This is the Bibliothèque Mordecai-Richler, lodged in what was formerly The Church of the Ascension, an Anglican church that closed its doors something like 30 years ago.
Using the church building as a library was a great thing to do, and the fact that the library now bears the name of Montreal's legendary Jewish novelist is either wonderfully eceumenical, ironic or simply classy. Certainlly it shows the resilience of several aspects of society: urban planning, cultural continuity, humour....
But the photo shows another sort of resilience: the sunflower growing in the gutter on the roof. Tried to get a better photo of it, but was too far away and messing with Photoshop doesn't help. That flowers will grow so far up is really great...
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