Griffintown used to be an industrial area that became an eclectic artist community, now its being highly developed into condominiums. In this scene, you see an segment of the elevated commuter train that goes south to suburban Longueuil connecting the to downtown core. I was standing in a parking lot at the corner of Wellington street and a small side-street called Ann. Today the rain subsided but it remained hazy and smoggy.
Elevated train, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, June 2025
Soaring in the backgroud are a few of the new mega condos they built downtown, clad in gleaming greenish-blue glass. In the foreground are some remnants of industrial Griffintown, an old tar and shingle warehouse with smoke pipes. The structure actually houses a fancy hipster restaurant now. With all the condos, there are a lot of young people in the neighborhood, in fact, the nearby Lachine canal had several little festivals going on. The bike path was so over-run with people I detoured off and found solace in this empty parking lot, a small oasis int he city for Dr. Dumpster to do some painting.
Skyline near train, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, June 2025
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