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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Devin Alfaro

  • Upcoming event: Greening the Plateau

    Here is an upcoming event that could be of interest to Spacing readers who are residents of the Plateau Mont-Royal borough. This Wednesday at 7pm,  the...

  • Longevity in municipal politics

    Unlike most cities in North America, Montreal’s municipal politics are organized around formal political parties. One effect that this has is to...

  • City Hall Update: Campaign Expenses

    Yesterday the 2009 municipal campaign expense reports were made public by the DGEQ. Here are the total expenses of the three main Montreal parties...

  • City Hall Update: Budget Adopted

    This Monday the Montreal City Council met for its annual marathon budget meeting. Concillors were convened at 9:30 on Monday morning and it wasn’t...

  • Building a greener city, one block at a time

    What would a green neighbourhood look like on the ground? For the past two years Éco-quartier Peter-McGill has been hard at work building a showcase...

  • The Parking Lot Tax

    Surface parking lots in downtown Montreal. As I mentioned in my post last week about the 2010 City of Montreal budget, one of the new measures it includes...

  • Photo du jour – St. George’s Anglican Church

    St. George’s Anglican Church on Peel above de la Gauchetière Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal, in the shadow of downtown office towers.

  • Photo du jour – Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal

    Montreal’s newest street : Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal.

  • City Hall Update: 2010 Budget

    In a special meeting of City Council today, Mayor Tremblay tabled the 2010 Budget of the City of Montreal, establishing his main priorities for the year...

  • Photo du jour – Copernicus

    A monument to Nicolaus Copernicus, inaugurated as part of Exo ’67 and installed at its present location in Chaboillez Square in 1975. The plaque...

  • L’audace et son prix politique

    On se plaint souvent qu’au plan politique Montréal est otage d’un certain immobilisme. La ville est confrontée avec une foule de défis...

  • And they’re off!

    Earlier this week Montreal City Council met for the first time since the November 1st election. Notable decisions made include: – unanimous motion...