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From this 21st floor, looking north, Montreal has opened its arms.

The vista from the South Shore, across the St. Lawrence River, sweeps from the downtown skyline in the west to Olympic Stadium in the east, the for-now dormant roller-coasters of the La Ronde amusement park straight ahead.

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From these picture windows, Élise and Jean Béliveau would sit and watch the summertime fireworks festival, the pyrotechnics lighting up their home as though the shells were exploding in their living room.

It was in a comfortable chair here that the Canadiens legend would spend hours at a time, gazing out at the city that was at his feet during his illustrious playing career and every day after it was done.

It has been two months, on Feb. 2, that Jean Béliveau died peacefully in the couple’s condominium, in a bedroom just down the hallway, and the hockey icon’s binoculars still sit at the foot of his chair at the window, a reminder to Élise of some of her husband’s happiest moments.