Many of these parking lots have been converted into more lucrative condo housing. This one is right next to the downtown highway, its ideal for tourists to park and go off to see the sights, or for hockey games people have to park here now and take the metro to the arena since the Habs turned their parking lots into condos a long time ago. This small shack was in the center of a vast asphalt desert, the attendant was standing in the shade, as was I under a large tree.
Parking Lot China Town, watercolour 5 x 7" 80lb, May 2024
Looking up to the downtown core, this is a classic view of Montreal. Its amazing how if you're off by one millimeter the buildings look like they will fall over in the painting. At least you get the enormity of the structures and the steady weekend flow of traffic. It was quite hot and sunny today, I stood in the shadow of the elevated highway at my back.
View up Robert Bourassa, watercolour 8 x 10" 80lb, May 2024
Most of st Henri is gentrifying at a rapid pace but you still find some of the old structures standing and even in use. This one looks like 1945 post war construction when window frames were big, solid and made of wood, and the entire single story building was made from aged brick with several layers of paint peeling off. Even the graffiti was old, it had newer graffiti on top of it. It seems as if this is an auto shop, around the side of it looked more modern, although the side facing Notre Dame was still original construction covered in murals and graffiti.
Old Building st Henri, watercolour 5 x 7" 80lb, May 2024
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