Yearly Archives: 2008
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Montage du jour : L’orphelinat Notre-Dame de Liesse.
1913-1979-2008 Cet édifice à bureau situé sur le chemin de la Côte de Liesse était autrefois un orphelinat. Construit entre 1912 et 1914, cet immeuble de...
By Guillaume St-Jean -
Photo du jour: Advertising versus traffic safety?
This photo was taken on May 6, 2008, on Saint-Laurent and Sherbrooke
By Asa Bergman -
Toronto Tuesday : LRT, Cycling benchmark, and TTC as an essential service
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 -
Montage du jour : L’hôtel Colonial
1971-2007
By Guillaume St-Jean -
Photo du jour : Demi-dépanneur
Dépanneur sur l’avenue des Pins près de Saint-Urbain, le 3 mai 2008. Ça me fait penser au fameux 7½ étage dans le film Being John Malkovich (v.f. ...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Walking Westmount’s little streets
Westmount is probably the most heavily stereotyped municipality in Quebec. It is the epitome of anglophone privilege and WASP snobbery, a posh district...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Montage du jour : Le théâtre Parisiana
Vers 1900-2007 Le théâtre Parisiana se trouvait autrefois à l’emplacement du bar «Les Foufounes Électriques».
By Guillaume St-Jean -
Photo du jour: Save Park Avenue
Poster opposing the proposed renaming of Park Avenue after former Quebec premier Robert Bourassa. November 21, 2006
By Christopher DeWolf -
New initiative to increase downtown gardening space
A group of undergraduates at McGill University are working to give downtown students, and others, access to gardening space and a better connection to...
By Pamela Shapiro -
Antlerheads in Montreal
Earlier this week, while walking to a friend’s place on Coloniale Street on the Plateau, I came across an unusual piece of street art. Pasted on an...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Antlerheads in Toronto
The following was originally posted by Patricia Simoes on Spacing Toronto on Wednesday, April 30th. We are constantly bombarded by ads. On buses, garbage...
By Spacing -
It’s not easy being green
Sing it, Kermit: it’s not easy being green, as Le Devoir demonstrated this weekend in a feature on Montreal’s trees. Despite the vital role...
By Christopher DeWolf