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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

  • Planting seeds, looking for treasure

    WHAT? So You Think You Can Plant? hosted by Greening Duluth WHEN? Wednesday, May 28, starting at 7:30 (Tonight!) WHERE? Meet on the front terrace of House...

  • The pedestrianization of Sainte-Catherine

    Sainte-Catherine will be a little busier than this in a few months. After years of contemplation,  the Gay Village will finally be pedestrianized, at...

  • Interesting Mont-Royal roofs

    One area of town that is lesser-known to many anglophones is the commercial strip along Av. du Mont-Royal E. While most tend to frequent the area around...

  • Talkin’ ’bout green roofs

    If you’re interested in green roofs, you might find this interesting. What: Dr. Thomas Lawrence from the University of Georgia will be speaking on...

  • Feeling one’s way through the Metro system

    In light of all the ‘drama drama’ that is surrounding the STM these days, here’s something interesting that they are doing. An...

  • R.I.P. Montreal Exchange

    Yesterday marked an end of an era of sorts. In what some are calling a “combination” and others just a plain “acquisition“, it was...

  • Faulty towers

    Most people will say that the idea of an 11.25-metre tall billboard sitting on a sidewalk is offensive to them. But the seeming lack of general opposition...

  • The ground is falling!

     Almost every day I pass the construction on Sherbrooke just below Parc Lafontaine. Work there was started months ago as a result of a large chunk of road...

  • Small-town France does it better

    It’s easy for those with anti-car sentiments in North America to yell “everything’s better in Europe”, as if the generalization...