Communication
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Maguire Meadow Garden Deemed Illegal
I hate to put up a second post about bizarre law-enforcing activities over the weekend, but it has to be said: last Sunday, the Montreal Police broke up a...
By Alanah Heffez -
Montreal Waterworks, Part II – Inside the Conduit
Inside the Montreal’s former water intake conduit In my last entry I talked about Montreal’s Aqueduct canal and its role in bringing water to the...
By Andrew Emond -
How I finally figured out what the “journée des Patriotes” is about
Le 18 mai, c’est la journée des Patriotes. I’m sure that I must have learned about these “Patriotes” back in Sec IV History...
By Alanah Heffez -
Tree Tuesday: Forest flowers of Mount Royal
NOTICE: SPRING FLOWER WALK ON MOUNT ROYAL THIS SATURDAY. See below for details. I was delighted to see KC Bolton’s beautiful photo of the magnolia...
By Bronwyn Chester -
Montreal Waterworks, Part I – The Aqueduct
Montreal’s aqueduct canal at the Crawford Street bridge in Verdun. So far, most of my entries here on Spacing and Undermontreal have dealt with...
By Andrew Emond -
The Art of Persuasion: Combatting Suburban Flight
Last September on this site, we mentioned the City of Montreal’s advertising efforts to stem the tide of people fleeing the island for the fool’s gold of...
By Olivier Plessis -
Far Out in the West Island of Montreal
Inside the ‘7-UP’ chamber. The West Island of Montreal offers what are essentially the low-lying fruit for underground exploring. The...
By Andrew Emond -
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...
By Jacob Larsen -
Labonté Promises Audacity
Ville-Marie borough mayor Benoit Labonté has announced his intent to run for mayor next November and promises voters audacity. Perhaps the slogan has a...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photos du Jour : Place au débat
Came upon this sign on St-Denis last Thursday and naturally it piqued my interest. Across the street, a bunch of on-strike profs and students had gotten...
By Alanah Heffez -
1ière avenue, part 3: Lachine
Continuing our tour of Montreal’s 1ière avenues, we find ourselves on Lachine’s tiny “1 Avenue” (as the street sign indicates) at...
By Chris Erb -
Montreal’s Underground Underdogs
Inside the Molson Collector, somewhere beneath Rue Dickson in 2007. When it comes to Montreal’s underground achievements, the Metro system tends...
By Andrew Emond