Up on Fairmount Avenue there is a famous bagel store creatively named Fairmount Bagel. Not to be outdone by the nearby st Viateur Bagel up on st Viateur street. If you live in this neighborhood you must declare a favorite between the two bagel stores, and when it comes up in conversation you must vigorously defend your choice. The Viateur bagel is light and airy while Fairmount is soft and chewy. There was a great mob of -people waiting to get into the store, that is part of the experience, to stand there taking selfies for 30 minutes before entering into the cramped confines of the store. Inside, you walk through a narrow corridor lined high with palettes of bagels until reaching a small counter where you make the order.
Fairmount Bagel Crowd, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, September 2024
Wilensky's is another one of those Montreal institutions, just a run down hole in the wall on the corner of Fairmount and Clarke, it is famous for serving a baloney sandwich with mustard. You see part of its facade on the right, that crooked looking brick wall with blue-green trim. The balconey overhead had turquoise paint that was flaking and chipping off, with an elaborate wrought iron railing. In the background is the top of another old building with a balcony, underneath that one is a popular breakfast place.
Balconies (over Willensky's) watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, September 2024
Having painted a lot of auto shops, this one was neat because it was all painted in black and white. It was completely derelict for some time and seemed destined to become condos but I would imagine that the city stepped in and said, we also need some facilities around here. At any rate, it seemed well used and made for another painting. The trees were a dark yellow-green with hints of orange and red which I did by over-painting with orange (PO62) and red-orange (PO73).
Car Wash Mile End, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, September 2024
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