Fifth Avenue Court, Convent Sun Dials, Pubs

At the corner of Sussex Drive and Bruyère Street, on the Mother House of the Grey Nuns of the Cross (the current Elizabeth Bruyère Health Centre), check out the sundials just overhead. Erected in 1851 (at just about the second-storey line at the corner), the vertical sundials were designed by Père Allard, geometry teacher to the nuns.

A Hidden Retreat

Even though it earned an award for excellence for the developers who created it in 1980, the Fifth Avenue Court at Bank Street and Fifth Avenue is almost completely empty most of the time. It’s a quiet place with indoor patios for the businesses that surround the fountain and courtyard, including the British-style pub, the Arrow & the Loon. They’ve been known to host the National Arts Centre Orchestra in their courtyard from time to time.