By Cédric Sam
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Showing the Olympics in Chinatown
It’s hard to believe that the Olympics are now finished! “F-I-NI, fini”, as you would say in the local idioms. This was a picture taken...
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McGill University’s new life sciences buildings
In a past life, I was a university student in biochemistry at McGill University. Toward the end of my degree, there were talks that entrepreneur and...
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Beijing Olympics opening ceremony in Montreal Chinatown
On Friday morning, I went to Chinatown to watch the opening ceremony to the 2008 Olympic Games. Sun Yat-sen park was full by 7:45AM, when I arrived. As...
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Beijing’s Nanluogu Xiang: hutongs for tourists
For the entire first week of my two-week stay in Beijing last April, my host, an American-Chinese living in Beijing, has been chanting me praises of...
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Photo du jour : Autoroute 15, Ville Mont-Royal
A subtle stretch of autoroute Décarie (highway 15, between the 20 and 40), which is the main artery bringing traffic to downtown Montreal from the north...
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Beijing: Public exercise spaces
Megan Hall, Spacing Toronto’s correspondent in Beijing this summer, wrote a very interesting post on public exercise equipment in Beijing’s...
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McGill University’s Molson & McConnell Halls
Molson Hall McConnell Hall McGill’s Molson and McConnell Halls are adjacent to each other, and both located above Molson Stadium. To outsiders, such...
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Photo du jour : Sur la piste cyclable
Cette photo a été prise hier sur la rue Rachel, où passe la principale voie est-ouest cyclable du Plateau Mont-Royal.
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La rue Ste-Catherine, piétonnière de Berri à Papineau
Depuis le début de l’année, Spacing vous a proposé quelques articles sur la piétonnisation de la rue Ste-Catherine, entre Berri et Papineau (1 | 2 ...
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L’exposition « Hochelaga-Maisonneuve en trois temps » au Château Dufresne
Carte postale du boulevard Pie-IX vers 1920 (détail) Peu de gens le savent, mais 2008 marque le 125e anniversaire de l’annexation de la ville...
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Le parc Belmont et la mort du parc d’attractions ailleurs dans le monde
Téléchargez Adieu parc Belmont! (Archives de Radio-Canada) Le site des Archives de Radio-Canada recèle de nombreux petits trésors, dont ce clip vidéo sans...
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Cards, tokens and chips
The STM is slowly rolling out new transit cards that will replace the CAM and bus/metro transfer tickets in the course of the year to follow. I have not...