Monthly Archives: October 2007
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Celebrating Halloween in the streets
I don’t really get excited about Halloween, mainly because I hate getting dressed up. But even I have fond memories of trick-or-treating when I was...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Another main street to be reconstructed
In the midst of endless complaints about the slow pace of renovation work on the Main, another, much smaller main street is about to get a makeover: Ste...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Halloween metro party tonight at 9pm
What better way to celebrate Halloween than to descend deep beneath the surface of the earth? This evening, at 9pm, costumed revellers will descend on...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Happy Halloween!
Pumpkin’s pride of place. Esplanade St., Mile End. October 28, 2005
By Christopher DeWolf -
My favourite laneway: an outdoor art gallery
Every time I walk through the laneway just east of St. Urbain, between St. Viateur and Bernard, I come across some striking pieces of street art...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Densité, intensité, tensions: a colloquium
This Thursday and Friday, UQÀM’s Centre interuniversitaire d’études sur les lettres, les arts et les traditions will present a colloquium on...
By Christopher DeWolf -
A river flows to it: The Charles J. Des Baillets water filtration plant
Beneath the streets of our city lies two vast networks of pipes and conduits. One to ensure a steady supply of fresh water is always on hand and another...
By Jacob Larsen -
Photo du jour: Ten Ten, Dix Dix, 雙十節
Chinatown on “Double Ten Day,” Taiwan’s national holiday. October 10, 2007
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Red, green, orange, yellow
Fall colours at their peak on McGill’s lower campus. October 22, 2007
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Tuned in — but moved out
I was struck by this little electronics repair shop on a bike ride through Ville Émard. With the advent of flat screen TVs, produced in distant places...
By Jacob Larsen -
Public edifices and places publiques in today’s Devoir
This weekend’s edition of Le Devoir includes a couple of interesting articles on public space in Montreal. On the front page, Stéphane Baillergeon...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Leo’s Horse Palace
Leo’s Horse Palace on rue Ottawa as it looked on October 20th. Although this stable is nowhere near the largest of a handful in and around...
By Chris Erb