History / Histoire
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Photo du jour : Some things change, some don’t
I was walking along Sherbrooke Street on this Sunday afternoon, in the Westmount section and saw these signs at the corner with Victoria. A quick search...
By Cédric Sam -
Memories of Angels DVD Giveaway
Last year, this blog hosted a vibrant conversation about Memories of Angels – Luc Bourdon’s impressionistic black and white film-portrait of...
By Matthew Forsythe -
What happened to rue St-Norbert?
My friend recently picked up a copy of the book “Picture this! Posters of Social Movements in Québec (1966-2007)“. While leafing through the...
By Chris Erb -
How I finally figured out what the “journée des Patriotes” is about
Le 18 mai, c’est la journée des Patriotes. I’m sure that I must have learned about these “Patriotes” back in Sec IV History...
By Alanah Heffez -
Turcot, Glen Yards and the St-Jacques Escarpment Through the Ages
The NDG Jane’s walk earlier this month ventured “below the tracks” to an area that is as fascinating as it is has been isolated over the...
By Alanah Heffez -
Montreal Waterworks, Part I – The Aqueduct
Montreal’s aqueduct canal at the Crawford Street bridge in Verdun. So far, most of my entries here on Spacing and Undermontreal have dealt with...
By Andrew Emond -
Lower Main May be Razed…Again
The big changes in store for the lower Main that we announced over a year ago are slowly becoming concrete. In December, the Gazette reported that Angus...
By Alanah Heffez -
Running the Rapids – Waters Wild or Tamed
Cecilia Chen is a special contributor to Spacing Montreal. This article is the second of a three-part series examining biodiversity along an urban...
By Spacing -
Watch NFB: Impressions of Expo 67
Editor: Spacing has partnered with the National Film Board of Canada to showcase films from their new online screening room. Matt Forsythe of the NFB is...
By Matthew Forsythe -
Patchwork of the Plateau’s Past
This post has been slowly coming together since I asked “what is a neighbourhood?” in March. I started to try and define what neighbourhoods...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du Jour : Académie des Saints-Anges
After reading Michel Tremblay’s Thérèse et Pierrette à l’école des Saints-Anges, I was happy to find the school building almost exactly as it...
By Alanah Heffez -
Montreal’s Underground Underdogs
Inside the Molson Collector, somewhere beneath Rue Dickson in 2007. When it comes to Montreal’s underground achievements, the Metro system tends...
By Andrew Emond