Night on Catherine: 1954

...would be thrown away by government decree in the 1970's thanks to Quebec's French-only laws.

There is a webcam run by Tourism Montreal at that location:

http://www.montrealcam.com/en-visitation.html

Unfortunately it doesn't look as "swinging" as it once did.

The ghost of one anyhow, zooming by...

Sainte Catherine is the main drag in Montreal, now a one-way street running through the heart of downtown Montreal from upper class boutiques on the west side to lower class red light districts in the east end. It was the scene of the famous "Rocket Richard" hockey riots of 1957, and more recently the Stanley Cup riot of 1993.

Garbage bucket style "C", eh? Much better than those style "A" or "B" ones, I presume.

Garrett Dash Nelson