Culture
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Photo du Jour : Little Busker
Photo taken Saturday March 28th on Saint-Viateur.
By Alanah Heffez -
Nuit blanche ce samedi : passez la nuit avec la STM!
Cette année marque le 10e anniversaire du Festival Montréal en lumière, et la 6e année que sera présentée la fameuse Nuit blanche. L’année dernière...
By Cédric Sam -
Art vandalism — or conversation?
Photo by Jean-Pierre Caissie “Phénomène propre à l’art public: la possibilité de réponse,” wrote Jean-Pierre Caissie, the artistic director of...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Darling Foundry graffiti
Awhile ago, I wrote about some of the odd things surrounding the Darling Foundry on Ottawa Street in Griffintown. Along with being an excellent space for...
By Chris Erb -
Photo du Jour : Le fleuve l’hiver
La Biosphère et “L’Homme”, vus du Quai Jacques Cartier, le 10 janvier 2008.
By Alanah Heffez -
Mes Aieux Spin Local Legends
More profoundly than municipal policy and to a greater degree than million-dollar developments, a city’s identity is forged in its fictions. Authors...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du jour – Frozen mobile
One of many winter-mobiles found at Casgrain and Maguire. Photo taken January 11th 2009.
By KC Bolton -
CCA’s call for Actions – le CCA appelle à l’Action
Photo courtesy of www.cca-actions.org The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) is seeking online submissions that complement its current exhibition...
By KC Bolton -
Photo du Jour : Metro Memories
The Tree of Life by Joseph Rifesser was originally located in front of the UN pavilion during expo ’67 before it was moved to Lionel Groulx metro...
By Alanah Heffez -
Nice bollards
TAIWAN — Taipei is a surprising city. There’s a fine line between ugly haphazardness and charming idiosyncrasy; for the most part, the...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Sounds of the City
Perhaps even more than the rich visual details that the city has to offer, sound invades our experience of public space, yet this blog has rarely explored...
By Alanah Heffez -
Twin Jacques Cartiers
Monuments to Jacques Cartier in Saint-Henri park (above) and Saint-Henri metro station (below) are more than a little alike. So which is the 1893 original?
By Alanah Heffez