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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Alanah Heffez

  • Underground Art in Wellington Tunnel

    Tunnel Art Party – Images by Tristan Brand, used with permission. Last Friday I huddled under the trees in Ste-Ann’s park, Griffintown, along...

  • Photo du Jour : Like New

    The Guaranteed Pure Milk bottle is unveiled! New paint job; original text. Yelp of joy as I passed by it on my bike yesterday aftenoon (followed by weird...

  • Photo du Jour : City Seeks Superhero

    Photo taken October 21st on Guy, just above de Maisonneuve. Also, Fagstein launches an adult conversation about municipal corruption and calls for an...

  • Get to Know Your Jean Drapeau

    “What would Jean Drapeau Do?” asks Richard Bergeron in an essay published on Projet Montréal’s website. It’s an interesting choice...

  • Place d’Armes – Just a Pretty Picture?

    Spend a half an hour in the square and you’ll watch this scene on repeat: A tour bus wheezes up to the curb and releases a flood of tourists into...

  • St-Henri residents take their candidates for a walk

    Have you ever wished that your local politicians could walk a mile in your shoes? That’s what group of St-Henri citizens achieved today when they...

  • Metro melody dou-dou-dou doomed

    What are your favourite sounds of Montreal? Mine is the lovely chord that the metro trains make when they start up – you know, the one featured in the...

  • The Milk Bottle Mystique

    Oh boy! Oh yay! The Guaranteed Milk Bottle will be saved! Our infrastructure may be crumbling, our highways a-tangle, our government corrupt, but a fresh...

  • Beyond the Highway’s End

    While I’ve been nearly absent from Spacing Montreal in the past 2-3 months, I’ve been working in two Cree communities in Northern Quebec. One...

  • Are Taxis Public Space?

    A Montreal Taxi driver is contesting a $1400 fine for decorating his dashboard with flags, family photos, and mezuzas (Hebrew scrolls). The Taxi Bureau...

  • Mary to Descend from Dawson Tomorrow

    If you’re passing by Sherbrooke West tomorrow morning (Thursday Sept 24th), keep en eye out for the descent of Mary and Jesus. Dawson College...

  • Photo du Jour – Graffiti Wall Evolution

    These twenty pictures were taken between May 26th and July 12th on De Maisonneuve and Marcel in NDG, a spot I bike by almost every day. The lower part of...