Photo: Deya Bautista
If you visit old Montreal often you’ve probably seen this building. Near the corner of Notre Dame and St. Laurent, right next to the Starbucks. The building is empty, and has been for well over a decade- according to local merchants. You can see the broken windows, patched with wooden planks and the interior structure deteriorating, it’s now the home of dozens of pigeons in the area.
Just a week ago, I happen to see a crew of workers attaching something on the front, they were not there to renovate the premises but to cover the entire exterior with a big sign.
Unfortunately, I didn’t have my camera with me that moment, but I noticed the artwork was not an advertisement (like the one here), but simply an identical image of the real building – on it’s glory days, back when it was young and beautiful.
Apparently, they missed on some of their calculations; the sign was to small for the building and the crew had to go back to their workshops. We’ll be seeing them later, with the new and improved face for this structure.
Posted by: Deya Bautista - Real Estate Broker working as part of the McGill Immobilier team. Specializing in high end condos in downtown and Old Montreal. For buying or selling contact Deya at: 514.917.7889 
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