Civic Engagement / Engagement citoyen
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L’hippodrome de Montréal, l’héritage d’une campagne urbaine
Avec la cour Turcot et l’ancienne gare de triage Outremont, le site de l’hippodrome de Montréal est l’un des derniers grands terrains vacants de la...
By Alexandre Campeau-Vallée -
Citizen-led Workshop on the Transformation of Northern Parc Avenue
In the coming weeks, local residents will collaborate with urban planning professionals to identify planning issues and design interventions for the...
By Spacing -
“Innovation District” latest attempt at Griffintown development
A special contribution by Henry Gass The former Dow Brewery, at Peel and Notre-Dame. … A new project designed to ignite a lucrative innovation...
By Spacing -
OCPM Announces Urban Agriculture Consultation
Montrealers asked for it, and the City of Montreal is delivering: the OCPM has announced a public consultation about Urban Agriculture from May 12th...
By Alanah Heffez -
Square Chaboillez and the Dangers of Precedent
The images and some of the content of this post has been adapted from Montréalités Urbaines with the author’s permission. Can the City sell a park...
By Alanah Heffez -
OCPM Takes the Future of Griffintown Online
A quick look at the map of Griffintown (pdf) shows that every other block is newly developed, under-construction, or awaiting authorization for...
By Alanah Heffez -
The Regionalist: Why we need a regional plan
The council of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM) has released in May the first draft of its regional planning and development plan for the...
By Joel Thibert -
“I wish this was” in St-Raymond
Looking for an innovative way to get people dreaming about their neighbourhood, McGill researchers took a hint from a whimsical artist and urban designer...
By Alanah Heffez -
Privatizing Montreal
Twenty-nine community groups are facing eviction from a public institution this month that has served Villeray-Saint Michel-Parc Extension for nearly 100...
By Natascia Lypny -
Saint-Pierre River Site to Become Montreal’s first Woonerf
The alleyway in Saint-Henri between Saint-Ambroise and Sainte-Marie streets, and between Côte Saint-Paul and de Courcelle, is somwhat of an anomaly...
By Alanah Heffez -
Pour des espaces publics inclusifs dans Sainte-Marie
Ce billet est contribué par Marie-Sophie Banville. Elle trouve son compte quelque part entre les études féministes, la science politique et...
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Université de Montréal expansion raises concerns in Parc-Extension
The site of UdeM’s new Outremont campus. The past decade has seen the construction of major university building projects at Montreal universities...
By Devin Alfaro