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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Christopher DeWolf

  • Saint-Sauveur needs a saviour

    “Sauvons l’église Saint-Sauveur!” I wrote three years ago. And for three years, it seemed vaguely possible that the 145-year-old church on...

  • Court throws out Montreal’s anti-postering bylaw

    Stapling a poster to a Saint-Viateur hydro pole A Quebec Court of Appeal judge has ruled that Montreal’s anti-postering bylaw, which prohibits...

  • Mile End in 1840

    Montreal seen from Mile End, 1840 Browsing through the Gazette’s archives, which have been digitized and made accessible by Google News (at least...

  • Art de poteau

    J’ai trouvé ces plaques montées sur trois poteaux d’électricité sur l’avenue de l’Esplanade entre les rues Bernard et...

  • Bring your own chair

    HONG KONG — Good street furniture is not one of Hong Kong’s strengths, so when people here can’t find a place to sit outdoors, they do...

  • A Hasidic exodus from Outremont and Mile End?

    The Gazette reported this weekend that the Hasidic community in Outremont and Mile End is suffering from a housing shortage. In 2002, there were about...

  • The right scale?

    Earlier this week, Montreal’s city council approved the development of two 32-storey Waldorf-Astoria hotel and condominium towers near the corner of Guy...

  • Le parc sans nom toujours abandonné

    Un an après le centre d’artistes Dare-Dare a quitté le Mile-End pour s’établir au square Cabot, le fameux parc sans nom reste toujours...

  • “I feel bad for the MTQ”

    In the midst of the blogosphere-led fury over the Ministère des transports du Québec’s plan to rebuild the Turcot interchange (see Jacob...

  • Exhibition: Montreal’s industrial beauty

    WHAT? “Bellazza Contrari,” an exhibition of photographs by Martin Bérubé WHEN? Vernissage on Friday, April 24th, from 6pm to 10pm. Show runs...

  • Montreal mashup

    This short animation, created by Sylvie Trouvé as part of the NFB’s Hothouse series, remixes the Montreal landscape according to the city’s...

  • City chops down 67 crabapple trees

    The city has axed 67 crabapple trees in a small square, Place Albert-Duquesne, behind Place des Arts. The trees, which were planted after the construction...