{"id":543,"date":"2008-01-26T00:44:12","date_gmt":"2008-01-26T05:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=543"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:34:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:34:54","slug":"photo-du-jour-pvm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/01\/26\/photo-du-jour-pvm\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo du jour: PVM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/christopherdewolf\/2219201269\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2152\/2219201269_bd8c8d2e47.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Montreal&#8217;s business district is unfortunately quite bland, lacking the canyons and imposing prewar architecture of the financial districts in Boston or New York or the important, money-making bustle of King and Bay in Toronto. <\/p>\n<p>It does, however, have a few inspiring corners. One of them is Belmont St., whose imposing greyness frames a gorgeous vista of the cathedral&#8217;s dome at the end of the street. Another is the corner of University and Ren\u00e9 L\u00e9vesque, from which Place Ville Marie rises triumphantly and the view down Ren\u00e9 L\u00e9vesque reveals the Sun Life Building, CIBC Tower and now the Crystal, a surprisingly elegant condo tower.<\/p>\n<p><i>January 21, 2008<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montreal&#8217;s business district is unfortunately quite bland, lacking the canyons and imposing prewar architecture of the financial districts in Boston or New York or the important, money-making bustle of King and Bay in Toronto. It does, however, have a few inspiring corners. 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