The Architect · Hélène · Montréal
Plateau Triplexes and Exterior Staircases (Rue Saint-Hubert / Square Saint-Louis)
The thing that makes Montreal look like Montreal isn't a monument — it's the exterior staircase. Walk the Plateau and read the triplex: three stacked flats, the curling wrought-iron stairs pulled outside to save interior space (and dodge an old tax logic), the cornices and coloured façades. Square Saint-Louis shows the grander Victorian version.
The Plateau's defining vernacular — triplexes with curling exterior wrought-iron staircases and Victorian rowhouses around Square Saint-Louis.
— Hélène, The Architect
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