April 6th, 2008
Photo du jour – Poppies
By Alanah Heffez // 7 Comments
Unique brickwork adorns a St Henri duplex.
Photo by Alanah Heffez, March 25th 2008.
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There is an extaordinary balcony - like a surrealist or automatist work of art - on Drolet between Jean-Talon and Castelnau (west side of the street) in Villeray. Worth going to see next time you are at Jean-Talon market.
I'm always appreciative of imaginative use of brick patterns to bring fractal depth to otherwise plain & monotonous building blocks, but this is in a class by itself! Inspiring! I'm curious too about the artist(s) behind it.
A photo essay of brick usage is in the cards, perhaps. As soon as school schedule permits.
Merci à MG for the Drolet tip!
Here's a La Presse feature on the house, and the couple that bought and renovated it. Don't forget the slideshow!
Looks like a building with sickle cell anemia. But that's just me. :) It's down the street, I'll go ask the owners what the scoop is on the design.
It looks like an air-raid shelter to me, so I hope that my neighbour does not copy the design !
The paint dosn't hide the boring and pokey design.To me ,It looks like a building for housing machinery.
What a brilliant way to bring art to the city. Is there a story behind this particular one?
Comment by GT
April 6, 2008 | 3:42 pm