Sequence showing old houses on Montreal's Laval Street. Shots of ornate balcony, stairways and dormers. Cut to Rivard Street showing people on balconies and on street, red brick houses, children playing on sidewalks. Cut to De la Montagne Street showing back of very old apartment building under renovation, PAN on wooden sheds, front of the building with man hammering nails in door frame. Sequence showing old houses and architecture with new apartment buildings aside on Tupper Street, renovated houses on Saint Mathew Street, old red bricked houses with people sitting outside on sidewalks, old doors and windows. Shots of Messier, Albert, Delisle and Saint-Martin streets, various old and new apartment buildings and houses. (00/08/1973)