Housing / Logement
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Confessions of a Gentrification Double-Agent
Spacing Montreal contributor Adam Bemma recently interviewed me as part of The Gentrification Project, a documentary film about how urban development...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du jour: asiatisation d’une ruelle
On coure les ruelles de la Petite Patrie cet été. À la tombée du jour le 17 juillet passé, l’arrière de ce bloc appartement nous semblait luire de...
By Jean Desjardins -
“Mixité sociale” in defence of gentrification
The Ville-Marie borough’s decision to approve a 300-unit condo project in the Centre-Sud is creating controversy. The project, to be built on the...
By Devin Alfaro -
Photo du jour : le Châtelet
A housing coop located on Avenue du Parc between St-Viateur and Fairmount. Built between 1904 and 1912 the building was originally a private apartment...
By Devin Alfaro -
Privatizing Montreal
Twenty-nine community groups are facing eviction from a public institution this month that has served Villeray-Saint Michel-Parc Extension for nearly 100...
By Natascia Lypny -
Ville-Marie Borough presents new plan for Downtown West End development
Downtown’s West End. The West End of Downtown is a study in contrasts. Its residents are varied: from low-income recent immigrants, working-class...
By Devin Alfaro -
The Migrations of the Rich
Photo from 1850s of Beaver Hall Hill, the Anglo prestige district of the mid 19th century. The street visible in the foreground is modern-day St-Antoine...
By Devin Alfaro -
Car-Free Neighbourhoods Week from the Montreal Urban Ecology Centre
This month the Montreal Urban Ecology Centre is gearing up for an activity-packed week that aims to explore the concept of car-free neighbourhoods. Many...
By Devin Alfaro -
Photo du jour : Concordia looming
Concordia’s John Molson School of Business looms large over heritage townhouses on Pierce Street.
By Devin Alfaro -
Photo du jour : High-rise living
High-rise apartment buildings on de Maisonneuve between Chomedey and du Fort, in Shaughnessy Village.
By Devin Alfaro -
Photo du jour : Lower Westmount
A Westmount townhouse at the corner of Abbott and Hillside.
By Devin Alfaro -
Moins on en sait, mieux sont les préjugés dans Villeray
« Where facts are few, experts are many. » – Donald R. Gannon J’arrive vers la fin de ma maîtrise et il ne me reste qu’un cours à suivre...
By Émile Thomas