Yearly Archives: 2008

Why smart cards will be good for Montreal

Montreal’s public transit agencies will be introducing the new smart card this month after nearly six years of preparing for its arrival. (The...

Ville-Marie’s war on the homeless

Mario Paquet, target of a law preventing people from walking more than two dogs at once in Ville-Marie; photo by Ben Soo Under the leadership of mayor...

Photo du Jour – Edge of the Plateau

Photo by Alanah Heffez, 2006 Old triplexes alongside new condo developments on Rue Garnier (I think) Rue Fabre, north of Laurier.

Photo du jour – Poppies

Unique brickwork adorns a St Henri duplex. Photo by Alanah Heffez, March 25th 2008.

Photo du Jour – Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde

Photo by Alanah Heffez, looking west along Belmont Street from University. March 2008 

Strongman Park

Parc des Hommes-Forts in Saint Henri. Photo taken March 25th 2008 “Evocation de l’admiration que provoquait la force physique dans la...

Photo du jour : La démolition du théâtre Quat’sous

Les manchettes du 29 mars au 4 avril

Environnement Westmount, Côte St. Luc to expand composting [The Gazette] Borough closes 167 garden plots [The Gazette] City recycling takes a turn for the...

“Pieces of resistance”

Montreal’s marginal spaces seem to hold particular appeal for its artists. Last year, Karen Spencer decorated fences, laneways and parking lots with...

Photo du jour : Bâtiment abandonné sur la rue Murray

Photos from the big Pine Avenue fire

Although it doesn’t have quite the same devastating impact as February’s inferno on Queen Street West in Toronto, yesterday’s fire on...

Photo du jour : La maison Thomas Judah