Location: rue Saint-Denis
Date of photo: May 4 2013
Photographer: Martin New at Montreal in Pictures
Photo du jour: rue Saint-Denis
By Martin New
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Location: rue Saint-Denis
Date of photo: May 4 2013
Photographer: Martin New at Montreal in Pictures
One comment
Belle photo.
Those new terrasses, jutting out into the street, take up so much room that it is extremely hard to walk along the sidewalk during busy times. I was pushing my bicycle and it was almost impossible to get through, idem parents with strollers and disabled people in wheelchairs or other mobility devices. Sure, we like a lively terrasse scene, but streets like St-Denis have to be kept pedestrian-friendly and highly walkable.
It is also sad to see so many places that had been independent restaurants, cafés and bars taken over by corporate megafood. The St-Hubert in the photo, and much worse, what had once been a lovely café-bar by the laneway (forget its name, it had the original woodwork of the house it had been, painted a delicate blue-green shade) becoming a McDo of all things.