A beautiful garden on Barat.

(From what I can gather, the street was named “Barat” in honor of Madeleine Sophie Barat who founded the of Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1800).

There is a (largely neglected) plaque, in the park, explaining the origin of the name “Queen Elizabeth Gardens”.

A row of maple trees were planted by the City, on June 2nd. 1953, to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

A green space off Wood Avenue and Sherbrooke Street.

Commonly called “Turtle Park” – when our daughter was small, there was a large plastic turtle in the children’s playground.

If one looks closely at older walkways in the City, the former granolith paving is evident.

Reading copies of the Westmount News, from the early 1900s, granolith paving was one of the City’s unique features.

Unfortunately, as walkways are being replaced throughout the City, concrete seems to be the norm – losing one of Westmount’s historical features.

A newly poured (white and non-distinctive) concrete sidewalk on Kensington Ave.

This seems to be the “norm” throughout the City. This pattern has been, unfortunately, repeated in Westmount Park.

I suspect the City is moving away from granolithic concrete for budgetary reasons – such a pity!

One has to admit, that this is a remarkable entrance into an apartment building!

An entrance to the Synagogues’ adjoining building.

Another entrance, to the Synagogue, on Kensington Ave.

The Synagogues’ corner stone that originated from Israel.