Yearly Archives: 2008
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It’s street fair season again
Street fair season is upon us. Starting today, and running through Sunday, six streets across the city will be closed for various festivities. Grab your...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Fruit & Flowers
Inspired by this great post by Leah Sandals over on the Toronto Spacing blog, I’ve been thinking about those wonderful gems of depanneurs that keep...
By Julie Fournier -
In Laval, cheap transit on smog days
Laval might be a postwar car-oriented suburb like any other, but the arrival of the metro last year seems to to have sparked a shift in thinking. Public...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Ladder transportation, whatever works
This photo was taken on June 3, 2008, on Sainte-Catherine Ouest.
By Asa Bergman -
Montage du jour : Le boulevard René-Lévesque et l’avenue Edgehill
1964-2008 Depuis le boulevard René-Lévesque, nous pouvions autrefois accéder à l’avenue Edgehill où se dressaient jusqu’à la fin des années...
By Guillaume St-Jean -
Ground broken for Swatow Plaza in Chinatown
I returned from a six-week trip to China some three weeks ago, and the first time since then that I ventured in our Montreal Chinatown was last week. The...
By Cédric Sam -
Montage du jour : Le couvent de la providence
Vers 1900-2008 Le couvent des soeurs de la providences se dressait autrefois au coin des rues Sainte-Catherine et St-Hubert Cliquez ici pour voir une vue...
By Guillaume St-Jean -
Photo du jour: Night tracks
On the CPR tracks near Park Avenue at 3am. June 1, 2008
By Christopher DeWolf -
Ruelles with potential
Montreal is one of the most dynamic and engaging cities in North America, but sometimes I wish that creativity would be reflected in our urban planning...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Tous Azi-what?
If you’re a bus rider in Montreal you’ve probably used Tous Azimuts, the STM’s interactive trip planner. Though it’s a little...
By Julie Fournier -
All about Opus
You read about my thoughts on Montreal’s new smart card, Opus, when it was officially launched in April. Now you can read my article in the Gazette...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Toronto Tuesday : Gardiner Expressway, Street food, and Scarborough Bluffs
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