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Location: Montreal -> CT -> MA -> Montreal -> Ottawa
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Originally Posted by bostonkid123
This is awesome. I'm in NYC this week and even saw this on NYC/ABC's morning news.
Wow!! That's so cool!!!
PS. I'm not even embarrassed to say that I watched it about 50 times yesterday and another dozen or so today.
PPS. When I lived in MA (Worcester... don't be jealous ), one of my day trips to Boston featured a bunch of kids playing "drums" on trash can lids. They were fantastic! I take good music any way it comes.
There's one song that he sings that I really like, and can I remember the title of it? No! Of course I can't. I'm going to do some digging in a while, and if I find the song, I'll post it.
Some pics from this week's JazzFest at Place des Arts:
We need some spaces like this in T.O. The Place des Arts area of Montreal has really picked up its game from how it was 10 years ago. Really, really nice. Reminds me of that area in Boston (Faneuil hall? not sure of the spelling). I'm officially green with envy.
What makes or breaks cities is the quality and quantity of its PUBLIC spaces - the spaces where the citizenry feels comfortable enought to congregate and enjoy their lives together - not how many condos and office towers it has (ZZZzzzzz). Who wants to spend time in a forest of warehouses for the hoi polloi at work and rest?
I've been making a nuisance of myself with my councillor on exactly this point. I'm on a mission to do my part to force our useless and philistine political doofi to improve the public realm in the 6ix.
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