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| - Square St Louis.. I have had a place on Carre St Louis for about 9 years now and I can tell you lots of stories about what goes on in that parc, but the bottom line is that it is unique. This is one of those really cool places where you can see all and I do mean ALL walks of life and styles meeting in one common area. On any given warm summer day you will see mom's with their babies or toddlers, couples on a date, office people on lunch break, a roving group of squeegees, dog owners and their pets (one of which is Clooney the Vietnamese pot Belly pig), assorted musicians, and lions tigers and bears oh my!! The part with the Tiger is only partially a joke as I personally once played with a 180lbs 11 month old tiger in said fountain, a mere 20+ years ago...
The park is always very well landscaped and has been ever since Mayor botanical gardens, was around making it a very lovely place indeed. The surrounding buildings offer any photographer/ architect student lots of material to view and discuss and one can often see groups of students getting a tour of the various buildings.
You can find the row of multi coloured Victorians on the north side on many a Montreal post card, on the south side you can see the Vogel building (294), this building was once the first private hospital started by Mr Vogel, and for many years was the home of Michel Tremblay (5th floor), a renown writer who was very certainly influenced by this Square, among other Montreal locations.
Also nice is the use of the building located on the ouest side (near Laval), where they make crepes, homemade ice cream, fresh squeezed orange juice and where you will find an outdoor fruit and vegetable stand. The little sitting area just off the cantine, is where you can sit and listen to various and varied musicians, who may or may not add a dancer to their outdoor show.
If you in the area and want to have a fun day just sit and people watch, you will not be bored, to make this even better go ahead and google the Square, and surrounding buildings, you will find some interesting facts about it's rich history.
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