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Street Writing Snippet #1

June 24, 2022by neath Leave a comment

Angelique imagines herself howling. It seems like something she would like to do. Some people imitate what they believe are Iroquois war cries. She is not sure how you could […]

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Urban

Pandemic Report # 5

July 31, 2020by neath Leave a comment
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Montreal, Urban, Verdun, Wellington Street

Ruth Orkin, An American Girl in Italy, 1951

April 5, 2018by neath Leave a comment

Iconic photograph often thought to portray the negative experience of women as they walk city streets. Yet the woman photographed, Ninalee Craig, has since said, “At no time was I […]

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Photographs, Public Spaces, Urban, Walking
de Chirico

Late Summer Melancholy of An Arch

September 13, 2017by neath Leave a comment

Rolling on foot into Westmount today and took a pic which reminds me of Giorgio de Chirico’s Mystery and Melancholy of a Street. Here is Giorgio’s version. And here is […]

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Art History, Montreal, Photographs, Urban

Dying Tree With Storm

June 4, 2017by neath 1 Comment

Don’t look back.

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Photographs, Urban, Verdun Quebec, Walking

Pallet Bookcase

October 28, 2016by neath Leave a comment

Seen on de l’Eglise earlier this week.

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Photographs, Verdun

Backlog

April 26, 2016by neath Leave a comment

Some more from recent months.

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Montreal, Photographs, Urban, Verdun Quebec

Trouble On Troy?

April 21, 2016by neath Leave a comment

Walking down here yesterday and this valve thing started to blow. It’s a strange sight with pipes leading from one fire hydrant to another. The other side of the street […]

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Community, Photographs, Urban, Verdun Quebec

Three

January 19, 2016by neath Leave a comment
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Photographs, Urban, Verdun Quebec, Winter

Outdoor Staircases in Montreal

May 8, 2015by neath 2 Comments

These exterior staircases make a street dance, there are visual rhythms along otherwise dull avenues, there is an interaction amongst neighbors that wouldn’t happen with interior staircases, all part of […]

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Photographs, Stairs, Verdun

Cabane a sucre in Verdun

March 29, 2015by neath Leave a comment

Becoming a tradition as this is the 5th installment. And after this long cold neverending winter it is great to get out and see tons of people on the street. […]

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"Public Space", Community, Photographs, Verdun Quebec

Ice Storm 2015

January 6, 2015by neath 2 Comments

Nothing like ’98 but still there are people without power, treacherous walking and driving conditions. Nature at it’s finest, cold, brutal, beautiful.

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architecture, Community, Photographs

Sidewalk Sale, August, 2014

August 25, 2014by neath Leave a comment

Some images from the sidewalk sale in Verdun that took place from Thursday to Sunday last week.

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People, Photographs, Photojournalism

Street Dancing In Verdun

July 20, 2014by neath 1 Comment

Every second Friday night on Wellington they are having these Latino dance parties on the street during the summer.  Hope you can make it, I will be the big old […]

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People, Photographs, Street Party

Hare Krishna

June 28, 2014by neath 1 Comment

So the joke on the street last week was that if these folks are strolling around town then maybe Verdun really is becoming the “Next Plateau.”  Always nice to think […]

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Connections, Verdun, Walking

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