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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Christopher DeWolf

  • Le métro en Lego

    Bit late to the game with this one (Fagstein wrote about it a month ago) but it’s still cool: Préfontaine metro station made from Lego. The...

  • Montreal’s shoebox/hobbit houses

    I’ve always been curious about the flat-roofed one-storey houses that are sprinkled throughout many of Montreal’s neighbourhoods. Rather than...

  • Louise Harel for mayor?

    For the past year or so, it has been taken for granted that this year’s race for mayor will pit Gérald Tremblay against Benoît Labonté, with Richard...

  • Opening up the Oratory’s view

    It’s the thrill of discovering a new perspective on what you see everyday: that’s why I have such a thirst for finding new vantage points from...

  • Montreal’s new hypothetical airport train station

    The shell of a train station is finally taking shape underneath Trudeau Airport — but, unless the federal and provincial governments cough up a...

  • City set to abandon anti-mask law project

    In a wise move, the city seems as though it is about to give up its push to ban face masks at demonstrations. La Presse reports: L’amendement du...

  • Photo du jour: Think before you tag

    In a laneway near Groll and St-Urbain, Mile End. June 9, 2008

  • “Neighbourhood” consultations

    Eagle-eyed Fagstein makes an interesting point about community consultations in Montreal: in some cases they aren’t held anywhere near the community...

  • Bring your own bike lane

    I’ve never had much use for bike lanes. While I appreciate them in certain situations — like when they let you ride legally against the flow...

  • Art vandalism — or conversation?

    Photo by Jean-Pierre Caissie “Phénomène propre à l’art public: la possibilité de réponse,” wrote Jean-Pierre Caissie, the artistic director of...

  • Note from Saigon: Coffee on demand

    HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM — Coffee is a big part of the social life of Saigon, a city that somehow manages to be both languid and relentlessly...

  • Do Montrealers behave badly on transit?

    Today’s transit-complaints column in the Gazette investigates whether or not Montrealers are exceptionally rude when they use public transit. Two...