By Alanah Heffez
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Photo du jour: Passage pour écoliers
Boul Saint-Joseph près de de Lorimier
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Photo du jour: Chinese Jump-rope
Patch of grass on the edge of Chinatown, Easter Sunday, 2012
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Le Food future de Montréal: foodies and urbanists find common ground at the CCA
I was overwhelmed (and exhausted) by the outpouring of interest for A Taste for Montreal / Le goût de la ville at the CCA last Thursday April 5th. Nearly...
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“A Taste for Montreal” Tomorrow at the CCA!
The Spacing Montreal team is getting excited for A Tate for Montréal / Le goût de Montréal this Thursday April 5th from 4pm-9pm at the CCA. The...
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Photo du Jour: Musée d’harcèlement
Intrigued by the signs posted outside this residential building on St-Antoine street in Westmount, I googled “Musée d’histoire...
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OCPM Announces Urban Agriculture Consultation
Montrealers asked for it, and the City of Montreal is delivering: the OCPM has announced a public consultation about Urban Agriculture from May 12th...
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Berri Square: Keeping Our Common Ground
Last week I wrote about how, after three years of volunteering with Dans la Rue, I came to see Berri Square as one of the few places where...
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A Taste for Montreal: Anticipation
Most Montrealers are so accustomed to he lineup on the sidewalk outside of Schwartz’s deli it may as well be part of the street furniture. Just...
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Square Chaboillez and the Dangers of Precedent
The images and some of the content of this post has been adapted from Montréalités Urbaines with the author’s permission. Can the City sell a park...
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Water and citizenship
If you’re among the 50% of Montrealers who rent their homes, and the 38% of Montrealers who vote in municipal elections, you may have one extra...
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A Taste for Montreal: Hot Dogs for Humanity
For three years I volunteered with Dans la Rue van, handing out hot dogs to Montreal’s homeless on Monday evenings. The first thing volunteers learn...
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The People’s Yellow Pages – A Guide to 1970s Underground Montreal
When I met Santropol owner Garth Gilker to talk about the café’s impact on the urban landscape, I ended up with more stories than I had bargained...