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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

  • Photo du Jour – AIDS memorial park

    It began as an abandoned city lot on Ste-Catherine and Panet, in the Gay Village. On World AIDS Day 1991, members of the AIDS activist group Act Up...

  • Photo du Jour : Dog and Dollar Bin

    A dog patiently awaits his human companion outside the Librairie du Québec, a shop specializing in used books and records (as well as teddy bears and VHS...

  • Photo du Jour – Station de Pompage Craig

    In april 1886, the water level of the Saint-Lawrence river rose so high that the city was flooded all the way up to Square Victoria. The next year, the...

  • Photo du Jour : Ste-Catherine Street Pals

    Apologies for the inconsistent photos du jour in the past while – I have been sans caméra for the past week or so, but I am now snap-happy on the...

  • Street Interrupted

    Saint-Raymond is the little slice of NDG on the other side of the tracks, or as I described when I lived in the neighbourhood, the wrong side of the...

  • Event Space / Espace Événements 20 fév – 1 mars

    This week: Surveillance in the Underground City, the city’s heritage as DNA, and of course, Nuit Blanche! Cette Semaine: La surveillance dans la...

  • Photo du jour : Mont-Royal record shop

    Bungalow-style record shop on Mount-Royal avenue: zero points for dense urban development; ten points for being so darn cute.

  • Photo du Jour : Bar

    Photo prise le 12 fév sur la rue St-Dominique, en bas de Ste-Catherine.

  • Photo du Jour : Atelier d’horlogerie

    Squished into the crack between St-Jean United Church and a pizzeria, this watchmaker’s workshop fits into a space no wider than a bicycle...

  • Photo du Jour – Pluie d’hiver

    Photo prise aujourd’hui, le 12 février, au coin de Peel et Ste-Catherine.

  • Bassins du Nouveau Havre goes to Consultation

    There was some lively debate on this blog back in November when the plans for the old Canada Post site in Pointe-St-Charles (site tri-postal) were...

  • DIY Opus Design

      This blog has questioned the decision to name Montreal’s transit card after a cartoon penguin, but so far nobody’s come right out and said...