Plateau-Mont-Royal
Between Walks and Memory
The Plateau-Mont-Royal is a neighborhood I came to know by walking.
As a student, I often climbed up to Mount Royal Park, camera in hand, in search of light and quiet — or wandered through the area looking for small restaurants with fellow students.
Later, with my son, it became a place of shared afternoons, between the park’s paths and the neighborhood’s restaurants.
When I lived in Milton-Parc, I would often let myself drift northward, without any precise destination, returning to the familiar alleys, staircases, and façades of the Plateau.
These walks nourished my earliest images and still draw me back to this dense, vibrant neighborhood, alive with creativity.
An Emblematic Montreal Neighborhood
With its colorful alleyways, spiral staircases, rows of duplexes, and lively cafés, the Plateau-Mont-Royal embodies a certain idea of Montreal.
A neighborhood of artists, families, students, and wanderers, it brings together popular heritage and a vibrant cultural life.
Walking through it feels like leafing through a sketchbook — between history and invention.
Spring on the Façade
A blooming lilac rises before a house proudly crowned in red and slate.
The carved details, bold colors, and symmetry of the balcony compose a façade with a confident charm, softened by the surrounding vegetation.
Here, the whole spirit of the Plateau seems to speak — in a balance of brightness, memory, and vitality.
The Colors of the Square
In the clarity of daylight, the houses of Carré Saint-Louis rise like a chorus of colors. Deep red and vibrant blue answer one another along the cornices, glide over the slate, and embrace the sky with a quiet boldness. Each detail — wrought iron, moldings, flashes of light — whispers the fantasy of a century that refuses to fade. Here, the Plateau breathes in color, carried by the vibrant memory of its façades.
