By Christopher DeWolf
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Photo du jour: Condoscape
Apartment buildings on lower Mountain Street, near Notre-Dame, on the edge of Griffintown. May 23, 2008
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Montréal en quartiers
I’ve been spending part of the afternoon poking around Montréal en quartiers, known less memorably in English as Montreal InSite, a new website...
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Walking Mile End’s laneways
In many ways, Montreal is a remarkably heterogeneous city, and its built form is no exception. Each individual neighbourhood is distinct enough to provide...
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Photo du jour: Gaspé reflections
View from the top floor of Fashion Plaza on de Gaspé Street. May 24, 2008
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Getting around town: recent transport news
The air’s getting worse and it’s because the number of Montrealers who are driving is growing faster than those who use public transit...
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Photo du jour: St. Henri dep
Dépanneur at the corner of Sainte-Émilie and Bourget. May 11, 2008
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Photo du jour: i love you…
Graffiti on St. Viateur near de Gaspé, May 24, 2008
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Storefront theatre in Emery Street
WHAT? Unique street theatre in the Latin Quarter WHEN? Wednesday, May 28, between 9pm and 11pm WHERE? Emery Street between St. Denis and Sanguinet HOW...
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Photo du jour: Hidden house
Laneway houses, old or new, are one of the city’s great secrets. Montreal has a lot that were built around the turn of the last century when...
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In NDG, a ghost sign is revealed
Last week, someone named BK McCabe sent me an email about an old tobacco ad that had been revealed when a fire-damaged building was torn down on...
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Photo du jour: City seal
While many of the streetlights on major streets appear to be fairly recent (even if they are meant to look history), it’s easy to find much older...
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Photo du jour: Plateau alley
Laneway between Laval and Hôtel de Ville, north of Rachel. May 21, 2008