Culture
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Photo du jour: Oui! à des espaces intérieurs non-formatés
Enseignant engagé, je martèle certains clous: Couche-Tard, Wal-Mart et McDonald’s pour leurs relations de travail désastreuses; Tim Horton’s...
By Jean Desjardins -
Our Lady of the Harbour
This article is a special collaboration with Hatty Liu. Hatty enjoys to toddle around Montreal in search of interesting buildings and uses of public...
By Spacing -
Un thomasson à la station centrale d’autobus
Un escalier qui ne mène nulle part à l’entrée de la station centrale d’autobus; difficile de trouver un élément plus représentatif du fiasco...
By Jonathan Lapalme -
Coups de coeur : Coups de casseroles
After months of escalating clashes, violence, and arrests, Montrealers have taken the nightly protest into their own neighbourhoods. As the casseroles...
By Alanah Heffez -
Fine Art in the Back Alley
Guest contribution by Michael O’Shea, adapted from Parks and Excavation blog. Last month, I spent a couple of hours in an alley with three circus...
By Spacing -
The People’s Yellow Pages – A Guide to 1970s Underground Montreal
When I met Santropol owner Garth Gilker to talk about the café’s impact on the urban landscape, I ended up with more stories than I had bargained...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du jour : Dorchester Square
Dorchester Square looking towards the north, as seen last fall. The prominent statue is a monument to Montrealers who fought in the Boer War. Extremely...
By Devin Alfaro -
Photo du jour : Wilfred Laurier monument
The back of the Wilfred Laurier monument, in Dorchester Square, as seen last fall. Its design features the crests of the provinces imbedded in a stylized...
By Devin Alfaro -
Photo du jour: Paroise Saint-Étienne
With the abundance of churches in Quebec, I’m always surprised to find religious groups occupying non-traditional sites, like this Catholic church...
By Alanah Heffez -
Montréal Lit: The Survivors
Spacing Montreal is pleased to present this column exploring Montreal’s literary landscape, written by Gregory McCormick, Director of English...
By Gregory McCormick -
Halloween Special: “Factory Face”
Spacing Montreal has never thought of holding a Halloween costume contest but if we did, I’m betting Ian Langohr would take home the prize with...
By Alanah Heffez -
FAVOURITE FRIDAY: Which piece of local public art is your favourite?
Across the Spacing Blog Network today we are asking our readers in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Otttawa, and the Atlantic cities to let us know which...
By Matthew Blackett