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Union

31 Saturday Mar 2018

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Here’s another giant mural in Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal area. This one’s behind Moishe’s steakhouse (if I remember correctly), spotted back in February.

Patiently waiting for peace

26 Monday Mar 2018

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Another image from my vacation last month: A piece of public art posted in one of the corridors linking Place Ville Marie with Central Station in downtown Montreal.

DJ Lion

23 Friday Mar 2018

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Raring (and roaring) to make some music … found this just off rue Sainte-Catherine in Montreal last month.

Coffee break

22 Thursday Mar 2018

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

A phantom coffee shop in the departures area of Montreal’s Trudeau airport.

Between the pages

16 Friday Mar 2018

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The main entry hall/atrium at Quebec’s central library in Montreal, the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. A very busy building on this rainy Sunday afternoon about a month ago.

Catching Up

14 Wednesday Mar 2018

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The man in this sculpture on rue Sherbrooke Ouest in Westmount is reading the editorial page in a replica edition of the Montreal Gazette from July 4, 1985.

Liberty, reimagined

13 Tuesday Mar 2018

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Spotted this while peering into a covered alley on Avenue Atwater in Montreal recently.

Agri-art

12 Monday Mar 2018

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

This pretty mural adorns the side of a shop in Montreal that sells poultry and game.

Release the Kraken!

11 Sunday Mar 2018

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

This depiction of the Kraken from Clash of the Titans, at Avenue Duluth and Boulevard Saint-Laurent, is among the more-elaborate works of wall art spotted on my recent trip to Montreal.

Two towering tributes to Leonard Cohen

27 Tuesday Feb 2018

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Montreal artists have painted two giant portraits of singer Leonard Cohen as tributes, after his death in late 2016. The one above is on a building at boulevard Saint-Laurent Boulevard and rue Roy while the one below is found on rue Crescent below boulevard De Maisonneuve Ouest.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada