Bonsecours Basin

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Skaters enjoy some sunshine last week at the rink on Bonsecours Basin in Old Montreal, seen from atop the ferris wheel next door.

Common space

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Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

A view of downtown Montreal from my old stomping grounds, Concordia University — except the place where I snapped this shot, the EV building (Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex), didn’t exist when I studied there.

Wheel segment

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Une partie de la roue

Snapped earlier this week: A portion of the Grande roue de Montréal rises about some buildings at the east end of Old Montreal.

3898 rue de Bullion

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

This home in Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal neighbourhood sure has a way of standing out. Snapped earlier this week.

The fountain

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

This wasn’t the only kid mesmerize by the fountain at Complexe Desjardins in Montreal.

Two towering tributes to Leonard Cohen

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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

Window on the past

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Many Queen of the World Cathedral seen recently in Montreal, framed by the windows at 1000 De La Gauchetière.

Before the snow started melting …

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

I’ve had a taste of all kinds of weather during my visit to Montreal. Recently, bouts of rain have started to erase much of the snow that’s fallen in the last couple of weeks. This photo was snapped almost two weeks ago — and today, there is no more snow clinging to trees.

710 rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest

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Some demolition taking place in downtown Montreal, not far from the Place Ville Marie office tower.

Architectural diversity

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

There is definitely nothing bland about Montreal’s cityscape. This is a view snapped a few days ago of some buildings near Bleury and President-Kennedy streets.