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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

  • Photo du jour: Strange house

    I’ve walked up the block of Rose de Lima between Notre Dame and St. Ambroise many times, but for some reason I only recently noticed this odd house...

  • Walking Outremont’s parks

    On a warm day—or, even better, on a warm night—I like to walk through Outremont. It’s one of Montreal’s most picturesque boroughs...

  • Photo du jour: Kien Vinh

    St. Laurent near La Gauchetière. July 9, 2008

  • Photo du jour: Boxes

    La Gauchetière at St. Laurent. July 9, 2008

  • Photo du jour: Canal bridge

    I have a confession: if I were riding my bike and I came across this bridge, I probably wouldn’t dismount either. Lachine Canal at the Atwater...

  • Photo du jour: Delivery

    La Gauchetière near St. Urbain. July 9, 2008

  • Sidewalk-cleaning graffiti

    Guerilla advertising in the form of sidewalk stencils is nothing new—Julie’s post below details the city of Portland’s lawsuit against...

  • Roadsworth, the movie

    Roadsworth‘s notoriety, already well-entrenched in Montreal and the art world, is about to spread. Director Alan Kohl and the National Film Board...

  • Photo du jour: Lonely House

    Towers Street in the downtown west end. July 1, 2008

  • Dancing in the streets

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-2EuNC5ejk[/youtube] One of my favourite things about summer in Montreal is the sheer abundance of street...

  • Photo(s) du jour: Red Light District

    Back in the winter, when Montreal was a completely different city, I interviewed lighting designer Axel Morgenthaler about his work in the Quartier des...

  • Photo du jour: Colonial

    Montreal is often compared to Boston, in the kind of good twin/evil twin way, but it’s rare to find any sort of American colonial architecture here...