St. Laurent/ Ste. Catherine St. 1965 slideshow

This slideshow walks you down both sides of the street from the corner of St. Laurent and Ste. Catherine during one afternoon in November, 1965. It uses photos taken from a catalogue of an exhibit held at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 1966 called "Montréal, plus ou moins?/ plus or minus?" Melvin Charney organized the exhibit and took the photos. Louis Rastelli assembled them into this silent slideshow and added comments.
The entire west side of the street (from the Woolworth's building to the Monument Nationale) is set to be demolished to make way for a new Hydro-Québec office complex, putting an end to 200 years of that block being active at night.

[@CharlesBeauregard]

merci pour ces photos

[@helencopelovitch5196]

Thank you for posting

[@JohnJackson-px5vv]

I used to sail from Liverpool to Montreal in 1965, age 18 ...does anyone remember the Grand National bar think it was on St Catherine's , also Joe Beefs bar and the Neptune bar down on the dock rd. Also I think there was great big grain silos down there.also. the Mission where we would play snooker..Great memories of a beautiful city. Any photos of the bars mentioned please?

[@romapsychic]

i used to hang out there when i was a kid' please don't bring it down'
it is a part of history'and many memory's for many people' merce bocu' Gypsy Jim

[@horg]

i wish i can see the same slide show during the 80's it was load up of arcades

[@guydumas2729]

le montreal pool room est beaucoup plus vieux que je ne le croyais...