Yearly Archives: 2008

Yesterday’s ideas, today’s problems

Savvy Montrealers know that the best place to be on Thursday evenings, post-cinq-à-sept, is the Canadian Centre for Architecture, when admission to the...

Parking in the snow

Steve Faguy has an interesting post on Fagstein about the creative measures Montrealer drivers take when they need to park their cars after a big...

Photo du jour: Van Horne Viaduct

The Van Horne Viaduct (also known as the Rosemont Viaduct) is surprisingly unobtrusive as it passes down Marmier Street in the industrial area next to the...

Using street furniture as a canvas for art

I’m in Calgary right now, visiting my family, and despite the frigid weather (it’s 17 degrees below zero as I write this) I’ve tried my...

How to not screw up Montreal’s schools

Just as it prepares to invest $140 million in upgrading its schools, the Commission scolaire de Montréal, the city’s largest French school board, is...

Griffintown News Roundup #2: Jan. 23-Jan. 31

Griffintown continues to make waves in the local media. On the footsteps of our last news roundup, here, in chronological order are many of the news...

Photo du jour: Queen’s no more

J.D. Gravenor at Coolopolis reminded us of the Queen’s Hotel, which stood at the corner of St. Jacques and Peel until it was torn down in the 1980s...

Montreal West wins right to rebuild its barricade

The concrete barricades shortly after they were moved off the road last year. After a year of court battles, the concrete barriers the town of Montreal...

An east end expedition in Mercier

In November, as the season’s last leaves fell from the trees, I took the metro out to the east end for an afternoon stroll around Mercier. I...

Photo du Jour: “Stoppons la destruction”

Photo du jour: Fairmount Avenue

Crossing Fairmount at Park during another snowstorm — this one on December 15, 2003

Listen to the city’s dreams: one day only!

What? Audio and visual performance of Karen Spencer’s Dream Listener project When? 4pm, Monday, February 4 Where? Galerie Espace, 4844 St. Laurent...