I have some photos to post from my last weekend in Montréal... the weather was very, very cold (went down to -20c one night), but the skies were brilliantly sunny. The first part of my tour here is a walk through the Gay Village, which is about 2 km due East of the downtown core. I started at the western edge of the village, and walked to the eastern end. Let us begin!!
the village is slowly shifting a bit to the East, and this end is not as "gay" as it used to be 20 years ago.
a handsome old bank building. This part of town has never been wealthy, but I do get the feeling it was a prosperous working class neighbourhood a century ago:
Here is one nasty spot I am glad finally closed. A most unsavoury crowd loitered here:
A leading local drag Queen, Mado (which is a diminutive term for "Madeleine")
has her own bar now:
Poor Mado looks very, very cold!
I am going to post more photos now! Stay tuned...............
the village is slowly shifting a bit to the East, and this end is not as "gay" as it used to be 20 years ago.
a handsome old bank building. This part of town has never been wealthy, but I do get the feeling it was a prosperous working class neighbourhood a century ago:
Here is one nasty spot I am glad finally closed. A most unsavoury crowd loitered here:
A leading local drag Queen, Mado (which is a diminutive term for "Madeleine")
has her own bar now:
Poor Mado looks very, very cold!
I am going to post more photos now! Stay tuned...............