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Tree of Life

22 Thursday Feb 2018

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

I can’t tell you how many times I might have walked past the piece of public art called “L’arbre de vie” (Tree of Life) at the Lionel-Groulx métro station in Montreal … but only this week did I notice the faces etched into the tree trunk.

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Mayor and City Councillors

21 Wednesday Feb 2018

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Montreal, Quebec,Canada

The mayor and city councillors meet at city hall … and in Montreal, they also meet at this intersection. Figuratively, of course.

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Avenue Viger

20 Tuesday Feb 2018

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The slate-coloured Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal complex dominates the skyline at the east end of downtown Montreal, as seen from the pedestrian overpass above Avenue Viger linking Place d’Armes métro station with Chinatown. Also depicted in this scene captured a few days ago, in the far background, are a portion of the Jacques-Cartier Bridge and the soon-to-be-retired Molson Brewery.

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Imperfect mirrors

19 Monday Feb 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, Canada, montreal, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Quebec, random, Travel, urban

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Montreal’s KPMG Tower, above, shows a reflection of the main building at Place Ville-Marie … while one of the buildings in the PVM complex, below, shows a reflection of the KPMG Tower.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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The power of light: A Montreal mural

18 Sunday Feb 2018

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

This mural at Jeanne-Manse and President-Kennedy streets in Montreal has been around at least since I was a kid. I tripped out at it then … and it still makes me trip out now.

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Social network

17 Saturday Feb 2018

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

An inventive piece of street-art-style marketing spotted in Montreal.

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Happy Year of the Dog

16 Friday Feb 2018

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

To all those celebrating the lunar new year, I hope you have a fantastic holiday. These festive lanterns are outside a shop in Montreal’s Chinatown.

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Full speed, downhill

15 Monday Jan 2018

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Some contextually appropriate sticker art spotted somewhere in Montreal back in late 2014.

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Ready for battle

14 Sunday Jan 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Canada, montreal, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Quebec, random, Travel, urban

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Historically themed chess pieces on display in the window of a shop in Old Montreal, from a wander in the area back in 2009.

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V for victory

28 Thursday Dec 2017

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<Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Spotted this in the doorway of a business in Montreal a few winters ago.

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