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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Christopher DeWolf

  • Peel Street’s umbrella man

    HONG KONG — Sitting in front of his makeshift green stall on a particularly steep block of Peel Street, Ho Hung Hee could be mistaken for one of the...

  • Why smart cards will be good for Montreal

    Montreal’s public transit agencies will be introducing the new smart card this month after nearly six years of preparing for its arrival. (The...

  • Ville-Marie’s war on the homeless

    Mario Paquet, target of a law preventing people from walking more than two dogs at once in Ville-Marie; photo by Ben Soo Under the leadership of mayor...

  • “Pieces of resistance”

    Montreal’s marginal spaces seem to hold particular appeal for its artists. Last year, Karen Spencer decorated fences, laneways and parking lots with...

  • Photos from the big Pine Avenue fire

    Although it doesn’t have quite the same devastating impact as February’s inferno on Queen Street West in Toronto, yesterday’s fire on...

  • Less is more: Montreal’s new public spaces

    Montreal is in the midst of a great public space building boom. Plenty of new squares, plazas and open spaces have been created over the past six or seven...

  • More community gardens to be closed

    Soil contamination has forced the Southwest borough to close two community gardens and part of a third. The Gazette has more: The borough said it took the...

  • Crossing the street in Bangkok

    Unlike people in most Canadian cities, Montrealers don’t take being able to cross the street for granted. For our own sake, we always assume that an...

  • Closing time at the street market

    [youtube]CSHup9MNXPQ[/youtube] HONG KONG — Montreal has a handful of fine public markets, but what it lacks are some good street markets. We have...

  • Beep beep beep!

    When it comes to audio announcements, Montreal’s metro system is so conservative, it’s almost Puritanical. For the most part, the only regular...

  • Crossing the harbour

    NEW YORK and HONG KONG — The driver of the S62 bus let me on even though there was no value left on my borrowed Metrocard. “Just don’t...

  • Snow is driving Montrealers crazy

    I don’t think it’s possible for me to express exactly how glad I am not to be suffering through yet another winter storm. When I left Montreal...