Montreal is an interesting city, with interesting architecture.  One of the features visitors seem to admire are the outside stairs, which you find in many quarters of Montreal.  Quarters like Plateau Mont Royal or Villeray have lots of these older homes and you see street after street lined with staircases and little balconies decorated for the season. The other day I went to Villeray and I took these pictures.

a street lined with stairs

 

a little pocket garden just in front of the stairs

 

balconies on the lower floor

 

beautiful Rue Foucher in the Villeray district of Montreal

 

a cute little balcony on the upper floor

 

a little corner store in-between the houses

 

a bicycle leaning against the fence

 

here a Fleurs de Lys flag seen attached to the house

 

a beautiful door with lace curtains