Community / Communauté
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Photo du Jour : Buskers Unite
A poster seen last Tuesday in Bonaventure metro announces the Annual General Assembly of the “Regroupement des Musiciens du Metro de...
By Alanah Heffez -
New Year’s Resolutions
Image credits ― Filofax; CityGirlBites.com « Les résolutions prises lors des campagnes électorales ne sont rien d’autre que l’agrandissement...
By Émile Thomas -
Photo du Jour – Pic et Pelle
Germain Bergeron’s sculpture at Monk metro station, entitled Pic et Pelle, pays homage to all the construction workers who contributed to building...
By Alanah Heffez -
Mont Royal Ave’s first flirtation with pedestrianization
Summer 1970: Montreal’s first mall. Not the suburban kind of mall we’ve grown to dread, but a pedestrian shopping area in the heart of the...
By Alanah Heffez -
Bring your own chair
HONG KONG — Good street furniture is not one of Hong Kong’s strengths, so when people here can’t find a place to sit outdoors, they do...
By Christopher DeWolf -
A Hasidic exodus from Outremont and Mile End?
The Gazette reported this weekend that the Hasidic community in Outremont and Mile End is suffering from a housing shortage. In 2002, there were about...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Just a Beautiful Place?
Urban economics guru Richard Florida recently set out to discover just how important physical aesthetics are when people choose a place to live (study...
By Alanah Heffez -
État d’urgence
Arguably the biggest public space event of the year. Montreal-based arts collective ATSA (Action Terroriste Socialement Acceptable) is hosting État...
By Adam Bemma -
IPAM sets the stage for more inclusive long-term planning
Just when Montreal was in need of a superhero, the Institut de Politiques Alternatives de Montreal enters the scene with an all-star team to tackle urban...
By Alanah Heffez -
Les seringues usagées, les humains jetés
« Oh mama, I didn’t know life was this hard Oh mama, my innocence has been tarred » – Paula Cole L’utilisation de drogues injectables : je...
By Émile Thomas -
And the winner is: Louise Harel!
If this were 2002 rather than 2009, Louise Harel might be spending this week looking more like the photo above (she’d be smiling). Why? Well...
By Chris Erb -
I want what you’re selling : Les vides-greniers du Mile-End
« So, let me get right to the point, I don’t pop my cork for every guy I see. Hey, big spender! Spend…a little time with…me! » –...
By Émile Thomas