This mural by the artist MC Baldassari was painted in 2015 on a wall in the alley at 421 rue Bélanger Est, in the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough of Montreal. It is one of the works produced under the Programme graffitis et murales, organized by SODER, the city's program for commissioned street art.
What to expect
The mural is best seen on foot, from the alley itself, where the wall is set back from the everyday flow of the street. Because it sits in a laneway rather than on a main thoroughfare, it makes a quiet stop rather than a crowded one. Photographs are easiest to take in daylight.
Getting there and around
- The address is 421 rue Bélanger Est, in the alley (ruelle) behind the building line.
- The work sits in a residential part of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, so a walk through the surrounding streets is a pleasant way to see the neighbourhood.
- The city's public mural listing for this work is available at ville.montreal.qc.ca, under the mural's detail page.
A visit here suits anyone interested in Montreal's commissioned street art and the way its murals are woven into neighbourhood life. It is a short stop, and it pairs well with time spent exploring the borough's streets, cafés and other murals.