Montreal neighborhood tour -- Sherbrooke St in Westmount
My favourite way to get downtown from my place on a nice sunny day is walking down Sherbrooke St in Westmount. It's a fairly lively stretch of upscale retail, and the side streets are lined with some beautiful housing stock -- not the typical Montreal vernacular you usually see around here though. I hope you find it interesting.
Click on the pictures for higher res and exact location on a map -- flickr rocks
1. my neighborhood, Snowdon
2.
3. this is where we get on the 63 southbound for a short ride down Girouard Ave
4. on the bus
5. a mere 5 minutes later we're on Sherbrooke St, passing the Décarie expressway
6. don't worry, it gets much more urban two blocks east of here
7. passing Décarie Blvd -- time to get off
8.
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10. one of the side streets
11.
12.
13. "wait for the green light" -- only in Montreal
14.
15.
16. underground retail abounds on Sherbrooke. Intriguing given the amount of snow we get around here
17.
18.
19. urban cul-de-sac
20.
21. Bark & Fitz -- probably as expensive as it sounds
22.
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24.
25.
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27. Westmount Pulic Library
28.
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30. it gets more residential from here until we hit the city of Montreal -- might as well make a right and take a smaller street
31. notice the street signs -- the names are definitely anglo, and the vintage style confirms we're still in Westmount
32.
33.
34.
35. we're beginning to see downtown Montreal in the distance -- that's 1501 McGill College all the way down De Maisonneuve Blvd
36.
37. approaching downtown Westmount -- that's Westmount Square two blocks down
38, 39.
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40. Westmount Square, a Mies van der Rohe masterpiece 10 minutes west of downtown Montreal
41. a fairly high class address as you can see
42. I told you those street signs were old
43. more Westmount Square
44.
45.
46.
47. Anglo newspaper boxes -- you definitely know you're in Westmount
(newspaper boxes are forbidden within the City of Montreal)
48. we're in Montreal now, next to the old Pepsi Forum. This is the Gleneagles condo building up on the mountain.
49. same spot, looking south towards the Montreal Children's Hospital.
Technically the tour is over, but I got a few more shots of downtown
50.
51. who doesn't love commie blocks (Concordia ghetto)
52. along Ste Catherine St
53. John Molson School of Business going up (Concordia University)
54.
55.
56.
57.
58. busy as usual
59.
60.
61.
62.
So this went a bit farther than just Sherbrooke St... hope you didn't mind
Click on the pictures for higher res and exact location on a map -- flickr rocks
1. my neighborhood, Snowdon
2.
3. this is where we get on the 63 southbound for a short ride down Girouard Ave
4. on the bus
5. a mere 5 minutes later we're on Sherbrooke St, passing the Décarie expressway
6. don't worry, it gets much more urban two blocks east of here
7. passing Décarie Blvd -- time to get off
8.
9.
10. one of the side streets
11.
12.
13. "wait for the green light" -- only in Montreal
14.
15.
16. underground retail abounds on Sherbrooke. Intriguing given the amount of snow we get around here
17.
18.
19. urban cul-de-sac
20.
21. Bark & Fitz -- probably as expensive as it sounds
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27. Westmount Pulic Library
28.
29.
30. it gets more residential from here until we hit the city of Montreal -- might as well make a right and take a smaller street
31. notice the street signs -- the names are definitely anglo, and the vintage style confirms we're still in Westmount
32.
33.
34.
35. we're beginning to see downtown Montreal in the distance -- that's 1501 McGill College all the way down De Maisonneuve Blvd
36.
37. approaching downtown Westmount -- that's Westmount Square two blocks down
38, 39.
- 40. Westmount Square, a Mies van der Rohe masterpiece 10 minutes west of downtown Montreal
41. a fairly high class address as you can see
42. I told you those street signs were old
43. more Westmount Square
44.
45.
46.
47. Anglo newspaper boxes -- you definitely know you're in Westmount
(newspaper boxes are forbidden within the City of Montreal)
48. we're in Montreal now, next to the old Pepsi Forum. This is the Gleneagles condo building up on the mountain.
49. same spot, looking south towards the Montreal Children's Hospital.
Technically the tour is over, but I got a few more shots of downtown
50.
51. who doesn't love commie blocks (Concordia ghetto)
52. along Ste Catherine St
53. John Molson School of Business going up (Concordia University)
54.
55.
56.
57.
58. busy as usual
59.
60.
61.
62.
So this went a bit farther than just Sherbrooke St... hope you didn't mind
5 comments:
That was from a blog called Skyscraper Page .......some nice photos.fairly clear & colourful......hf&rv
Ah Come on where's Hogg hardware, Ben & Tournesol, the italian place with great baked goods, The Zone the quaint tables outside. Since you were so near Chalet bar-B-Q
HAVE FUN & REMEMBER VERDUN
PS: use the Full Screen mode,and don't forget you can set your own speed for viewing the pictures too.
Hope you get lots of memory prompts,by seeing these "Scenes aroun Montreal" or like I say it's what's
"Seen around Montreal"................lol Hope you like the tour hf&rv
Les, that slide show above is wonderful.
BobB
Cheers Bob ! I thought it was a neat one too,.Even after the many years away, Montreal shots around the town just pop right into the old noggan & I remember them like it was recently (couldn't say yesterday, cause I don't remember what I was doing yesterday.......hahahah) HF&RV
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