By Christopher DeWolf
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Photo du jour: Dorchester Boulevard
It has been 52 years since Dorchester Street (renamed after René Lévesque in 1987) was transformed into an eight-lane boulevard. In this 1960 photo, you...
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Tarnished by corruption? Apparently not
Gérald Tremblay’s Union Montreal maintained control of Outremont in yesterday’s by-election, despite last fall’s booze-and-financial...
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Michel Dallaire to design new downtown street furniture
“Les amoureux se bécoteront sur de nouveaux bancs publics,” reads a headline in this morning’s Le Devoir — “Lovers will kiss...
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Please buy this theatre
The Rialto, a Park Avenue landmark for three quarters of a century, is up for sale. Saturday’s Gazette reported that Elias Kalogeras, who has owned...
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Photo du jour: Craig Terminus
Until Montreal scrapped its streetcars in 1959, the Craig Terminus was one of the hubs of the city’s sprawling tramway network. Located near the...
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Maison Radio-Canada to be converted into hotel, condos, offices
Montreal is awash in development. Between the two megahospitals, the Quartier des spectacles, Griffintown, Viger Station and countless smaller...
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Photo du jour: Another day, another snowstorm
This photo was from the other storm this month, on December 3rd.
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La vie urbaine vue par Thien Vu Dang et Yasuko Tadokoro
[youtube]Cf_BkdyxYCk[/youtube] Je Ne by Thien Vu Dang VJ Pillow, whose real name is Thien Vu Dang, is a local videographer who has been making waves in...
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Keep de Maisonneuve closed to traffic
Downtown motorists will have to wait until March to drive down the block of de Maisonneuve Blvd. between Aylmer and Union, the city has announced. By...
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Montreal’s vanished synagogues
Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, McGill College near Sherbrooke WHAT? Makom: Seeking Sacred Space, a photo exhibition of former synagogues in Montreal...
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Opposition keeps mounting to Notre Dame plan
If the Ministère du transport du Québec expected a smooth ride for its plan to upgrade Notre Dame Street between the east end of downtown and Highway 25...
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Exploring the hidden corners of McGill
Earlier this week, while looking for information for my post on the McTavish Reservoir, I came across a page I’d never seen before: Urban...