Yearly Archives: 2008

Urbanism and independent art: Last minute announcement

If you’re looking for something to do this cold January evening, check out Citymess, put on by the fine folks at Indyish. It promises to be an...

Photo du Jour: View From Griffintown Waterfront

Big changes ahead for Mile End’s garment district

The old industrial area in the east part of Mile End, between St. Laurent and Henri Julien is set for a makeover. Yesterday, the city announced that $8.8...

Photo du jour : Sainte Catherine la belle

La rue Sainte-Catherine vue depuis le pavillon EV de Concordia. Le 15 septembre 2005

Election sign vandalism

In response to our request for election sign photos (we’ve especially interested in photos taken during campaigns in the 1990s or earlier), Kate...

No debate on the Notre Dame highway

This story slipped through Spacing Montreal’s normally impenetrable news-fishing net, but I’ve managed to retrieve it. On Sunday, Bruno Bisson...

Feeling one’s way through the Metro system

In light of all the ‘drama drama’ that is surrounding the STM these days, here’s something interesting that they are doing. An...

Photo du jour: Park Avenue diptych

October 25, 2007

Soap Opera STM: here’s the latest scoop

Things are a-happenin’ at the STM, Montreal’s most dramatic transit agency. Here’s a round-up of stories from the past few days. You are...

Griffintown News Roundup #1: Jan. 9-Jan. 21

Rue Ann looking north, January 2008 Griffintown has graced the pages of the local media a great deal over the last couple weeks. Here is a rundown of many...

Photo du jour: Recycling day

If you live in the Plateau borough, don’t forget you put out your recycling tonight. Prince Arthur near St. Urbain, April 11, 2006

Time to bring back trolleybuses?

Before there were bio-buses, there were electric trolleybuses. In 1953, when the above photo was taken at the corner of St. Laurent and Van Horne, many of...