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Métro Joliette

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Last month I the opportunity to go to the Joliette metro station. As you might have suspected, I found it very cool (the general critical consensus is that it isn’t all that hot). Finished, just in time for the 1976 Olympics, it was one of two metro stations designed by Marcel Raby. M. Raby was an architect for the city of Montreal and the only other thing that I can find that he worked on was the dome of Marché Bonsecours in 1978 after it had had a fire. But my guess would be there is lots more, it’s just not on the internet.

More information about it here: metrodemontreal.com, Wikipedia, STM, P45.

The southern entrance to Métro Joliette.
The southern entrance to Métro Joliette.
The southern entrance to Métro Joliette.
The southern entrance to Métro Joliette.
The southern entrance to Métro Joliette.
The southern entrance to Métro Joliette.
The southern entrance to Métro Joliette.
The southern entrance to Métro Joliette.
The southern entrance to Métro Joliette.
The southern entrance to Métro Joliette.
The rear of the southern entrance to Métro Joliette.
The rear of the southern entrance to Métro Joliette.
The rear of the southern entrance to Métro Joliette.
The rear of the southern entrance to Métro Joliette.
The northern entrance to Métro Joliette.
The northern entrance to Métro Joliette.
The northern entrance to Métro Joliette.
The northern entrance to Métro Joliette.
The northern entrance to Métro Joliette.
The northern entrance to Métro Joliette.

While quite a lot of people don’t like the yellow bricks and the rather pedestrian nature of the buildings. I was enchanted by the color on a gray and snowy day. And just about pee’d my pants in delight when I discovered the back entrance which leads to an alleyway (ruelle in Montreal-speak).

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