{"id":7159,"date":"2010-05-27T06:40:15","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T11:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=7159"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:29:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:29:55","slug":"place-des-festivales-on-an-ordinary-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/05\/27\/place-des-festivales-on-an-ordinary-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Place des Festivals on an Ordinary Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have griped about the bike path<\/a> and I have griped about the trees<\/a>, but I also have to give credit where credit is due: I love the Place des festivals<\/em> for giving us the biggest interactive fountain in Canada.<\/a><\/p>\n

The keyword here is interactive: as the temperature reached the high thirties this week, the downtown square became an impromptu, all-ages water park.<\/p>\n

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Who knew there were so many kids and toddlers in the downtown core on a weekday afternoon? Many had gleeful, soaked through parents in tow.
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Cyclists wound around the fountain , risking a soaking when the jets suddenly double or tripple in size. Other passers-by stopped to dip in a toe.
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Glorious relief from the sun-baked concrete!
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Come night time, the fountains are richly lit and just as lively: this time it is teenagers who dance through the water in bras and underwear.<\/p>\n

The QDS has made so many design compromises to tailor this public space to festival organizers. This fountain makes up for it a little by giving Montrealers something that we enjoy in our own way on an ordinary day. I have a feeling this – and not the promise of crowds and spectacles – is what will make the place matter to most of us.<\/p>\n

So thank you QDS for investing the plans with a little bit of playfulness, and thank you Montreal for coming out to play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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