By Christopher DeWolf
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Photo du jour: Balcony life
‘Tis the season. Villeneuve near Esplanade. May 17, 2008
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Photo du jour: Ice cream corner
Laurier east of Laurier Park. May 12, 2008
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Photo du jour: Garment district
Casgrain Street looking north towards the Mile End garment district. May 12, 2008
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Montrealers’ fourth-favourite blog
The results of the Mirror’s annual popularity contest are in and Montrealers have voted Spacing Montreal as the fourth-best blog in Montreal. We...
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Photo du jour: May flowers
Place Ville-Marie looking up McGill College. May 14, 2008
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Spring revelations
One of my favourite passages from Leonard Cohen comes from his 1966 novel Beautiful Losers. “In Montreal spring is like an autopsy,” he wrote...
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A publicity stunt “with a life of its own”
When I wrote on Sunday about the Mouvement boulevard Lucien-Rivard, I mused that the campaign to rename the Main after the 1960s gangster was one of the...
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Photo du jour: St. Paul afternoon
St. Paul St. just east of St. Laurent, May 7, 2008
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Building green neighbourhoods
Green laneway in the lower Plateau WHAT? Presentation on “green” urban planning WHEN? Wednesday, May 14 at 7pm WHERE? Salle de la FraternitĂ...
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Mouvement boulevard Lucien-Rivard
Walking around this weekend I noticed a procession of odd posters around the Main: “QuĂ©bĂ©cois et QuĂ©bĂ©coises ! MontrĂ©alais-MontrĂ©alaises ! Prenez...
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Inside the world of the transit fan
I’m a fan of transit but I could never honestly call myself a transit fan. Even though I am interested in the design, sociology, history and culture...
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Photo du jour: Sidewalk hammock
Clark Street near Pine Avenue, in front of the Place de la Roumanie. May 6, 2008