By Alanah Heffez
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Undercover Sandwich Truck?
Around 10am this morning, I happened upon this sandwich stand on de Maisonneuve, just west of Decarie. About three seconds after I took the picture, the...
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Photo du Jour : Twin Chimneys
The Des Carrières incinerator was originally built on this site in 1931 because, as population density increased in the area, household burning was...
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Patchwork of the Plateau’s Past
This post has been slowly coming together since I asked “what is a neighbourhood?” in March. I started to try and define what neighbourhoods...
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Jane’s Walks Explore ‘Hoods on the Brink of Big Changes
As promised, here’s a preview of some more Jane’s walks set to go this weekend, May 2nd and 3rd. These ones look at neighbourhoods that are on...
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Photo du Jour : Printemps sur la rue Plessis
Photo prise le 27 avril 2009.
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Preview of a few Jane’s Walks in Montreal
It would probably be fair to say that most of the Spacing Montreal community is into exploring Montreal’s neighbourhoods, picking up stories here...
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Mile End Citizens Take Participatory Planning into their Own Hands
About 130 residents came together in Mile End last Sunday to pen a collective vision for the future of their neighbourhood during a Forum organized by...
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Photo du Jour : Bassin Street Buggies
Photo prise le 24 avril, 2009, derrière l’écurie sur la rue Bassin.
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Photo du Jour : Écurie sur la rue Bassin
Photo prise le 24 avril, 2009.
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Events / Évenements : 26 avril – 3 mai
This week: Mile End’s citizen forum, Sud-Ouest sound walk, Clement Demers on architectural heritage, UQAM talk on China’s eco-city, and Design...
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Modern-day Stonemasonry in NYC
My post about facadism last week generated a bunch of comments and this one in particular, by AJ Kandy, was echoed by many readers: “We need beauty...
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Photo du Jour : Académie des Saints-Anges
After reading Michel Tremblay’s Thérèse et Pierrette à l’école des Saints-Anges, I was happy to find the school building almost exactly as it...