Several shots from different angles of old apartment building under demolition on Hutchinson Street in Montreal. PAN of rest of building being renovated, of man renovating balcony, of new, old or renovated apartment buildings and houses on Quesnel Street including shots of slums and abandoned buildings with broken windows. Similar shots filmed on Champagne, Poupart, Visitation and Louis-Hébert Streets, people visible in some shots. Several shots from different angles of old buildings on Saint-Laurent Boulevard, all kinds of stores, of pedestrians on sidewalks, of vehicular traffic, buildings, lots of store signs and people shopping. Various shots of children at play in backyard, of lots of new apartment buildings on Viau Street. Shots of the new apartment buildings.