From New York to Montréal. - Page 5

Calgarian · #81 Posted **Nov 24, 2011, 8:02 PM**

Fantastic photos of a fantastic trip, I'm extremely jealous!

jd3189 · #82 Posted **Nov 25, 2011, 11:01 PM**

These photos remind me that I need to visit Canada again.

Benonie · #83 Posted **Nov 27, 2011, 9:20 AM**

You would like to return too. Nice nature, nice cities, nice people.

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

Fantastic photos of a fantastic trip, I'm extremely jealous!

Jealous, you? I should be! You live in Canada!

Old Montreal:

mousquet · #84 Posted **Nov 27, 2011, 10:04 AM**

What a fascinating great tour...
Surprising sights in Quebec City of which I had no idea about (just so ignorant...), their pedestrian areas look super neat and enjoyable.

Calgarian · #85 Posted **Nov 29, 2011, 12:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by Benonie

You would like to return too. Nice nature, nice cities, nice people.

Jealous, you? I should be! You live in Canada!

Come back in February and tell me that!

Thanks for posting more pics too!

jd3189 · #86 Posted **Nov 29, 2011, 4:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by Benonie

You would like to return too. Nice nature, nice cities, nice people.

Yeah.Been a while and I have family in Montreal. BTW,very stunning pictures of Quebec City. Looks like a European city.

Benonie · #87 Posted **Nov 29, 2011, 9:03 PM**

Thanks guys!

Some more pictures of central Montreal:

Calgarian · #88 Posted **Nov 30, 2011, 6:15 PM**

Gorgeous!

Benonie · #89 Posted **Dec 1, 2011, 7:23 PM**

The city is, indeed! More Old Montreal:

UPP · #90 Posted **Dec 3, 2011, 2:43 AM**

Tes photos me donnent le mal du pays!

Having lived in Québec City and thus visited Montréal a lot, I can say you've made me really want to go back.

You must have needed a vacation from your vacation. I'm spent just having viewed your photos.

Thanks for a great tour!

Dr Awesomesauce · #91 Posted **Dec 3, 2011, 8:16 AM**

Remember that debate months ago about how 'horrible' Montreal is? I wonder if those people have checked out these photos. Not so shitty now, is it?

Benonie · #92 Posted **Dec 6, 2011, 8:54 AM**

^^ Oh, I think Montreal has got his 'bad places' and disadvantages too, like any other big city in the world.

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Originally Posted by UPP

You must have needed a vacation from your vacation. I'm spent just having viewed your photos.

Thanks for a great tour!

Thanks, it was a very relaxing trip, so I only had problems with jet lag after coming home. Loved about everything in NYC and Canada, so we definitly wanna go back.

Le Vieux Port or Old Harbour:

Centropolis · #93 Posted **Dec 6, 2011, 4:43 PM**

Wow, I've never seen this angle of Montréal. I sense this ever so vague je ne sais quoi present in both New Orleans and Old Montréal. St. Louis might have had a watered down sliver of that if it hadnt been for the heavy demolition.

Benonie · #94 Posted **Dec 8, 2011, 6:49 PM**

Chinatown / Little Asia.

Benonie · #95 Posted **Dec 10, 2011, 2:26 PM**

We take the metro to the Olympc Park from 1976.

The former 'Olypmic Village'.

The Olympic Stadium, after 35 years it's still a jewel.

The Biodôme, the former Vélodrome. Nowadays you can walk through 4 ecosystems.

PhilippeMtl · #96 Posted **Dec 10, 2011, 3:16 PM**

I hate stade olympique surrounding. So brutal..

Benonie · #97 Posted **Dec 11, 2011, 10:39 AM**

Well, I do like a bit of brutalism now and than...

MTLskyline · #98 Posted **Dec 11, 2011, 11:48 PM**

I used to watch baseball games at Olympic Stadium all the time before the Montreal Expos moved to Washington. No professional baseball is played in Montreal anymore.

It is not a great stadium for most sports, but it certainly looks cool up close at night, especially if its foggy.

Rico Rommheim · #99 Posted **Dec 12, 2011, 12:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by MTLskyline

It is not a great stadium for most sports, but it certainly looks cool up close at night, especially if its foggy.

Exactly. The stadium (and tower) looks better if concealed by night and fog.

Last summer, I had the chance to work a few night shifts at the adjacent park, and therefore I thoroughly explored the stadium and its surrounding. Its a desolate sight. The huge concrete plazas surrounding the stadium are devoid of crowds 24/hrs a day. The stadium itself and the tower are both showing severe signs of deterioration.

Unfortunately, the Olympic stadium acts more as a black whole than an attraction, it is spot in the middle of some of the country's poorest neighbourhoods, it is far, far away from any shops, restaurants,other interesting sights, and it doesn't help either that is detached from the street grade, and placed in a giant sunken plaza.

Good pictures, though!

Acajack · #**100** Posted **Dec 12, 2011, 3:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Exactly. The stadium (and tower) looks better if concealed by night and fog.

Last summer, I had the chance to work a few night shifts at the adjacent park, and therefore I thoroughly explored the stadium and its surrounding. Its a desolate sight. The huge concrete plazas surrounding the stadium are devoid of crowds 24/hrs a day. The stadium itself and the tower are both showing severe signs of deterioration.

Unfortunately, the Olympic stadium acts more as a black whole than an attraction, it is spot in the middle of some of the country's poorest neighbourhoods, it is far, far away from any shops, restaurants,other interesting sights, and it doesn't help either that is detached from the street grade, and placed in a giant sunken plaza.

Good pictures, though!

I really, really like the stadium architecturally. I find it looks super cool.

That said, it is depressing that it is so bloody unfunctional - it's really horrible for sports inside.

Plus it is probably the worst-integrated stadium in an urban neighbourhood that I have ever seen.