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Guide de l'usager (french version)
Le parcours éducatif (french version)
FRAG on The Main
FRAG: a permanent, 24/7 visual journey along Saint-Laurent Boulevard; a suite of graphic installations dotting the artery’s façades, bearing powerful testimony to the manifold currents and impulses which have marked its urban, social, cultural and economic history. FRAG, for fragments — of history, of life, of culture. Each FRAG station constitutes a singular work, conceived in conjunction with the space it occupies along the boulevard, bridging the divide between the Montreal of yesteryear and the modern metropolis.
A word from the artists :
Drawing on our 2004 experience, we have completely revamped the itinerary and its signature. It now comprises 32 FRAG stations, stretching from Saint-Antoine to Mozart streets. Among the novelties, we’ve incorporated informative texts — also downloadable below — by local historians Pierre Anctil, Catherine Browne, Susan D. Bronson et Bernard Vallée and created postcard versions of 10 FRAG stations, all with an eye toward making the visit more pleasant.
An educational circuit intended for neighbourhood schools is also available by contacting the Société de développement du boulevard St-Laurent.
Instructions for use:
To visit any of the FRAG stations virtually, simply click on its number below; you can also download in PDF or Audio format, or print.
To simplify matters, the numbering of the FRAG stations corresponds to their civic address on Saint-Laurent Boulevard.
Also, the logo at the bottom of each FRAG entry indicates the preceding and following addresses from the current location.
FRAGs on line
Credits:
Narrator: Éric-Paul Parent
Sound design: Luc Raymond
«La rue Saint-Laurent» composed by Larry Larrivé in 1929 and interpreted by Stéphane Girouard in 2002
Proofreading and translation:: Nazzareno Bulette
Print all FRAGs:
PDF - 15 Mo
Prints all FRAGs (texts only):
Listen to the Frags
podcast - iTunes
podcast - XML
mp3 - .zip 50 Mo
To purchase the FRAG series in postcard form
Enjoy your visit!
ATSA would like to thank:
The Société de Développement du Boulevard Saint-Laurent and Les Amis du Boulevard, Marie-Josée Taillon, Pierre Anctil, Susan Bronson, Catherine Browne, Bernard Vallée, Pascale Beaudet, Nazzareno Bulette, Luc Raymond, Éric-Paul Parent, Nancie Dezainde, Sophie Bissonette, Sylvie Lépine, André Vignault, Edward Hillel, Aline Gubbay, Martin Savoie, Normand Grégoire, Ben Dobrovsky, Joe Brick, Léa Roback Foundation, the Fisher family, the Schwartz family, the Schreter family, the Palmieri family, Orangetango, Double V3, Contact Image Groupe team (Guillaume, Frédérik, Patrick and Julie), Cinepool, Location de camion Empress, Cheval de Troie, Petites Mains, Multiservices Luna, Simplex and all the participating businesses and property owners as well as:
Canadian Jewish Congress archives
CPR Archives
Digital collection of the Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec
FTQ archives
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union archives
Jewish Public Library archives
La Presse
Le Devoir
Lea Roback Foundation
Library and Archives Canada
McCord Museum archives
National Film Board archives
Personal archives of Claude Léveillé
Personal archives of Lorraine Vaillancourt
Personal collection of Christian Paquin
Société de transport de Montréal archives
Ville de Montréal archives