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Welcome to Little Maghreb
Walk a few minutes east from Saint-Michel metro and you’ll find yourself in one of Montreal’s most recent ethnic neighbourhoods: the Petit...
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Exploring Montreal’s linguistic space
Two weeks ago, using newly-released data from the 2006 census, the Toronto Star created a map showing the dominant language (after English) in every...
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Photo du jour : lieu de rencontre
Au Complexe Guy-Favreau, des personnes âgées d’origine chinoise s’assoient sous un arbre (en plastique) pour bavarder. Un édifice du...
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Montreal’s postwar neighbourhoods
Jean Talon Street in Saint Michel For all of its historic neighbourhoods, Montreal is really a postwar city. In the twenty years after 1941, the number of...
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‘Tis the season for Christmas kitsch
One of Montreal’s greatest cultural assets is its endless capacity for kétainerie. Holiday decorations are a case in point. Every year, Montrealers...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Reclaiming streets in the name of hockey
During the holiday season Spacing will re-publish articles previously seen in our print edition. This article appeared in Spacing #3, winter...
By Matthew Blackett -
Foux De Fa Fa
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=EHuOrJQua_c[/youtube] The comedy sitcom that caught my attention in 2007 was the folk-parody Flight of the Conchords...
By Matthew Blackett -
Montreal’s vanished synagogues
Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, McGill College near Sherbrooke WHAT? Makom: Seeking Sacred Space, a photo exhibition of former synagogues in Montreal...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Montreal population density since 1971
[kml_flashembed movie="http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/analysis/popdwell/maps/animations/CMAs/Montreal.swf" width="525" height="325"/] This map...
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Keeping the streets alive in the winter
As quiet as the city can get in the winter, it never truly goes to sleep, at least not until the windchill dips to something abominable. Montrealers live...
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Montrealers, cherish your clothelines
Nobody hangs their laundry out to dry in Calgary. In fact, there are hardly any clothelines. My grandmother’s house had one, but I don’t think...
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2006 Census: Montreal’s changing demographics
Statistics Canada released its latest batch of information from the 2006 census today, this time covering the sensitive topics of language and...
By Christopher DeWolf