Green Space / Espace vert
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The lights go out tonight
Before and after shot of Sydney Australia participating in Earth Hour from this morning (to us). Tonight is Earth Hour across the planet and Montreal is...
By Chris Erb -
Snow is driving Montrealers crazy
I don’t think it’s possible for me to express exactly how glad I am not to be suffering through yet another winter storm. When I left Montreal...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour : Bac Moi!
L’une des corbeilles à recyclage, déployées peu après le lancement des journaux gratuits Métro et 24 Heures à Montréal… Photo prise le 26...
By Cédric Sam -
8e manifestation internationale de Champ Libre
Forêt / Forest : 8e manifestation internationale de Champ Libre Appel aux créateurs : la biennale de Champ Libre est de retour. La MANIFESTATION...
By Thomas-Bernard Kenniff -
Routes intelligentes?
Verra-t-on le jour où les piétons, cyclistes et automobilistes de Montréal se déplaceront sur des surfaces plus responsables et respectueuses de...
By Thomas-Bernard Kenniff -
Talkin’ ’bout green roofs
If you’re interested in green roofs, you might find this interesting. What: Dr. Thomas Lawrence from the University of Georgia will be speaking on...
By Paul Erlichman -
Yesterday’s ideas, today’s problems
Savvy Montrealers know that the best place to be on Thursday evenings, post-cinq-à-sept, is the Canadian Centre for Architecture, when admission to the...
By Christopher DeWolf -
News from around the town
Here are some stories from other media that Spacing Montreal finds interesting. Good news for car owners CBC reports the city will let people park for...
By Misha Warbanski -
Time to bring back trolleybuses?
Before there were bio-buses, there were electric trolleybuses. In 1953, when the above photo was taken at the corner of St. Laurent and Van Horne, many of...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Where are Montreal’s public recycling bins?
This summer, a new type of residential recycling container will be tested in some Montreal boroughs, with the goal of ultimately replacing the green...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Planting fruit trees on city streets
Over the holidays, the Tyee, a Vancouver-based webzine, published a series of twelve “New Ideas for the New Year.” Here’s one that...
By Christopher DeWolf -
La crise du verglas de 1998
Le grand verglas de 1998, par François Rodrigue de Blog Story Il y a dix ans, au retour des Fêtes, une dépression venant du Golfe du Mexique remontait les...
By Cédric Sam