Post some pictures of your city! II

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by matthew6

Well Old Montreal is a bit of a tourist trap. Or a lot of one. I`m not an expert. Actually my favourite part of Old Montreal is the waterfront. It immerses you in Montreal`s industrial past especially around McGill.

I'm not sure exactly how a whole preserved historic neighborhood can be describe as a tourist's trap. Maybe some particular spots, like Place Jacques-Cartier or the Old Port, because of all the restaurants, activities and the stores that cater to tourists, but it is still a genuine historic surrounding that has very few equivalent on the continent. I always was under the impression that a tourist's trap is of no value whatsoever and meant only to... trap tourists and deceived them. Maybe I got it wrong.

[GreaterMontréal]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

I'm not sure exactly how a whole preserved historic neighborhood can be describe as a tourist's trap. Maybe some particular spots, like Place Jacques-Cartier or the Old Port, because of all the restaurants, activities and the stores that cater to tourists, but it is still a genuine historic surrounding that has very few equivalent on the continent. I always was under the impression that a tourist's trap is of no value whatsoever and meant only to... trap tourists and deceived them. Maybe I got it wrong.

you're right. Old Montréal is not a tourist's trap per se, it's the tourists that made the Old Montréal a ''tourist attraction''.

[SignalHillHiker]

FINAL-FUCKING-LY got to be SignalHillHiker again for the first time this spring. We were overjoyed!

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[Martin Mtl]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSo3Cy4F...aken-by=jyclal


https://www.instagram.com/p/BSqhnW3l...ken-by=andfel8


https://www.instagram.com/p/BSpQuxBA...n-by=mtlpixels


https://www.instagram.com/p/BSokbJVA...y=gniusvisuals


https://www.instagram.com/p/BSpJVl4B...=markusinsight


https://www.instagram.com/p/BSpcxHHD...=archimontreal


https://www.instagram.com/p/BSooDcpD...=archimontreal


https://www.instagram.com/p/BSodauCg...aken-by=edauwd


https://www.instagram.com/p/BSpdKL1g...=fatma_khazala


https://www.instagram.com/p/BSqjrYFl...y=streetsof514


https://www.instagram.com/p/BSpi3LDD...y=demetriusdmd


https://www.instagram.com/p/BSoUfIHD...y=steveglwalsh


https://www.instagram.com/p/BScVv13D...y=steveglwalsh


https://www.instagram.com/p/BSpJkYWA...y=dalichebaane


https://www.instagram.com/p/BSo8r-8A...n-by=charlymtl


https://www.instagram.com/p/BSo7pwEA...resuitesquebec


https://www.instagram.com/p/BSosPavl...by=photos_fera

[shappy]

A few photos I took from the last few months:

[Laceoflight]

Great sets guys! Love the colours of St. John's, Montreal's classiness... Well-done again, Martin ! BTW nice pictures Shappy and SHH !



A small set about Québec

1. Quartier Saint-Sauveur

Winter in Quebec City by Pierre-Olivier Fortin, sur Flickr

2. Promenade Samuel-De Champlain

Prolongement de la promenade Samuel-De Champlain vers l'ouest by CCNQ, sur Flickr

3. Quartier Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Let the light warm your heart. by Guillaume Seguin, sur Flickr

4. Quartier Saint-Jean-Baptiste

I6314- L'ÉPICERIE MOISAN- VIEUX-QUÉBEC by BLEUnord, sur Flickr

5. Quartier Saint-Roch

Saint-Roch by JeanLemieux91, sur Flickr

6. Vieux-Québec

Québec City downtown skyline panorama / Panorama centre-ville et Vieux-Québec by Pierre-Olivier Fortin, sur Flickr

7. Chutes Montmorency

Montmorency Falls - Québec City (Québec, Canada) by Andrea Moscato, sur Flickr

8. Quartier Saint-Roch

St-Roch by José Carlos Valencia, sur Flickr

9. Quartier Saint-Roch

Urban Park / Parc urbain by Jacques Cl, sur Flickr

10. Quartier Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Église St-Jean-Baptiste, Québec by Mario A.T., sur Flickr

11. Quartier Limoilou

3e Avenue, Limoilou by ldivita13, sur Flickr

12. Old town from above

Winter in Quebec City by Pierre-Olivier Fortin, sur Flickr

[FrAnKs]

Awwww my city (L)
Just like a good ol' classic movie that you want to see again and again

Merci.

[esquire]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSosPavl...by=photos_fera

Where is this fascinating building? The Instagram link doesn't seem to include any sort of description.

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by esquire

Where is this fascinating building? The Instagram link doesn't seem to include any sort of description.

See number one here.

[SignalHillHiker]

Originally Posted by Laceoflight

Winter in Quebec City by Pierre-Olivier Fortin, sur Flickr

I love that one. It reminds me so much of here, the pattern of the streets, but it's so wealthy and foreign.

[Marshal]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

FINAL-FUCKING-LY got to be SignalHillHiker again for the first time this spring. We were overjoyed!

I'd kill for a bit of this here . . . or anywhere in the country. Quirky small scale intensive high urbanity. All smiles for me.

[niwell]

The first pic of Quebec City posted above actually does it for me the most. We all know about the old city, but it's easy to forget that there are a number of extremely high quality late 19th / early 20th century neighbourhoods as well.

[Blease]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

I'm not sure exactly how a whole preserved historic neighborhood can be describe as a tourist's trap. Maybe some particular spots, like Place Jacques-Cartier or the Old Port, because of all the restaurants, activities and the stores that cater to tourists, but it is still a genuine historic surrounding that has very few equivalent on the continent. I always was under the impression that a tourist's trap is of no value whatsoever and meant only to... trap tourists and deceived them. Maybe I got it wrong.

Old Montreal looks and feels much like areas of lower Manhattan--Soho, west Village and Greenwich Village. The two are also different however as lower Manhattan is buzzy, busy and throngs with commercial and cultural activity. Old Montreal while pretty, is relatively staid. It's main/major activity seems to be tourism, ie the restaurants on St. Paul street appear to be full of tourists. Nothing especially wrong with that, but the area is by any definition a tourist trap.

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by Blease

Old Montreal looks and feels much like areas of lower Manhattan--Soho, west Village and Greenwich Village. The two are also different however as lower Manhattan is buzzy, busy and throngs with commercial and cultural activity. Old Montreal while pretty, is relatively staid. It's main/major activity seems to be tourism, ie the restaurants on St. Paul street appear to be full of tourists. Nothing especially wrong with that, but the area is by any definition a tourist trap.

That, to me, is the opinion of someone who doesn't live in Montreal and doesn't go to Old Montreal on a daily basis, in all seasons. There are sectors in Old Montreal that are very touristy, but most of it is a working/living environnement that has zero affinity to what I would consider a tourist trap. Please, define to me a tourist trap. Why would anyone describe McGill street, lined with offices and residential buildings, as a tourist trap? I just don't get it. There is tons of commercial and cultural activities in Old Montreal, especially in the western part.

I simply can not agree with you and, for some reasons, I genuinely feel that I know better than you, because I work very often in Old Montreal, I have meetings there almost every week, I know people who live there, I eat there, I shop there, I go out there, I see shows and exhibits there. And so on.. The tourist part is a foot note to me when I think about Old Montreal.

[SignalHillHiker]

To me, a tourist trap has to lack authenticity. That can manifest in several ways - for example, only tourists go there, or it caters mainly to tourists with marked-up prices, or it is oversold and consequently disappoints, etc. Neither of these really apply to old Montreal as a whole.

IE here the downtown core is the heart of the city, for locals and tourists alike. But Gypsy Tea Room and the Heritage Shop verge on tourist traps. Blue on Water and the Downhome Shoppe are more authentic versions of those two things, and have a mainly local clientele.

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

To me, a tourist trap has to lack authenticity. That can manifest in several ways - for example, only tourists go there, or it caters mainly to tourists with marked-up prices, or it is oversold and consequently disappoints, etc. Neither of these really apply to old Montreal as a whole.

IE here the downtown core is the heart of the city, for locals and tourists alike. But Gypsy Tea Room and the Heritage Shop verge on tourist traps. Blue on Water and the Downhome Shoppe are more authentic versions of those two things, and have a mainly local clientele.

Thank you. I'm not completely crazy then.

There are 6000 residents in that neighborhood of about one square kilometre. And there are over 1,500 offices, drawing over 40,000 workers to the area day after day. Source.

[Laceoflight]

Originally Posted by niwell

The first pic of Quebec City posted above actually does it for me the most. We all know about the old city, but it's easy to forget that there are a number of extremely high quality late 19th / early 20th century neighbourhoods as well.

I had the same reaction when I saw the picture. Places like Saint-Sauveur (said picture), Montcalm, Saint-Roch, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Saint-Sacrement, le Vieux-Limoilou and Maizerets make the city of Québec worth a few days of exploration.

[Laceoflight]

Exploring Montreal's South Shore (Montérégie)
With a focus on the old parishes


VERCHÈRES

1.
Sun Patches by Andre Costopoulos, sur Flickr
2.
(my pic)
3.
Verchères s/Saint-Laurent by Pierre Picard, sur Flickr


VARENNES

1.
Old House in Varennes by Dominic Labbe, sur Flickr
2.
pl01sept08eglise4 by Pierre Langlois, sur Flickr


BOUCHERVILLE (my pics)

1.
2.


LONGUEUIL

1.
Vieux-Longueuil by Luc Des Rochers, sur 500px

2.
University by Patrick Lefebvre, sur 500px


SAINT-LAMBERT
1.
Sans titre by photohp, sur Flickr
2.
Avenue Victoria - St-Lambert by Axel Drainville, sur Flickr


LA PRAIRIE (my pics)

1.
2.
3.


SAINT-CONSTANT

1.
St-Constant, Ste-Catherine by Jean-Pierre Bonin, sur Flickr
2.
Église de Saint-Constant by Jean-Guy Duc, sur Flickr


KAHNAWAKE

1.
Kahnawake by Andre Vandal, sur Flickr
2.
DSC_8694 by Heather, sur Flickr


CHÂTEAUGUAY

1.
Église ST Joachim church by Monique Maynard, sur Flickr

2.
Angled by Justin Hand Gregory, sur 500px


BEAUHARNOIS
1.
Another angle of the Beauharnois River falls by Fred, sur Flickr
2.
MRC Beauharnois-Salaberry -
Beauharnois by Jean-François Léveillé, sur Flickr

[SignalHillHiker]

Just four pictures this time, in mourning of the loss of the Belvedere Orphanage last week.

It was going to be such a beautiful renovation.



It's located on the border of Georgestown and Rabbittown, behind two of the most prestigious high schools in the city, especially in terms of theatre (Brother Rice and Holy Heart of Mary). It's in a weird little in-fill that used to be green field. Surrounded by a couple of large (by our standards) apartment buildings and hideous new rowhouses):



This parking lot between the two orphanage buildings was going to be a community garden.



The main building will almost certainly have to be torn down now. We'll probably just get more of the above hideous rowhouses.



Another tangible, visible manifestation of the fact this city was once a lovely, densely-built town with modest but still beautiful buildings is gone. RIP.



To send it off, a performance by neighbouring high school students.

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[Laceoflight]

Wow that's sad... Do you know why it burned ? Did the promotors have money issues ? ;-) But without kidding, do you know ?