Travelling west on Broadway near 36-37th Avenue,
I think you can see evidence (cracking) of the paved-over Montreal Tramways tracks
- at least in the eastbound lane.
100, 45th Avenue, May 1981
The street number is specific to the door behind the man in blue.
My room was right beside the main door - at his left shoulder.
Our apartment (#2) included the area associated with the six windows
and included a small rear exit.
Heat came from a small oil space heater.
The shopping area at the bottom of 45th Avenue. Beyond is Stony Point Park on Lake St Louis. At this shopping area (on the right) were stores including: a hardware and a drug store; a 'tunnel' from the rear parking area which was always remarkably cool in the summer; a shoe store; a Woolworth's and a restaurant. On the left side were a dépanneur (including the usual black delivery bicycle with a rack to hold cases of beer); a women's wear store; a barber shop ... and later a second barber shop; a record store, and the Bank of Commerce on the corner.
Above and below are views of our third residence in Lachine - the first that my family owned. My father replaced the small original 'galleries' - front and rear - which were a bit of a hazard when we arrived. In addition to oil heating, there was a fireplace in the living room. Broken hockey sticks from Carignan Park - collected during kids' skating mornings (Saturday or Sunday) - were my father's primary source of firewood.
