Downtown

Skyscrapers and Victorian mansions, lovely shops and Gothic Revival churches: downtown is all contrasts and constant bustle.

Between the river and “the mountain” (Mount Royal), downtown is the heart of the metropolis, a concentration of the hectic life of the various communities who live there. People go there to work, study, shop, dance, go to the movies, dine, have a drink or simply stroll. Downtown is where everything happens and everyone converges, at dawn, at noon and at midnight. When summer comes, blocks are closed to traffic to make a place for festival-goers.