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One of the best things about wandering around town is finding all sorts of architectural and infrastructural oddities like unusual street signs and bizarre decorative elements. Montreal is rife with these sorts of things. Over at Coolopolis, J.D. Gravenor recently pointed out a cryptic inscription on the cornice of a western NDG apartment building: “Mona’sContinue readinghttp://farm1.static.flickr.com/223/522551306_334ab780fb.jpg?v=0