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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Christopher DeWolf

  • Soap Opera STM: here’s the latest scoop

    Things are a-happenin’ at the STM, Montreal’s most dramatic transit agency. Here’s a round-up of stories from the past few days. You are...

  • Photo du jour: Recycling day

    If you live in the Plateau borough, don’t forget you put out your recycling tonight. Prince Arthur near St. Urbain, April 11, 2006

  • Time to bring back trolleybuses?

    Before there were bio-buses, there were electric trolleybuses. In 1953, when the above photo was taken at the corner of St. Laurent and Van Horne, many of...

  • Photo du jour: Winter transport

    You know it’s winter when you see kids, groceries, furniture, garbage and dogs being dragged along the sidewalk in plastic sleds. Bernard and Jeanne...

  • The Apple Store is blocking your sidewalk

    Mac lovers have been closely following the construction of the new flagship Apple Store on Ste. Catherine St. just west of Mountain. When it opens this...

  • Explore the underground city

    Want to explore Montreal’s underground city? Here’s your chance. On February 24th, the annual “Montreal Downtown & Underground...

  • Where are Montreal’s public recycling bins?

    This summer, a new type of residential recycling container will be tested in some Montreal boroughs, with the goal of ultimately replacing the green...

  • Photo du jour: Chow mein

    Forget smoked meat, bagels, poutine, steamés and souvlaki: what really unites Montrealers is cheap chow mein slathered in dubious peanut sauce sold by...

  • STM service improvements: the real deal

    Earlier this month, we asked if the STM’s recent service improvements were actually cutbacks in disguise, pointing to an investigation by blogger...

  • Another photo flashback: Montreal in the 1980s

    I had completely forgotten about John Allison’s great photos of Montreal in the early 1980s (in both colour and black-and-white) until Kate...

  • Photo du jour: Street-savvy monks

    Is it normal for monks to go mingle with the public? I spotted these two guys on Ste. Catherine St. last summer. They seemed amiable enough, but they were...

  • Bike show at the auto show

    WHAT? “The Bike Show” just outside the car show WHERE? Corner of St. Urbain and Viger (in front of Place d’Armes metro) WHEN? The...