By Jacob Larsen
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Cycling in Copenhagen in the 1970s
We only occasionally feature articles about other cities here at Spacing Montreal, so I thought readers might enjoy a few of these classic photos of...
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Discontent over the Turcot grows stronger (and more political)
Source: MTQ Sitting in the over-heated community centre in St. Henri, hearing one presenter after another condemn the Turcot project, it became clear that...
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Interactive Series: Montreal’s Worst Intersections
We do a lot of celebrating our city here at Spacing Montreal, but we do our fair share of criticising, too. As you might gather, this falls under the...
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The World Wide Web of the Turcot Interchange
Courtesey of Signé Turcot While many Montrealers wait with baited breath as the hearings of the Bureau des Audiences Publiques sur l’Environnement...
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Cyclists and their routes: McGill researchers undertake Montreal’s largest cycling study
How well does de Maisonneuve work for you? If you ride a bicycle in Montreal, you are confronted with many styles of roads and bike lanes to ride on. Some...
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Makeover proposed for the Palais de Justice
Back in the dead of winter, I did a short post that included a photo of the austere, East-facing wall of the Palais de Justice. My immediate reaction was...
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Montreal will have the greenest highway ever
rue Cazelais before rue Cazelais after The MTQ released its latest renderings on the future Turcot interchange for the first BAPE information session...
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Demonstration for an alternate Turcot: a photo essay
It was a beautiful day in St. Henri for a long walk and that’s exactly what 2000 or so residents and concerned citizens did yesterday, to show their...
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Sunday – A March for Sustainable Transportation
Residents from St. Henri and from all across Montreal are marching tomorrow to demand that the Turcot reconstruction project be reconceived at a human...
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Commemorative graffiti
Location in Montréal-Nord where Freddy Villaneuva was killed in the summer of 2008 An anonymous group has been drawing attention to the conduct of the...
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What Montreal can learn from Cleveland
Source: MTQ I was reading recently about Cleveland’s efforts in the 1970s to stop a county-planned highway from tearing a giant swath through one of...
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Photo du jour: Magic grape vines?
While the leafy vines that carpet so many Montreal buildings in summer may still seem a lifetime away, mature stalks like these can be admired all year...