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WalkMontreal is pleased to bring you their latest walk titled: "Days of Past Revisited: People and Unfolding Urbanism 2". We will also highlight Percy from Saint-Henri.
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corner of Saint-Antoine Street West and Lenoir streets. This is the former RCA Victor building. photo from August 2022.

Rue Desnoyers intersecting at Rue Cazelais.

Percy Rodrigues (Rodriguez) - born June 13, 1918. A Saint-Henri native of Montreal ! He is credited as one of the first blacks to break TV stereotypes & becoming a major TV star in the US.

Photo taken July 21, 2019; pre-Covid.

Mackay Street, just below Sherbrooke. circa 1980.

Montreals Golden Square Mile. 1925.
On left/middle, we see the Museum of Fine Arts. Directly opposite is citys first apartment building "The Sherbrooke" built in 1888. Le Chateau (middle) is being built. What is incredible are the magnificent old homes still standing.

TMR in the foreground with canopy of trees. Côte-des-Neiges in the background with UdeM on left and the Oratory on the right. circa late 1970s.

and probably more comfortable to sit in, as we see in the photo.

Phillips Square. 1980.

Sainte-Catherine Street at University. 1980.

💥Fashion Friday !💥
Walking along Sainte-Catherine Street.
Late 1970's/early 1980's.

Norman Bethune Square in late 1970's/early 1980's.
Intersection of Guy Street and De Maisonneuve Boulevard West.
- credit: Antoine Desilets.

Carmichael Street, in late 1960s, running parallel to Dorchester Blvd (todays René-Lévesque Blvd). On left in both photos. The cross street in rear is St-Alexandre.
-credit: Antoine Desilets.

Born on this Day, June 3, 1924 in Montreal. The charming and talented Colleen Dewhurst. Winner of 2 Gemini's, 2 Tony's, 4 Emmy's and others. Born in Montreal Maternity Hospital on St. Urbain and lived on Milton Street in mid-1920s.
- credit: Billy Rose Collection NYPL.

Vespasiennes in Cabot Square.

Downtown Montreal in 1958 showing the train tunnel that goes straight under McGill College Avenue, thru Mount-Royal and comes out in Town of Mount Royal on other side. Place Ville Marie is built over this.

Great info Martin, thank you.

💥 Fashion Friday ! 💥
Fashion spotted outside of the Henri-Bourassa Metro station by bus stop 69. The year is 1982.
-credit: Henri Rémillard.

Basilique-cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde.

Peel Street.

Pavillon Roger-Gaudry (Université de Montréal). Beautiful Art Deco features by architect Ernest Cormier.
- photos taken October 2023.

Fire Station No. 5 on Ontario Street West (todays President-Kennedy Ave.) We see real bumpers on cars back then, but, what is interesting is the "Civil Protection" vehicle.
- credit: R. St. Jean (La Presse) July 19, 1963.

ahhh...never imagined them to be birds, indeed, we see them now. Always saw this in the mind of The Jetsons.

🏆 You got it!
and how beautiful it is...

Born on this day May 26, 1948. The charming Dayle Haddon from Baie-D'Urfé on island of Montreal.
Here she is in 1965 when she won the Miss Baie-D'Urfé contest at 17. She would go on to be a beauty queen, a super-model, an actress...

Correct! any idea which one? close to Old Montreal.

💥Pop-Up Quiz !💥 This is the talented stained-glass artist, Marcelle Ferron, in March 1968 showing her concept for an incredible futuristic stained-glass window. ➡️ Question...where is this stained-glass window?

(photo credit: Les Archives de la Ville de Montréal).

Part 2 of : Festival et Parade de théâtre pour enfants Parc La Fontaine, Montreal. August 20 and 21, 1982. ➡️Community, sharing and fun! Children first...always. -credit: Henri Rémillard.

Festival et Parade de théâtre pour enfants Parc La Fontaine, Montreal. August 20 and 21, 1982.
➡️Community, sharing and fun! Children first...always.
-credit: Henri Rémillard.