Here's an extensive series of Before & After photos of one of my favorite churches. It's situated on Moffat street in Verdun, close to Bannantyne. I like this church so much that I did a series of paintings inspired by it. These paintings were made years before it was bought out of financial difficulty and converted into a 18 units condo complex. You can view them at my online
portfolio. Obviously, I prefer the Before. It looks cluttered now. They changed the side of the rooftop by adding another level and several windows were either removed completely or lost their original design. My first blog posts were about this church. You can find the links at the blog archive on the left.
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"The St John the Divine church was built in 1929 and enlarged in 1937. The neo-gothic church is the work of Ross and MacDonald, the premier architectural firm in Canada at the time. Their magnificent work includes the Chateau Laurier, Dominion Square building, le Chateau apartments and Holt Renfrew building, among others."
I created a new
blog page dedicated to the church. There are many photos of the beautiful interior posted at that page as well.
All the Before photos were taken with a 35mm camera with different film stock.
This is an excellent blog I hope at the right time it gets the notoriety it deserves. It's quite obvious what is happening in Montreal it's overrun with speculators and corruption. There are no "grassroots"zoning laws available to protect the communities. we are seeing a continuation of the Drapeau era with no concerns with preserving the specificity of Montreal Architecture and cultural heritage.
ReplyDeleteOur First Galfout-Fauconnier Family baby was born in 2010..Lili girl..A lot of souvenir in this smooth place..God Bless a love..Mamar
ReplyDeleteBaby Lili was born in this home the november 2th 2010.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful place with a real deep soul...Sad to move for another place, lili's sister are coming.
Peace in this church.
Marie and Mamar Galfout-Fauconnier.