Un Jour on Crescent Street is a 1973 book of photos taken on Crescent Street in downtown Montreal.
The photos were all taken on one day in August 1972 by graphic designer Vittorio Fiorucci (he died a couple of years ago) and contain several of his girlfriend at the time, the artist Reda Markovitz.
Texts were written by Pascal Lennad and Graham Mckeen, who was considered a major oddball character from that era and would be 84 if still alive.
The book comes with a couple of dozen more photos that I did not upload. Let us know if you have any memories of these people in the comments below. Please add names that we do not have.
1- Chuck Dean,bartender at Sir Winston Churchill Pub, described by L. Ian MacDonald in 1976 as Montreal's best. .
2 - Musician Tex Lecor at right
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7 - Photographer Pierino Di Tonno at right.
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10 - Janet Hanley, on left. She died in a car crash in 1978.
11 - Janet Hanley again
12. Janet Hanley on chopper.
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16 Pascale Lennad (?) on right.
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20 Couple on the right: Peter Lebensold, founder of Take One magazine and his friend Linda Beath (originally from Ottawa).
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22 - Photographer Guy Borremans at left
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25 Film Art Director named Frances
26 - Frances with Alfie Wade
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31 - Janet Hanley and poet Roy Witham
32- Janet Hanley
33 - Trudy, right Janet Hanley again.
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35 Sculptor Daniel Couvreur on the right.
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38 Carole Dagenais and Lucien Lecompte
The photos were all taken on one day in August 1972 by graphic designer Vittorio Fiorucci (he died a couple of years ago) and contain several of his girlfriend at the time, the artist Reda Markovitz.
Texts were written by Pascal Lennad and Graham Mckeen, who was considered a major oddball character from that era and would be 84 if still alive.
The book comes with a couple of dozen more photos that I did not upload. Let us know if you have any memories of these people in the comments below. Please add names that we do not have.
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| George Vlahos on right |
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39 - Duke
40 - Marguerite Blais - who served in the provincial Liberal cabinet from 2007 - 2015
Alfie Wade (now living in the south of France). Peter Lebensold and associate Linda Beath.
ReplyDeleteTreasures. A flood of great memories.
ReplyDelete1 -man & building U for unknown
ReplyDelete2 - trio man extr. right Tex Lecor
3 - man & cap Alfie owner Alfie's?=? : doubt
4 - U
5- group in bar,man extr.right actorJean Coutu
6- U
7- trio man on right Perino recently threatened of expulsion above Italian
Food store on St-Laurent.....
8- to 15 (Vlahos) U
16 - Couple Pascal Lennad (r)
17 to 21 U
22- Guy Borremans & friend
23 & 24 U
25 Frances(?) Film Art Director
26 Frances with Alfie see photo no.3
27 & 28 U29 U
30 Roy Witham & friend
31 to 33 U
34 Daniel(?)then barman at Boiler Room, now
world famous sculptor, and friend
35 to 37 U
38 Duke
39 ex mna & minister Marguerite Blais
The original book is available for consultation at BanQ (Bibliothèque nationale du Québec)
robbielerobot@gmail.com
Update on my previous list :
Delete16 - correction Pascal Lennad (man on left) wrote the french text in the origianl book.
31 - Roy ( not Ray)Witham
35 (not 34)- here'a nice link on Daniel Couvreur (1944-2013)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gad4BTsWPJM
#38 "Duke" Is that possibly Gord Kelly?
DeleteOh- and here is a brief video of the late Graham McKeen -
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2dQzXv2jvc
The Sexe Machine at 1469 Crescent was one of a kind, with luridly erotic art on the walls and topless waitresses. Here's an article in The Gazette from 1971 about the club: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19711106&id=FEEjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=36EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4556,6871255&hl=en
ReplyDeleteI literally grew up on Crescent. Born in 1971, I had my baby bottle behind the bar at Thursday's. I also hung out at Carol's snack bar which was owned my Nick who was a wonderful man. carol was the name of his daughter. Nick also lost his son to a motorcycle accident in early eighties I believe. I lived in the apartment building before it became Hotel de la montagne.
ReplyDeleteI loved going there, great burgers.
DeleteI would love to see the other images
ReplyDeleteYou can see the rest of the photos by clicking the link in the article.
ReplyDelete31 to 33 Janet Hanley
ReplyDelete31 to 33 Janet Hanley
ReplyDelete33 Vittorios girlfriend Trudy
That's my sister, Janet Hanley, in photos 10 (sitting, at left), 11, 12 (at left), 31 (at left), 32 and 33 (at right, with her friend Trudi). Photos of both Janet and Trudi show up several more times in the video.
ReplyDeleteThe photo of Janet on the motorcycle, beer bottle in hand and feet on the handlebars, was the cover of the magazine supplement that came with the Saturday paper (was it called Weekend magazine?). As she was still in high school at the time, it caused quite a stir.
Janet died in a car accident in 1978. If there are any copies of the book available, I'd love to get hold of one.
Nice pics....in the opening text of the book it mentions the photos were all taken in Aug. '72.
ReplyDeleteAnd a thumbnail 95% of them on the same afternoon !
DeletePic # 1 is of Chuck Dean, key bartender at the Churchill in the 60's & 70's.
ReplyDeleteOh what memories. I recognize many in the photos but I never knew their names. The sheep dog’s name I believe was Sheba. So many beautiful Montreal girls. I suppose many of these good looking chicks are hens now - but still darned good looking. In fact I like them better after a little aging.
ReplyDeleteWonderful documentary Kristian. Speaking about Thursday’s, I love that place. No one cooked Endives like they did.
Whjere are Nick Auf dur Maur and Spiros?Spiros was a poet and philosopher and friend of the famous Nick Auf Dur Maur
ReplyDeleteThe man at 27 with his arms held open is T.V. E. Wright
ReplyDeleteMy mum worked at the Winston Churchill Pub and my first home was on Crescent street right next door in 1969! I have sent my mum this link. I recognize the lady in #14 picture. That is Dawn Wheeler. Sadly she has passed away a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteThank you, I thought it was Dawn. She was a wonderfully funny woman.
DeleteReda is number 30
ReplyDeleteChuck Dean passed away August 24,2017. he was married in 1998 and had a son James. I didn't know that Dawn had died too. So sorry.
ReplyDeleteI`m 10.000 miles away now, and looking at this pics, felt as if I was walking down Crescent St again, as I did many times 4o years ago. Used to go to Casa Pedro and worked at Les Halles rest. Living in Montreal was the best thing that ever happened to me.
ReplyDelete38 is Carole Dagenais not Reda...and REDA WAS NOT AN ACTRESS BUT AN ARTIST
ReplyDeleteThe man on left, with arms crossed, is Maurice Poucant, chef of "Le Paris" restaurant.
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