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Montreal is one

March 7, 2001 by Michael Boyle

of the weirdest and most wonderful cities on the planet. Exhibit 341 (or so): the Silophone. “Sonic inhabitation of Silo #5”. Yup – that’s grain silo #5. Doubtless the only grain silo cited by Le Corbusier as a masterpiece of modern architecture, I bet it’s also the only one that has become a massive musical instrument.

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