Yearly Archives: 2008
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Opening up to the city: one building’s transformation
There’s nothing inherently special about a downtown building with Starbucks, Quiznos Subs and Zyng Noodlery on its ground floor. In fact...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Planting fruit trees on city streets
Over the holidays, the Tyee, a Vancouver-based webzine, published a series of twelve “New Ideas for the New Year.” Here’s one that...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Fortune teller
On warm, snow-free days, there are at least a couple of people in Chinatown who will discuss your fortune. One of them is this man, who often sets up shop...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Mount Royal’s igloo mystery unfolds
Last week, when I wrote about two mysterious igloos that were discovered on Mount Royal by a Journal de Montréal reporter, Stefan Ohrhallinger posted a...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour : Drink Pepsi-Cola
Aperçu à Saint-Lambert, sur la Rive-Sud de Montréal. Photo prise le 6 janvier 2008.
By Cédric Sam -
Photo du jour: Sherbrooke East
I love this photo, taken by Flickr member and east ender Caribb, because it’s such an unusual view of the city. Unlike most aerial shots...
By Christopher DeWolf -
More transit ideas: tram-train link to the airport and beyond
New ideas keep emerging for public transit in Montreal even as the day-to-day operations of the bus, metro and commuter train systems struggle to keep up...
By Christopher DeWolf -
URBA 2015 looks at urban art in Montreal
WHAT? Presentation on urban art WHEN? 5:30pm, Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 WHERE? Room DR-200, Pavillon Athanase-David, 1430 St. Denis RSVP? Email...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: West End dusk
Westmount and NDG, seen from a downtown apartment tower, with Lake St. Louis in the background. October 8, 2006
By Christopher DeWolf -
Welcome to Little Maghreb
Walk a few minutes east from Saint-Michel metro and you’ll find yourself in one of Montreal’s most recent ethnic neighbourhoods: the Petit...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Chicago’s Festival of Maps
CHICAGO — Not much sounds more appealing than a Festival of Maps, and Chicago delivered that holiday gift (and continues to deliver it) in its...
By Spacing -
Long way ahead for new metro cars
After delays, bus shortages and unhappy drivers who might strike in February, there’s even more bad news for the STM. French manufacturing giant...
By Christopher DeWolf