These two photos were taken a few weeks ago before the trees had leafed out fully. The little guerilla sculpture garden is a project of an artist who has been installing works made from recycled machine parts for 12 years on this (apparently) abandoned site.
The Canadian Pacific railroad tracks are just on the other side of the fence. Van Horne Boulevard (named after a Canadian railroad baron) bounds the plot to the south, while the St. Urbain Street passes beneath the tracks to the east. The surrounding area was light industrial for decades, but it has been changing as CP phases out its railroad yards and the neighborhood to the south gentrifies.
I had no idea that LeMesurier's project was as old as it is until I checked out his website. Certainly, we've been passing by for years on foot or in the car, admiring the originality of the little park, called Parc du Crépuscule or Twilight Park. The sunsets are quite lovely when viewed from there.
2 comments:
Some of those metal things have sharp edges! But maybe Glen took care of that since I saw them a couple of years ago.
Hadn't noticed, but maybe that's why some of the sculptures have little fences around them which would keep small people from climbing on them.
Take care.
M
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