By Chris Erb

Photo du jour: Westmount newspaper Man

Newspaper boxes may be illegal in Montreal but, being a separate municipality, Westmount has them all over the place.  Good luck finding any newspaper...

Devimco scrapping project unless city pitches in, expropriation orders lifted

The bad news for Devimco’s proposed 1.3 billion dollar redevelopment keeps piling up with last week possibly being the tipping point.  After being...

Photo du jour: Complexe Desjardins

Darling Foundry graffiti

Awhile ago, I wrote about some of the odd things surrounding the Darling Foundry on Ottawa Street in Griffintown.  Along with being an excellent space for...

Photo du jour: Farine Five Roses

Photo taken January 13, 2008

Photo du jour: Snowy Plaza

Plaza St-Hubert after Christmas. Photo taken January 8, 2009

Photo du jour: Banque Nationale complexe Maisonneuve from Square Victoria

Photo taken June, 28, 2008

1ière avenue, part 2: LaSalle

I’ve been putting it off for too long, but here finally is part two of my journey through Montreal’s various 1ière avenues.  As I said in the...

“The Garden” screening at Cinema Politica

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yhhfr_hIL7A[/youtube] Next Monday, February 9 at 7:30 PM, Cinema Politica in collaboration with Concordia’s...

Sneak peek at a Bixi bike

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to attend some of the Micro/Macro conference hosted by CAPS (Canadian Association of Planning Students) which took place...

Bird’s Eye view captures graffiti for the Internet age

To my delight, I have recently discovered that Live Search Maps, while being less user-friendly, and lacking many of the features of Google Maps, has...

Devimco to scale back Griffintown Project

An older mockup of the Projet-Griffintown plan proposed by Devimco last year. Yesterday, The Gazette reported that Devimco, the company that gained...