By Christopher DeWolf
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Celebrating Halloween in the streets
I don’t really get excited about Halloween, mainly because I hate getting dressed up. But even I have fond memories of trick-or-treating when I was...
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Another main street to be reconstructed
In the midst of endless complaints about the slow pace of renovation work on the Main, another, much smaller main street is about to get a makeover: Ste...
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Halloween metro party tonight at 9pm
What better way to celebrate Halloween than to descend deep beneath the surface of the earth? This evening, at 9pm, costumed revellers will descend on...
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Photo du jour: Happy Halloween!
Pumpkin’s pride of place. Esplanade St., Mile End. October 28, 2005
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My favourite laneway: an outdoor art gallery
Every time I walk through the laneway just east of St. Urbain, between St. Viateur and Bernard, I come across some striking pieces of street art...
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Densité, intensité, tensions: a colloquium
This Thursday and Friday, UQÀM’s Centre interuniversitaire d’études sur les lettres, les arts et les traditions will present a colloquium on...
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Photo du jour: Ten Ten, Dix Dix, 雙十節
Chinatown on “Double Ten Day,” Taiwan’s national holiday. October 10, 2007
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Photo du jour: Red, green, orange, yellow
Fall colours at their peak on McGill’s lower campus. October 22, 2007
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Public edifices and places publiques in today’s Devoir
This weekend’s edition of Le Devoir includes a couple of interesting articles on public space in Montreal. On the front page, Stéphane Baillergeon...
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Explore Montreal with your own two feet — and psyche
When I opened this week’s edition of the Mirror I was surprised to find, right next to my own article about Larry Beasley, another story about...
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Lessons in urban planning from Vancouver
Highrise living in downtown Vancouver WHAT? “Making a Great City by Design,” a lecture by Vancouver’s former planning director, Larry...
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Will the UN move to Montreal — and how will it affect the waterfront?
Last week, La Presse reported quite breathlessly that the federal government, which owns the Port of Montreal and much of the land along its waterfront...