October 10th, 2006
Bony City
Montréal limestone
Scottish red sandstone
Ohio sandstone
Indiana limestone
Grey Stanstead granite
New York blue sandstone
Queenston limestone
This is the variety of stone that you pass when you walk down rue Saint-Jacques (Saint James Street) in Old Montréal. Each façade has its own textures and rhythms. Stones are the bones of the earth. They are solid and timeless. I still remember my secondary school geography class teaching me about igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock. I had no idea then how these old boulders could influence the character of a building, a street, or a neighbourhood.
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