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| At first, I misread my map and thought this was the convention center.
By the time I figured out I was wrong, I was blocks away. Throughout
the rest of the day, I kept thinking about returning, simply to find out
what the heck I photographed. In the end never made it back. Some
research from the hotel that night also failed. But a bit more research
back at home, months later, solved this puzzle for me. The photo is a
side view of a slice of an investment bank's building (CDP Capital).
| The Centre de Commerce Mondial de Montreal (Montreal World Trade Center)
encompasses a few blocks, roofing the now pedestrian only alleys within.
I love how they kept (or renovated) the street lamps.
| The peaceful reflecting pond within the Montreal World Trader Center is
supposedly often used for fashion shoots. I can believe it.
| The modern metal chairs within the Montreal World Trader Center are more
comfortable than they look.
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| The colorful Palais des Congres (Convention Center).
| The Vieux Palais de Justice (Old Courthouse). The new courthouse (not
pictured) is next door. I learned that civil law is a provincial matter
and that Quebec's is based not off of British common law but rather
off of France's Napoleonic Code. And here's another neat fact: defendants in
criminal cases can choose what language the court uses to handle their
case.
| The Hotel de Ville (City Hall) has a good balcony for making speeches.
| The front of city hall.
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| The Champ-de-Mars (Field of Mars), a grassy area in front of the city hall
and the courthouse, displays some of the city's original walls.
| Between the old courthouse and city hall lies Place Vauquelin, with a
fountain, a cute street lamp, and a small statue atop a large pillar.
Continuous with Place Vauquelin is Place Jacques-Cartier (not pictured),
a cute little tourist trap of a street with many restaurants with
outdoor seating.
| The Court d'Appel du Quebec (Quebec Court of Appeals).
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| Night at Our Lady of Montreal Basilica (Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Montreal)
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| The basilica was decorated very theatrically for the show "La Lumiere
Fut" ("There Was Light").
| By the end of the show, all the curtains and screens had been flamboyantly
removed and one could see the apse and altar in all their overdone
grandiosity.
| A closer view of the altar and its excessive ornamentation.
| The stained glass windows on one side of the church were lit while the
others weren't. How odd.
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| The pulpit. If you view the full sized image, you can see, in slightly
fuzzy focus, the amazing amount of detail that went into every inch of the
construction.
| The view back toward the nave and the huge pipe organ.
| A final picture designed to capture the extravagant decorations.
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| Old Montreal at Night
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| The lit dome of Marche Bonsecours on the right; the steeple of Chapelle
Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours on the left in the distance.
| The Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours at night. It glows nicely.
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| La Banquise
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| La Banquise from the outside.
| The well lit, casual interior of La Banquise.
| Classic poutine: french fries, gravy, and cheese curds. Photographed
without a flash.
| Classic poutine again, photographed with a flash.
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| Vegetable poutine: french fries, gravy, cheese curds, green peppers,
onions, and mushrooms.
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