 1879, visionary entrepreneur Henry Birks established his inaugural jewelry boutique on St-James Street, laying the foundation for what would become a distinguished Canadian brand.
In 1894, Birks moved its flagship store to the corner of Phillips Square, where it has remained a landmark for over a century.
The Birks Building was built in Philips Square in downtown Montreal in 1894, to house Henry Birks’s Jewellery shop.
Today, the shop remains opened but in 2018 part of the building became a boutique hotel overlooking Philips Square.
MONDAY
Another hot one as we headed to Mont Royal and Park to do some exploring before we head to the train station and home. This will be more photos and less history.
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal (French pronunciation: [lə plato mɔ̃ ʁwajal]) is a borough (arrondissement).
Due to its large concentration of French immigrants who arrived in the early twenty first century, the neighbourhood has been named the "French District", "Le Petit Paris", "La Petite-France",or ironically "La Nouvelle-France".
Mural of Hymie and Frenda Skolnick. Founders of Beauty's Restaurant. Painted by Dan Buller and Edward Maloney.
Beauty's has been serving Montreal since 1942.
It was home of the National Hockey League (NHL) Montreal Canadiens from 1920 to 1926, before moving to the then two-year-old Montreal Forum. It had a capacity of 6,000 seated, 10,000 when including standing room. It was a natural ice rink, without machines to freeze the ice mechanically.
It opened, partly unfinished, on January 10, 1920, for a game between the Canadiens and Toronto, won by Montreal 14–7. A week later, parts of a balcony broke before a game with Ottawa, and police stopped sales at 6,500. The rink had been built quickly to house the Canadiens, who had lost their arena, Jubilee Arena, to fire in 1919.
The Canadiens eventually moved from the arena because of its uneven natural ice surface. The team wanted a mechanically frozen ice surface but was never able to get one in the rink, as owner Thomas Duggan concentrated on getting American franchises into the NHL, rather than fulfilling his statements that he would install ice-making equipment in the arena.
After the Canadiens left, the arena was converted into an auditorium and then into a commercial building. While an auditorium, Enrico Caruso sang there, and Norman Bethune, back from Spain in June of 1937, gave an important speech to rally supporters of the Loyalists.[3] On February 29, 2000, it was destroyed by fire. A supermarket now stands on the arena's former site.
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Across the street, the metro station, has an outdoor garden market.
Sign at the market, we are always open because we are outdoors!
Built in 1901, Fire Station 26 is an iconic building of significant heritage value, located in Montreal's Mont-Royal borough. In 1999, the building was severely damaged by a fire, and the subsequent renovations failed to prevent water infiltration and progressive deterioration. In 2015, restoration work was halted due to the advanced deterioration of the side walls, threatening the building’s integrity and worker safety. Complete demolition then became necessary to rebuild the fire station, with the goal of preserving its historic architecture while integrating modern facilities.
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This line up got longer as the day went on. A genuine Montréal establishment, Saint-Viateur Bagel has been preparing oven-baked bagels since 1957. This family-run business treats visitors to the aroma of coffee and warm bagels, which you can order to go or enjoy at its bistro-style tables.
It's now time to head back to the hotel, collect our luggage and head to Central Station.
One more photo, as we left the city, train bound.
Five Roses Flour is a Canadian brand of flour originally established and owned by the Lake of the Woods Milling Company in 1888. In 1954, the Five Roses brand with the Lake of the Woods Milling Company were taken over by Ogilvie Flour Mills.[1] ADM bought the company in 1994, and the Five Roses brand was sold to The J.M. Smucker Company in 2006.
The Farine Five Roses sign is a feature of the Montreal skyline, first erected above the Ogilvie flour mill in 1948.[3] The sign faced uncertainty when the Five Roses brand was sold in 2006, as ADM still owned the mill and had little interest in promoting a brand it no longer owned. However, Smucker has spent nearly a million dollars to maintain the sign and keep it lit.[4] The sign was designated by the Montreal borough of Ville-Marie as a protected architectural feature in 2020.[5] The sign has been incorporated into the branding of Montreal Roses FC of the Northern Super League.
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