Yearly Archives: 2008
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Fringe for free: Friday the 13th
Tomorrow sees two Fringe-fest events with free admission. June 13 juin @ 14h15 Hanging by a Branch: a circus-theater fairytale acrobatics, dance, trapeze...
By Julie Fournier -
Montage du jour : Le boulevard René-Lévesque vers l’est depuis la rue Drummond
Vers 1950-2008 En 1937, l’église presbythérienne américaine qui se dressait depuis 1865 au coin sud est du boulevard René-Lévesque et de la rue...
By Guillaume St-Jean -
Photo du jour: Post-interchange
For all of the potential I think is being wasted — the empty grass lot at its southeast corner is a shamefully suburban way to treat such a...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Fringe for free: Thursday the 12th
Tomorrow is opening day at the Fringe Fest, and the opening party will be taking place at Parc des Amériques, corner St-Laurent and Rachel. Admission is...
By Julie Fournier -
Yesterday’s big storm
I always marvel at how a winter storm can so alter the experience of the city. Under a blanket of snow, streets that are normally wide and imposing become...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Trouve mon nom
La ville de Montréal organise un concours pour trouver le nom de son futur service de vélo libre-service. Le concours est ouvert à tous et durera...
By Thomas-Bernard Kenniff -
Montage du jour : La maison de Duncan McIntyre
Vers 1890-2008 En 1889, Duncan McIntyre, l’administrateur général des chemins de fer du Grand Tronc fit construire au sommet de la rue...
By Guillaume St-Jean -
Photo du jour: Baby blue
At the corner of Groll and Waverly in Mile End, somebody has painted all of the street furniture — mailbox, planters, hydro poles, fire hydrant...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Detroit 1965
The above video was made as part of Detroit’s bid to host the Olympics, and if you have 18 minutes to spare, it’s worth a look. While certainly a period...
By Shawn Micallef -
Toronto Tuesday : PUG Awards, Unsung Beautifiers, and Bathurst Bridge Virtual Charrette
Each Tuesday, Spacing Montreal will share with you some posts from our sister blog, Spacing Toronto. We hope it will enable constructive dialogue on the...
By Thomas-Bernard Kenniff -
Fringe for free
It’s officially festival season in Montreal, and next up is the annual Fringe Fest (properly named le Festival St-Ambroise Fringe de Montréal)...
By Julie Fournier -
Photo du jour: rue de la Gauchetière
Nobody quite seems to know how to properly write the name of the street that forms the central axis of Chinatown. I’ve seen De la Gauchetière, de La...
By Christopher DeWolf