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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

  • Five walking tours, a bus tour and a boat tour

    It’s the last weekend of September. The leaves are beginning to change, the sun now sets at six and the evening air grows brisker with every passing...

  • Fresh Paint this weekend

    WHAT? Urban art event with discussion, video, a book launch, interventions, music and walking tours WHEN? Friday, Saturday and Sunday. See the schedule...

  • Photo du jour: Into the sun

    Laneway behind Park Avenue, near Bernard. May 30, 2007.

  • Headlines / À la une : 2007.09.26

    IN THE STREETS / DANS LES RUES Et pourtant, on construit ! — 09.22 (Le Devoir) Un nouveau marché aux abords du métro Frontenac — 09.22 (LCN...

  • Anti-Semitic graffiti in Mile End

    Every so often there is a reminder that Montreal, for all its history as a capital of Jewish culture in North America, still has a problem with...

  • Photo du jour: Laundry line

    Laundry line. Laneway behind Park near Bernard. May 26, 2007.

  • Photo du jour: Doin’ it

    Graffiti mural. Roy and St. Dominique. May 27, 2007.

  • Infest Wisely to infest Montreal tonight

    WHAT? Sneak preview of public-space-shot sci-fi film! QUAND? Ce soir, le 21 septembre, à 20h00 WHERE? The Park With No Name, at Clark and Arcade in Mile...

  • It’s Car Free Day!

    Today is Montreal’s fifth annual edition of Car Free Day, known officially (and awkwardly) as “In town, without my car!” The east end of...

  • English street signs

    Even now, 40 30 years (ed—oops!) after Bill 101 mandated that Montreal conduct its official business in French only, it is not uncommon to find old...

  • The spots on the sidewalk

    Next time you walk down the street, take a look down. See the spots? That’s gum, pressed into the pavement by thousands of footsteps. I normally...

  • St. Urbain Street comes to the CBC

    Tonight, at 8pm, the CBC will air the first part of a new miniseries based on Mordecai Richler’s 1971 novel, St. Urbain’s Horseman. “The...