{"id":5301,"date":"2010-01-02T14:17:29","date_gmt":"2010-01-02T19:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=5301"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:40:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:40:14","slug":"photo-du-jour-pic-et-pelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/01\/02\/photo-du-jour-pic-et-pelle\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo du Jour &#8211; Pic et Pelle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"big guys by alanah.montreal, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/alanahmontreal\/4237278353\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2486\/4237278353_5a4f9e70c8.jpg\" alt=\"big guys\" width=\"500\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Germain Bergeron&#8217;s sculpture at Monk metro station, entitled <em>Pic et Pelle<\/em>, pays homage to all the construction workers who contributed to building the metro system.<\/p>\n<p>The artist had originally been comissioned to creacte a piece that would commemorate those who lost their lives during the construction of the metro system. 14 workers were killed on the job between 1962 and 1967, during the construction of the original 26 stations (source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stm.info\/info\/infostm\/2007\/070212.pdf\">stm<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germain Bergeron&#8217;s sculpture at Monk metro station, entitled Pic et Pelle, pays homage to all the construction workers who contributed to building the metro system. 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