One of the Synagogues’ corner stones.

The Synagogues’ origins date back, in Montreal, to 1846.

An interesting decorative plaque outside a house on Argyle Avenue.

A competition at the Westmount Lawn Bowling Club (founded in 1902) on a summer Saturday afternoon.

Two S.P.V.M. cadets and a member of Westmount’s Public Security unit trying to control the bicycle path’s traffic where it intersects a public road.

It has been nearly a month since I started photographing this family of Mallards in the park’s lagoon. The ducklings are growing nicely; and thankfully, are all still accounted for.

It’s always nice to find old hand-lettered signs that haven’t been lost under years of paint. This one is on a building, in a lane behind Greene Avenue.

The former Wykeham House School – a private school for boys (1912).

Site of the former J. J. McManus boarding stables & Abbott (horse) Cab Service (1899). Now a green space in front of the City’s electrical substation.

Advertisement from the Westmount News, September 20, 1812:

“Abbott Cab Service
Cabs at all hours and regular rates
Strictly Sanitary Stables. Horses receive the best of care at the hands of experienced workman.”

Captain John A. McMaster (1899).

If one enlarges the picture, the letters “T Y Wald” are visible (etched in stone) on the lower right-hand side of the entrance.

The residence was designed by David Robertson Brown.

From: http://cac.mcgill.ca/home/archive.php?ID=10

“David Robertson Brown (1869-1946) was born in Montreal.

He began his career in 1885 as a draughtsman and pupil in the office of Alexander Francis Dunlop (1842-1923).

Later he worked as a draughtsman for Hutchison and Steele. Brown also worked in Boston, first at the firm of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, and later for the firm of Chas. Brigham.

He commenced his solo practice in Montreal in 1895.

Among his projects, Brown’s designs for the Chemistry Building at the University of Saskatchewan and the Canadian Life Insurance Company’s offices in Regina and Calgary are noteworthy.

Hugh Vallance (1866-1947) was born in Hamilton, ON. In 1883 he apprenticed with the Hamilton architect Charles W. Mulligan.

After further architectural training in Paris, Vallance worked in Boston for the firm of Hartwill, Richardson and Driver.

In 1907 Vallance moved to Montreal and set up practice in partnership with Brown.

Brown and Vallance designed, among other buildings, the Children’s Memorial Hospital (1907) in Montreal and the Medical Building (1910) of McGill University.”