This part of Eleanor Street may disappear so that the École de technologie supérieure can construct student residences on this block. Lansdowne Avenue, in the middle distance, is already a ghost – there's hardly a laneway there, let alone a street.

One of the other buildings to be demolished. Despite the dog warnings on two doors, it appears no one has lived or run a business here in some time.

The two most notable older houses to be demolished, described as patrimoniale in a blog entry from yesterday, although no dates are given. They've been allowed to deteriorate, but there are a couple of well-grown trees out back that it would be a shame to cut down.
posted at 14:57