{"id":2056,"date":"2009-01-27T05:24:15","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T10:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2009\/01\/27\/photo-du-jour-l-berson-monuments\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:30:59","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:30:59","slug":"photo-du-jour-l-berson-monuments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/01\/27\/photo-du-jour-l-berson-monuments\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo du Jour : L Berson Monuments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/alanahmontreal\/3230631558\/\" title=\"L Berson and sons monuments by alanah.montreal, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3261\/3230631558_0b20132d21.jpg\" alt=\"L Berson and sons monuments\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>L Berson &amp; Sons has held this prominent spot on the Main since 1922. The monument manufacturer is located just around the corner from the Bagg street Synagogue and the two actually share a founding father.<\/p>\n<p>The business has been passed down for 4 generations, although these days a more accurate sign could read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bersonmonuments.com\/index.shtml\">L Berson &amp; <em>fille<\/em><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bersonmonuments.com\/index.shtml\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A tombstone shop nestled between a bar and an ice cream parlour is the kind commercial diversity you just won&#8217;t find in a new development, no matter how loud the developers toot the mixed-use horn&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L Berson &amp; Sons has held this prominent spot on the Main since 1922. The monument manufacturer is located just around the corner from the Bagg street Synagogue and the two actually share a founding father. 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