The pillar to the right of the descending stairs in the Sixties view is a ventilation shaft.
A two-wheel-drive ‘Dispatcher’ Jeep has just turned North, these were used by Canada Post, and others, as delivery vehicles, and had exterior sliding cab doors.
In summer they would run around with the doors slid back open.
A great square. The two buildings to the left, part of the financial history of Montreal, are art deco classics. This pic makes me miss the city. L’Eglise est beau aussi…
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Very nice church with the right number of steeples.
Nice shot. I like how you can see Habitat between the two towers.
almost a then and now lol
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BkBpOsTSTnw/SoJPCYU1loI/AAAAAAAACtY/oFeWONhKIr4/s1600-h/PlaceDArmesHadToilet.jpg
from http://coolopolis.blogspot.com/
Place d’Armes was once a major transportation hub, being a transfer point between East and West end streetcars.
Patrons walked across the Place to transfer from East to West cars.
Terminus Craig was just down the hill to the North.
West Loop Place d’Armes.
http://davesrailpix.com/mtc/htm/mtc32.htm
Those subterranean ‘conveniences’ were grotty.
The pillar to the right of the descending stairs in the Sixties view is a ventilation shaft.
A two-wheel-drive ‘Dispatcher’ Jeep has just turned North, these were used by Canada Post, and others, as delivery vehicles, and had exterior sliding cab doors.
In summer they would run around with the doors slid back open.
A similar Jeep.
http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2009/04/1961_dj3a_skiatook.jpg
A great square. The two buildings to the left, part of the financial history of Montreal, are art deco classics. This pic makes me miss the city. L’Eglise est beau aussi…