By Alanah Heffez
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What is a Neighbourhood? – Le Coeur du Quartier
Elliot the the dog out for a romp in the alleyways of a not-yet-definitively-named neighbourhood. Every once in a while I overhear a heated debate about...
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Photo du Jour – Food not Bombs
Fruit and sandwiches at Berri Square, courtesy of the Montreal chapter of Food not Bombs. The volunteers told me they collect food that would have...
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St Patrick’s Day Parade Tomorrow at noon!
Here are a few images that capture the spirit of mêlé and madness from past St-Patty’s day parades in Montreal. The parade is this Sunday at 12...
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Photo du Jour : Chinatown Rendez-Vous
Photo prise le 17 mars 20090
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Photo du Jour : Hardcore Recycling
I love this personalized “green box” which has been spray-painted black and decorated with Tattoo parlour stickers.
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The STM Needs New Ways to Make Ends Meet
Last week the mayor announced $40-million cut in spending on transit, about 4% of the STM’s annual budget. And this, he assured us, was supposed to...
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Photos du Jour : “Negro Community Centre”
The NCC/Charles H. Este Cultural Centre (formerly Negro Community Centre) was founded in 1928 and housed on the corner of Coursol Street and Canning...
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Independent Experts Question Turcot Plans
Turcot Think Tank: independent experts held a press conference March 17th. A team of independent experts calling themselves the Turcot Think Tank (TTT...
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Photo du Jour : Panhandler and Palm
A pandhandler brings a bit of welcome greenery to Ste-Catherine street near Berri. Photo taken March 17th 2009.
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Photo du Jour : Restaurant Greene / Kamwing
St-Henri Diner-come-Chinese restaurant on Notre-Dame West. Midnight Poutine covers the sushi-poutine dining experience.
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Is this what we wanted?
Mixed-use development. Small-scale, street-level commerce. Walkable. Comfortable building height to street width ratio. Architecturally coherent, while...
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Photo du Jour : Bend in the Bridge
The Jacques Cartier is a rather winding bridge. First of all, it was necessary to for it to curve over Ile Ste-Hélène, in order to avoid placing the...