Keeping Up Luminous Appearances

This is not a church.

In the soon-to-be 375 years-old venerable old city of Mont Réal 

formerly known as L'Île-Marie 

and then named after its chain of mountains and hills 

that form one rather flat mount 

(Mount-Royal - duh!) 

the protectorate that some architectural structures can get 

is totally on the surface level 

and nothing beyond that. 

As it is, architectural treasures 

-those constructions considered to be 

a part of ''le patrimoine'' 

and deserving of upkeeping 

and preservation for generations to come-

are kept around only as façades, 

or mere gateways leading to 

other more modern facilities,

such as this venerable old church 

that has become no more 

than a fancy portal for 

an under par so-called university
of ill-repute...

It's a travesty of preservation, if you ask me.

But, for Montrealers, it's better than nothing.