{"id":2113,"date":"2009-02-14T19:24:28","date_gmt":"2009-02-15T00:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2009\/02\/14\/darling-foundry-graffiti\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:40:18","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:40:18","slug":"darling-foundry-graffiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/02\/14\/darling-foundry-graffiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Darling Foundry graffiti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacingmontreal\/3280161908\/in\/set-72157613810972758\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3337\/3280161908_854ac0c946.jpg?v=0\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Awhile ago, I wrote about some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/06\/16\/odd-things-around-the-darling-foundry\/\">odd things<\/a> surrounding the Darling Foundry on Ottawa Street in Griffintown.\u00a0 Along with being an excellent space for emerging artists, the area around the foundry has been dubbed the &#8220;Quartier \u00e9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re&#8221; where various events and interventions have been happening.\u00a0 Last summer, the block of Ottawa Street in front of the Foundry was shut down to traffic and a garden of sorts was planted on top of the pavement.\u00a0 My favourite part of the Foundry, however, is the graffiti on the walls of the old industrial buildings surrounding it.\u00a0 Although the quality of this graffiti tends not to be as high as in other areas of the city, I&#8217;ve always liked it because it&#8217;s so different and more artistic than what is seen elsewhere.\u00a0 Below are some photos I took of it last summer while I was lucky enough to live only a couple blocks down the street. <em>(click on photos for a larger view) <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacingmontreal\/3279342561\/in\/set-72157613810972758\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3436\/3279342561_4a25d8f235.jpg?v=0\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacingmontreal\/3280162252\/in\/set-72157613810972758\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3383\/3280162252_72a56f2868.jpg?v=0\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacingmontreal\/3279342163\/in\/set-72157613810972758\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3225\/3279342163_ae8057b2f2.jpg?v=0\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacingmontreal\/3279341785\/in\/set-72157613810972758\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3163\/3279341785_8edc14cb78.jpg?v=0\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacingmontreal\/3280161376\/in\/set-72157613810972758\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3440\/3280161376_9d0b90d54e.jpg?v=0\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacingmontreal\/3280161270\/in\/set-72157613810972758\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3475\/3280161270_b7778692cb.jpg?v=0\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awhile ago, I wrote about some of the odd things surrounding the Darling Foundry on Ottawa Street in Griffintown.\u00a0 Along with being an excellent space for emerging artists, the area around the foundry has been dubbed the &#8220;Quartier \u00e9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re&#8221; where various events and interventions have been happening.\u00a0 Last summer, the block of Ottawa Street in<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/02\/14\/darling-foundry-graffiti\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Darling Foundry graffiti&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5014,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7830,7832,7839],"tags":[2441,12,36,25],"class_list":["post-2113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication","category-culture","category-neighbourhoods","tag-darling-foundry","tag-graffiti","tag-griffintown","tag-public-art"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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