March for Griffintown

Had an interesting afternoon today. Walked in the March for Griffintown, which was kind of a funeral cortege for a neighbourhood. It's been rezoned and slated for development, and most of the residents are going to be expropriated so that they can build big box stores and apartment towers. Anyhow, read more about it here.


I took shots all through the march. Easiest to start by clicking on this picture above, of the "Horse Palace" (video here) on Ottawa street, and then follow the march by clicking through the pics on flickr (in the flickr photo set, they go backwards). Over the next while I'm going to try to add descriptions, and others are invited to contribute names, when possible.





I also took video, which you can watch on Youtube. 8 different snippets, several of which are below (click on my "user name" Magelly7 for the rest). This took much longer to upload than I hoped it would, thanks to recalcitrant software, and lack of computer memory. Still, it's a souvenir of a pleasant, warm Sunday afternoon in Montreal, marching (one hopes) for the betterment of a small part of the world.


Here, Patrick Hutchinson (r) and friend tune up.


The march moves off!


Progressing down rue Notre Dame.


Setting up the coffin outside city hall.