Yearly Archives: 2008
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Photo du jour : Le cinéma Loew’s
L’ancien cinéma Loew’s situé à l’intersection des rues Sainte-Catherine et Mansfield est utilisé en tant que salle de gym depuis 2005.
By Guillaume St-Jean -
Montage du jour : L’académie commerciale catholique
Vers 1899-2008 Cet édifice qui fut démoli dans les années 1960 pour faire place à un vulgaire terrain de stationnement fut décrit comme suit dans le livre...
By Guillaume St-Jean -
Photo du Jour – Public Transit Plaque
Plaque at Berri-UQAM metro station commemorating the inauguration of Montreal’s public transit system in 1861 and the metro in 1966. According to an...
By Alanah Heffez -
Montage du jour : L’avenue McGill college
1938-2008
By Guillaume St-Jean -
Tree Tuesday: Back to Yggdrasill: sacred tree of the solstice
As chance would have it, the tree I return to today is Yggdrasill, winter Solstice tree of Norse mythology, known here as the ash, a tree I wrote about...
By Bronwyn Chester -
Photo du Jour – Canada Malting from above
This building was very dangerous to access and I strongly recommend against anyone going there. That said, the view from the roof over the southwest and...
By Jacob Larsen -
Montage du jour : L’avenue McGill college
1938-2008 Ouverte en 1856, l’avenue McGill college était autrefois une rue à vocation résidentielle. Sur la photo ci-haut, on peut déjà constater...
By Guillaume St-Jean -
Ottawa transit strike brings city to a standstill
EDITOR’S NOTE: Spacing asked Ottawa resident and University of Ottawa geography student David McClelland to give Spacing Montreal readers a...
By Spacing -
Shopping in St. Henri
Shopping season is upon us, but all was quiet along the CN tracks in St. Henri. With all the snow we’ve been getting, this shopping cart isn’t...
By Jacob Larsen -
Toronto Tuesday: urban theory match, bus arrival technology and waterfront signs
Photo by Shawn Micallef Each Tuesday, Spacing Montreal will share some posts from our sister blog, Spacing Toronto. We hope it will fuel constructive...
By Chloe Ellingson -
Montage du jour : La maison de M.C.E. Smith
1907-2008 Cette résidence de la rue University fut remplacée en 1911 par le Pavillion Strathcona de l’université McGill. Source : Musée McCord...
By Guillaume St-Jean -
Photo du jour: St. Henri on fire
There are some parts of this city that tend to catch fire more than others. I’m thinking of the Plateau and St. Henri, especially, but that includes...
By Jacob Larsen