Architecture
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Sustainable Development for a Change
Downtown Montreal looks like so many Tonka trucks in a sandbox at the moment that it’s hard to tell who’s shoveling which dirt into what...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du jour: Row houses
Victorian row houses on Tupper Street, in Shaughnessy Village.
By Devin Alfaro -
Photo du jour: Saint-Viateur Est
Industrial buildings in Mile End on De Gaspé, seen from Saint-Viateur Est.
By Devin Alfaro -
Urban cottages
Country-style house on Berri near Boucher, in the Plateau. As time passes cities’ built environments change with the arrival of new technologies...
By Devin Alfaro -
Mile End Memories
Mile End Memories is a non-profit organization in Montreal raising awareness about the area’s unique cultural heritage and history. Architect Susan...
By Adam Bemma -
Orange Julep an Oldie and a Goodie
“I don’t know” I said aloud as I perused the fast food menu. “Orange drink is usually gross, and it’s kind of expensive...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du jour – St. George’s Anglican Church
St. George’s Anglican Church on Peel above de la Gauchetière Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal, in the shadow of downtown office towers.
By Devin Alfaro -
A view from Plaza Saint Hubert
It maybe a little late, but happy New Year folks. To me, the new year brings a new job, a new office on St-Hubert up near St-Zotique and, by extension, a...
By Alanah Heffez -
Save the Main
A feature interview with Eric Paradis, organizer of Save the Main, about the city of Montreal’s plan for Boulevard Saint-Laurent.
By Adam Bemma -
The right scale?
Earlier this week, Montreal’s city council approved the development of two 32-storey Waldorf-Astoria hotel and condominium towers near the corner of Guy...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Old cigarette ad
A Turret cigarette advertisement on the side of the Deli Pat Depanneur in NDG. (Circa 1950?)
By Adam Bemma -
Québec’s Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
The facade of Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul seduced me during a recent visit to Quebec city. It floats disembodied on the edge of a precipice, in the elbow...
By Alanah Heffez