Jacek Jarnuszkiewicz’s installation is set near the Lachine Canal, in a square situated between a bike path and a small building. It is composed of eight objects made of wood and stainless steel and placed on a cedar platform inlaid with strips of stainless steel. The objects refer to the activities associated with the Saint-Henri and Sainte-Cunégonde neighbourhoods: jazz, popular literature, the leather industry, timber, sea and rail transport, working-class housing, and large upper-class homes. Texts engraved on the steel strips complement and describe the installation’s eight elements. They are also linked to the neighbourhood’s history and have been taken from sources of various types, including minutes, newspaper articles, and novels.

This artwork was designed in the context of the redevelopment of Place du Marché-Sud, in compliance with the Politique d’intégration des arts à l’architecture et à l’environnement du Gouvernement du Québec.