About « Walking Turcot Yards

About

December 9, 2005 by neath

I am a Montreal based photographer/artist.

Walking Turcot Yards is a living changing document that really started when in the early 1990’s I began looking for a new project by just riding a bicycle along the Lachine Canal and seeing where that took me.

At that time I began to pay attention to grafitti and its appearance around the city, particularily in abandoned factories.

So that journey led me to the Turcot Yards, a vast incredible “abandoned” space in the south west of Montreal.

What happens now? I am not sure, but it is getting exciting for me. Somehow, a lot of things are beginning to make sense and I look forward to each day of this process with just a little more wonder about everything.

Neath

If you have any questions, ideas, or information about the history of Turcot Yards, please contact me at neathatturcot@yahoo.ca

27 Responses to “About”

on December 19, 2006 at 4:02 am1 tugster

i like your aesthetic. i’m in new york and i’ve got great graffiti shots you’d love
on December 19, 2006 at 4:58 pm2 neath

Well, I would be happy to post them too!
on February 6, 2007 at 3:16 am3 tgrignon

Love the pix! Keep ‘em coming, mon vieux.
on February 11, 2007 at 6:00 pm4 footprintsontheceiling

Very cool blog. You have a great eye.
on February 11, 2007 at 9:03 pm5 vileboy

Intrigued by the concept. Cool Pics.
on February 15, 2007 at 10:07 pm6 Bernard

Hi - how would I go about submitting a photo?

Thanks
on February 17, 2007 at 2:03 am7 gionze

I discovered your site looking for info on Duisburg Nord. I am a landscape architecture student in Louisiana and am going to pass on your blog to my classmates. I think you are about to make 14 new readers.
on February 18, 2007 at 3:23 am8 neath

Thanks!
on February 26, 2007 at 10:45 pm9 radiantwoman

I googled on Dead Dog Tunnel and Yes, congratulations you are number one in the google.com search, at least one person other than you Googled on that!

I like your pictures, rather intense some of them. No people in it but you can still sense that they were there. I learned about Turcot Yard, exciting adventures to you!
on February 27, 2007 at 4:58 am10 neath

Thanks, Radiantwoman! Good to see you.
on April 14, 2007 at 2:27 pm11 azahar

hello neath,
Stopping by after you stopped by my place to comment on movie musicals … wow, it’s so cool to find places like yours through all of these little internet connections. I’m originally from Canada (now living in Spain) and many of the photos here strike a chord. Anyhow, nice to meet you.
on April 14, 2007 at 2:37 pm12 neath

Hi Azahar,
good to meet you too!
on April 25, 2007 at 1:37 pm13 M.Stankewitz

Hello there and greetings from Germany.
It would be interesting to read something about the history of this place. Will you write about that ?

all the best
Martin
on April 30, 2007 at 7:44 pm14 lulu83

Thanks for the comment. I’ve lived a bit all over so I’ve got some shots you’d really like in London, Middle East, and even Africa…Stay in touch.
on May 1, 2007 at 10:17 pm15 neath

Ok.
on May 10, 2007 at 5:15 pm16 shambot

love your work. urban exploration and industrial archeaology
are hobbies of mine as well. i’m curious about gunpowder park
in london before the reclamation project; do you or anyone you know have any photos of the park before June of 2004?
on May 11, 2007 at 11:07 am17 neath

As I recall it was hard finding any photos of Gunpowder Park.
Sometimes that happens.
on August 6, 2007 at 4:24 am18 Convergence « Singular Images

[...] I received a nice comment from a Monteral photographer (blog; Walking Turcot Yards) , who seems to like to take and enjoy images from bridges and underpasses and [...]
on August 6, 2007 at 4:39 am19 neath

Believe me, it didn’t start out that way, just sort of happened (smile).
on August 11, 2007 at 6:58 pm20 mariacristina

This photgraph looks like a shot of an urban sculpture. You give the viewer a unique look at what can be done with found objects. In this case, a found pile.

I found your website through Red Ravine. Great stuff!
on August 16, 2007 at 3:49 am21 gilles

love your blog. i’ve been biking/commuting to work through the yards myself lately.

G!
on August 16, 2007 at 4:13 pm22 neath

That’s great! Lots of people walk their dogs there and I know of one person who cross country skis there as well.
on October 1, 2007 at 3:18 am23 Hoh

Amazing photos! You are truly gifted!!!

Cindy
on October 3, 2007 at 6:52 pm24 Turcot Yards « Urban Lookout

[...] 3rd, 2007 · No Comments A couple of blogs have featured this location; Walking Turcot Yards, Worksongs, Falaise St jacques, Controleman and maybe even a few [...]
on October 11, 2007 at 7:28 pm25 dotgo

I found your blog as I had a comment email from wordpress but your comment didn’t come through.
That’s ok. The really great part is I found this blog and the photographs are rich.
I’ll really look at them after work.
Thanks!
on November 10, 2007 at 1:07 am26 Leslie’s Blog » Meet Neath

[...] Neath is a photographer/artist finding the beauty and serenity of this unusual place. Walking Turcot Yards is Neath’s blog about walking there, making Art there. [...]
on December 15, 2007 at 4:53 pm27 Idetrorce

very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
Idetrorce

Trackback URI | Comments RSS

	St. Ann’s Park… on Griffintown- Saint Ann Pa…
	controleman on Fire Hydrant Leaking
	neath on Graffiti (3)
	KirkBennett on Graffiti (3)
	Martin! on Graffiti (3)

Walking Turcot Yards

Art, Architecture, And The Urban Landscape

About

27 Responses to “About”

Leave a Reply

Pages

Recent Comments

All Saint Henri

Artists

Blogroll

Montreal Blogroll

Other Walkers

Photoblogs

Projects

Reclaimed

Zinks

Archives

Turcot Photos