By Christopher DeWolf
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City Hall wants to pedestrianize St. Paul Street
Despite the political storm brewing over the seasonal pedestrianization of Ste. Catherine Street in the Village, city officials has their eyes set on...
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City cut corners in “Red Light” demolition
I’ve only been glancing at the Montreal headlines since I’ve been in Hong Kong, but this one caught my eye: it seems that the city was in such...
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Under the bridge: creative use of space
It’s a bit of a paradox — bridges are meant to connect two sides of a gap, to bring them together, but they often act quite intentionally as...
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Frozen commuters at Berri-UQAM
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53jXg7kUqRU[/youtube] Overlooking a sunny Victoria Harbour and enjoying the perfect spring breeze blowing in from...
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Photo du jour: Dépanneur Win Long
Now you know where to buy your lottery tickets. (Sorry.) St. Hubert in Villeray, July 25, 2007
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Photo du jour: Fiesta independencia
Poster in Spanish in front of the Santa Cruz church, Rachel and St. Urbain
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Photo du jour: Little Portugal
Rachel Street in the Plateau’s Portuguese neighbourhood. July 16, 2007
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Photo du jour: Movie in the ruelle
Alleyway projection during the St. Viateur street fair, June 1, 2007
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Photo du jour : Boucherie Sabra
Ontario coin Saint-Dominique, le 7 juin 2005
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A peek inside Yiddish Montreal
Yiddish was Montreal’s third language for the entire first half of the twentieth century. Up and down the Main, people gossiped in Yiddish, shopped...
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Photo du jour: In front of Moishe’s
Hanging out at St. Laurent and Bagg, September 4, 2004
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An elegy for Griffintown
[youtube]XqxurfvV5bM[/youtube] There’s something remarkably honest about the United Steel Workers of Montreal. Far from being a contrivance, their...