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Originally Posted by esquire
Those pictures really convey what an absolutely exhilarating time the 60s and 70s must have been in Montreal. So much happening on every front... the built environment, socially, politically, culturally. Montreal circa 1958 vs. 1978 must have been almost like two different worlds.
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It is interesting to see how the city changed language-wise over that era.
The earlier era photos could be a street in any North American city, aside from the little 'tells' that give it away as Quebec. The later photos (say post-1970s) definitely tell a different story.
Montreal's probably the most interesting of cities in Canada this way. It was the first to hit modernity in the 1960s, but did that without annihilating the past completely. It hit the skids harder too in the 1970s through '90s (in a Canadian context), so there's a griminess of that era that gives it more character. I think that the economic slump saved a lot of terrible 'new' ideas from wrecking the city too.
It's probably the most fascinating city in Canada, no doubt. Good finds!
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