Rue St-Catherine is the pri­mary com­mer­cial artery of down­town Mon­treal. The end­less street that stretches over the city crosses the cen­tral busi­ness dis­trict from West to East. It is home to many flag­ship stores, such as Apple, Roots, Chap­ters, Future Shop etc. It also fea­tures some of Montreal’s promi­nent depart­ment stores, includ­ing Hudson’s Bay Com­pany and Com­plexe Les Ailes.

The street also has a more dodgy side with a lot of strip clubs. When I first came to Canada, we vis­ited Mon­treal and some parts of St Cather­ine Street had made me think of Pigalle in Paris, home of the Moulin Rouge and of many sex shops, which has sim­i­lar red neon lights and promises of find­ing all that you need to ful­fill your fan­tasies. There was one major dif­fer­ence though: in Paris, sex shops adver­tise for sex toys and kinky sex, while in Mon­treal, strip clubs lure you inside with… the promise of an all-you-can-eat buf­fet + naked girls! I found it hilar­i­ous at the time.

You can see the full set of the pic­tures taken in Mon­treal here.

Cross­ing at St Cather­ine and University

The Under­ground City (clos­ing early on Saturday!)

St Cather­ine Street

Hand­ing Out Bags Pro­mot­ing the Use of French	Poster for a Demon­stra­tion (and a revolution)
Con­struc­tion	Mon­treal, in Construction
Murale	Graf­fi­tis
Super Sexe Store	Cross­ing St Catherine
Church and Glass Building	Under­ground Mall

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