A view of Québec's Lower-Town.
Lower-Town is separated from Upper-Town by a forested slope.
Many stairs are making the connection between Lower-Town and Upper-Town.
A man is seen walking on Charest boulevard, one of
the main streets of Lower-Town.
Until 2007, this part of Saint-Joseph street was a shopping mall called Mail Saint-Roch where the homeless used to hang out during the winter.
Saint-Charles river, which meanders across Lower-Town, is a recreational area equivalent to Upper-Town's Plains of Abraham.
Most of Québec city's immigrants are established in Lower-Town.
A busy street corner near the city bus terminal.
In the recent years many expensive stores and restaurants have opened their doors on the main streets of Lower-Town. This recent development is attracting a new clientele in the district.
Québec city's police station is located in Lower-Town.
Students are heading home after school.
People are seen in front of a recently opened luxury hotel. It is the tallest building of Lower-Town.
A grocery store entrance on Saint-Vallier street.
A prostitute is seen on LaSalle street. Three blocks away is the Nouvo St-Roch, a newly developped area where luxury condos, hotels, stores and restaurants can now be found.
A recently opened internet café. Across the street, the public library offers computers with free internet access to all Québec city residents.
A man is seen walking on the ice skating corridor of Pointe-aux-Lièvres.
Road workers are seen in front of a paper mill. Dominant winds often bring its odors directly to Lower-Town.
A grocery store entrance on Saint-Joseph street.
A busy street corner near the city bus terminal.
Shoveling a roof.
A recently opened fitness gym in the restored part of Mail Saint-Roch.
A moslem woman is leaving the grocery store where she works at the end of her shift.
Empty horse-drawn carriages are passing in front of a Vietnamese restaurant in Lower-Town after a day's work in Québec city's Old district, located in Upper-Town.
A view of Upper-Town's skyscrappers.