Yearly Archives: 2008
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The songs of Montreal’s banished street vendors
Montreal did away with a big chunk of its cultural heritage when it started cracking down on street vendors in the 1960s. Food vendors were the first to...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour : Autoroute Transcanadienne à Kirkland
Photo prise le 6 octobre 2007, du viaduc du Boulevard St-Charles à Kirkland au-dessus de l’Autoroute 40.
By Cédric Sam -
Sammy Forcillo dead set against pedestrianization
When Ville-Marie mayor Benoît Labonté came up with a plan for the seasonal pedestrianization of Ste. Catherine Street in the Gay Village, between Berri...
By Christopher DeWolf -
8e manifestation internationale de Champ Libre
Forêt / Forest : 8e manifestation internationale de Champ Libre Appel aux créateurs : la biennale de Champ Libre est de retour. La MANIFESTATION...
By Thomas-Bernard Kenniff -
Photo du jour : Mosaïcultures 2000
Photo prise en 2000, lors des Mosaïcultures au Vieux-Port de Montréal.
By Cédric Sam -
Griffintown News Roundup #3: Feb. 6-Feb. 21
Still from the 1982 NFB film Albedo, a film about the late David Marvin who documented the history of Griffintown. The film can be viewed at the...
By Chris Erb -
Norman Bethune Square’s makeover confirmed
Pretty much anyone who spends time in the west end of downtown will agree that Norman Bethune Square, at the corner of Guy and de Maisonneuve, desperately...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Toronto Tuesday : Mapping income, Paris subway intervention and sustainable transportation plans
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 -
Photo du jour: Hangul
La Maison Bulgogi, Ste. Catherine at Chomedey, February 4, 2006
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Calories
Summer evening at Ste. Catherine at Gladstone, Westmount. July 13, 2007
By Christopher DeWolf -
The baby cops’ debut
Every summer, Montreal’s police department sends its most fresh-faced cadets to patrol Ste. Catherine Street. For police headquarters, it’s a way to train...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Interesting Mont-Royal roofs
One area of town that is lesser-known to many anglophones is the commercial strip along Av. du Mont-Royal E. While most tend to frequent the area around...
By Paul Erlichman