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Kilgore Trout Aug 18, 2020 12:20 AM

Three Plague Days in MONTREAL
 
No festivals, no live music, lots of stress and anxiety because, you know, there's a deadly virus that just won't go away. This year is the worst. But at least the weather has been nice. I dusted off my camera and set off around town this week. Here are photos from three different days taken with three different lenses.

FRIDAY

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SUNDAY

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MONDAY

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And finally home to the backyard that kept me sane through three months of lockdown...

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craigs Aug 18, 2020 1:47 AM

I don't know if it's just on my end, but I cannot see any photos.

Kilgore Trout Aug 18, 2020 2:03 AM

Seems like I may have screwed up the sharing settings. Can you see them now?

Martin Mtl Aug 18, 2020 3:25 AM

Absolument fantastique. You capture Montreal’s sexyness with such ease and beauty. Bravo! Keep posting !

hkskyline Aug 18, 2020 7:03 AM

Nice! The tables seem noticeably spaced out.

pwright1 Aug 18, 2020 7:35 AM

Fantastic set of beautiful Montreal. Very nice photography. Was heading to the jazz festival this year. Oh well.

OhioGuy Aug 18, 2020 2:15 PM

Looks fantastic there regardless of the health situation. What a great vibrant city!

kool maudit Aug 18, 2020 2:22 PM

Opening a new Kilgore Trout thread in City Photos is like putting on a vinyl record or sprawling over the bench seat of a '63 Riviera. Some things were better in the past.

(That Sherbrooke/Bleury pile is getting ungainly!)

Coldrsx Aug 18, 2020 6:06 PM

The best.

Kilgore Trout Aug 18, 2020 10:18 PM

Thanks everyone!

Quote:

Originally Posted by pwright1
Fantastic set of beautiful Montreal. Very nice photography. Was heading to the jazz festival this year. Oh well.

Let's hope the festivals are back next summer... I'm scared to think of what winter will be like when people will inevitably be gathering indoors.

Quote:

Originally Posted by hkskyline
Nice! The tables seem noticeably spaced out.

Yes, restaurants and bars have generally been very careful. Lots of well-spaced tables, lots of plexiglass, PPE for all the servers, and of course masks are mandatory in all indoor spaces (which you can't really see in these photos). All these measures seem to be helping because even with bars and restaurants open, case numbers are dropping steadily.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kool maudit
Opening a new Kilgore Trout thread in City Photos is like putting on a vinyl record or sprawling over the bench seat of a '63 Riviera. Some things were better in the past.

(That Sherbrooke/Bleury pile is getting ungainly!)

Aww, thanks. And yes, that Sherbrooke/Bleury block is insane. There's even another tower planned for it.

Echoes Aug 18, 2020 10:42 PM

Great tour. Thank you so much.

craigs Aug 18, 2020 11:14 PM

Beautiful. I can't wait to return after things get back to normal.

xzmattzx Aug 19, 2020 4:53 AM

Nice pictures! What areas of Montreal was this in (other than some Sunday pictures in the park at the foot of Mont Royal in Le Plateau, which I recognize from my stay there).

tdawg Aug 20, 2020 11:00 AM

I’ve only been to Montreal twice, once in August and once over the Holidays, but I’m obsessed. It’s a near perfect city.

Centropolis Aug 20, 2020 1:15 PM

montreal looks pretty great...

Kilgore Trout Aug 21, 2020 2:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xzmattzx (Post 9015118)
Nice pictures! What areas of Montreal was this in (other than some Sunday pictures in the park at the foot of Mont Royal in Le Plateau, which I recognize from my stay there).

The photos were posted in chronological order so here's the rough order of things.

Friday: Shaughnessy Village > Lachine Canal > Old Montreal > Chinatown > Latin Quarter > Plateau > Mile End

Sunday: Mile End > Plateau > Quartier des spectacles > Plateau > Mount Royal > Mile End

Monday: Villeray > Jean-Talon Market/Little Italy > Outremont > Mile End

It's really just a small fraction of the city!

MolsonExport Aug 21, 2020 2:32 PM

What a visual treat. Why can't I be stuck in Montreal (my beloved hometown) instead of London, Ontario (where I have lived for 16 years, on account of my job at UWO)?

HomeInMyShoes Aug 21, 2020 4:16 PM

Nice to see a photothread from you Kilgore.

mrnyc Aug 21, 2020 5:03 PM

magnifique, mais un plague? ou sont les masques? :shrug:

Doady Aug 22, 2020 7:04 PM

^ Masks are very important indoors, but outdoors they are not as mandatory, especially in the heat.

Montreal is one of the most colourful and vibrant cities and not even the coronavirus can take that away. I still enjoyed seeing it here.


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