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There obviously were some major renovation done to the hospital in or around 1996, as this fountain was made by Jocelyne Alloucherie in 1996 and is called Les tables de jour – 1 (solaire, givrée), or for the blokes in the house, Day Tables – 1 (solar, frosted). And no, I don’t quite get it either. But someone should take it upon themselves to do some work on it, as it is not aging well in the least.
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Made in 1992 by Michel Goulet. It’s one of my favorite fountains in town, however over the past 19 years it has settled somewhat and as a consequence is no longer level. Hence, the water streaming off of the northern end of the map, and being rather desert-like on the southern end.
There are eight chairs that are also part of this piece of public art, and if you continue walking to Parc Lafontaine, you will run into part two.
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Continuing our inquiry into obscure metro stations…
More information on Maurice Lemieux can be found here.
The fence reminds me an awful lot of a musical staff and notes.
I also find it weird that they thought that this side would be the back, when in fact it is the main entry path to the station.
Opened in January 1984, is was designed by Guy de Varennes and Almas Mathieu. Guy de Varennes appears to have built a bunch of things in Haiti. While Almas Mathieu did a bunch of churches, schools and hospitals here in Quebec.
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At the Mairie d’arrondissement de Verdun, I don’t know when it was made, nor who made it, but as far as I can tell, it is the only fountain in all of Verdun.
And this too, is a fountain that I don’t know very much about. Although given its location, I would presume that it was made in 1966 or so.
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It appears that one of my favorite subjects is Armand Vaillancourt. I’ve written about him or his work here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
So why not some more?
More information on Non titrée (square Saint-Louis) by Armand Vaillancourt can be found here and here.
More information on La Sainte Trinité by Armand Vaillancourt can be found here and here.
And apparently there is supposed to be a third sculpture by Armand Vaillancourt in Square Saint Louis as well, something called Hommage au Tiers-Monde.
Try as I might, I can’t find a darn thing about Écritures, a combination of it being an old sculpture, and a very common word.
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The source
Made in 1964 by McFadzean & Everly.
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One of the more obscure metro stations in town, it is a rather interesting piece of architecture. Set up kind of like an iceberg, where what is on top does not reveal the size of what is below.
Opened on September 3, 1978, it was designed by Jean-Maurice Dubé (who also designed 172, 80e Avenue in Lasalle, the École Marguerite-De Lajemmeraisand 5500, boulevard Lasalle) with artistic intervention by Antoine D. Lamarche and Claude Théberge (who also did the reliefs on the de L’Eglise metro station)
That’s my favorite view in the station. Very futuristic from a 1960s/70s perspective. Very Battlestar Galactica.
More information about the Verdun metro station can be had here and on Wikipedia.
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I’m not sure whether the word Éolienne translates into English as windmill, windturbine or fan, although my best guess would be some combination of all three. Initially built in 1983, it was restored in 2003, which was when Soucy Aquatik added the water to it. More details can be had here.
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I don’t know when it was built, but I would guess during the early 1990s when they did a bunch of landscaping at Parc Jean Drapeau. And it appears to me to be the work, once again, of Soucy Aquatik, but I have no way of verifying it.
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Seen around town (a follow up to this photo essay on modified Bixis)
My guess would be to find the Concordia art student who freaks over the Wu Tang Clan and you have your creator.