Yearly Archives: 2008
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Les grandes étapes de l’urbanisme français
QUOI? Conférence sur l’urbanisme français QUAND? Le mardi 29 janvier à 17 h 00 OÙ? Amphithéâtre Hydro-Québec, local 1120, 2940, chemin de la...
By Christopher DeWolf -
When Chinatown was a Jewish neighbourhood
Did you know that today’s Chinatown was once Jewish? From 1890 to 1920, thousands of Yiddish-speaking Jews came to Montreal from Eastern Europe and...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Nos patinoires
Spacing n’est pas un magazine sportif, mais nous faisons quand même valoir l’importance des arénas dans la vie des montréalais. Que ce soit au...
By Cédric Sam -
Photo du jour : Coin Stanley / Ste-Catherine
Photo prise le 16 septembre 2006.
By Cédric Sam -
Cultural space to be built on Saint-Laurent metro
One of the more inexplicable vacant lots in town has been always been the one surrounding Saint-Laurent metro, at the corner of the Main and de...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Ode to the nighttime metropolis
Kate at Montreal City points the way to a nice essay in today’s Guardian on the pleasures of nighttime wandering. Writer and “confirmed...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour : En attendant ses billets
En ligne pour acheter des billets de hockey, devant le Centre Bell, le 16 septembre 2006.
By Cédric Sam -
The Habitat 67 experience
Yesterday, I visited someone who lives in Habitat 67. It was the first time I had been inside the landmark apartment complex, built as part of Expo 67 and...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: PVM
Montreal’s business district is unfortunately quite bland, lacking the canyons and imposing prewar architecture of the financial districts in Boston...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Heritage Montreal: a manifesto for new development
It has been decades since Montreal has seen this much development activity. In addition to the many condominium, retail and office buildings proposed or...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Deconstructing the Turcot Interchange
Last year, the provincial government announced that the Turcot Interchange, at the junction of highways 20 and 15, will be completely rebuilt at a cost of...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Keepin’ it Green
Montreal has launched a new protection plan for Mount Royal. It’s effective immediately once it goes through council this week. Helen Fotopolous...
By Misha Warbanski