Métro, Montréal, Photo Essay

Métro Saint-Michel

Howdy!

The obscure métro stations just keep coming. This one surprised me in that it is very much a product of its times. It has an 80s post-apocalyptic feel to it. Either that or some brutalist architecture gone disco.

View from the platform.
View from the platform.
View from the platform.
View from the platform.
Glass Bricks
Glass Bricks

Lemoyne & Associés were the architects, and someone in their office must’ve loved glass bricks. Unfortunately, I can’t find any information about other things they’ve built.

View from the platform.
View from the platform.
Tiles on the platform.
Tiles on the platform.

This is (was) the first metro station I’ve ever seen where there were details on the tiles. I can’t figure out for the life of me why Lemoyne & Associés woudl specify such a tile, unless they got a deal on them.

One of the benches.
One of the benches.

To my eye (and butt) the benches have a kind of, Art Deco feel to them.

Glass Bricks concealing a mural by Marcelin Cardinal.
Glass Bricks concealing a mural by Marcelin Cardinal.

Apparently some bright wag decided to hide the murals, which were likely part of the 1% art thing, behind glass bricks. It makes them extremely difficult to see. If you would like more information on Marcelin Cardinal, there is this article on him from Vie des Arts in 1972 and this article from 1981.

A mural by Charles Lemay behind glass brick.
A mural by Charles Lemay behind glass brick.

Lauréat Marois and Normand Moffat did the two other murals obscured by glass bricks on the other platform.

The view from the mezzanine.
The view from the mezzanine.
Design Flaw.
Design Flaw.

View of the mezzanine.
View of the mezzanine.
Extremely industrial light fixture.
Extremely industrial light fixture.
A series of industrial light fixtures.
A series of industrial light fixtures.
A view from the mezzanine.
A view from the mezzanine.
More industrial light fixtures.
More industrial light fixtures.
More glass bricks.
More glass bricks.
The tunnel connecting the two entrance buildings.
The tunnel connecting the two entrance buildings.
A window.
A window.
The view of industrial light fixtures from the window.
The view of industrial light fixtures from the window.
Glass bricks in the north entrance
Glass bricks in the north entrance
Semi-Industrial Light Fixtures.
Semi-Industrial Light Fixtures.
Southern entrance viewed from the northern entrance.
Southern entrance viewed from the northern entrance.
The exterior of the northern entrance.
The exterior of the northern entrance.
The exterior of the northern entrance.
The exterior of the northern entrance.
The exterior of the northern entrance.
The exterior of the northern entrance.
Detail of the northern entrance.
Detail of the northern entrance.
Detail of the southern entrance.
Detail of the southern entrance.

Door from the southern entrance.
Door from the southern entrance.
Glass bricks in the southern entrance.
Glass bricks in the southern entrance.

The northern entrance viewed from the southern entrance.
The northern entrance viewed from the southern entrance.
Glass bricks on the southern entrance.
Glass bricks on the southern entrance.
The southern entrance.
The southern entrance.
The southern entrance.
The southern entrance.
The trees in front of the southern entrance.
The trees in front of the southern entrance.

If you’d like more information, the STM’s page, Wikipedia, Midnight Poutine and Metrodemontreal on the Saint Michel station.