Housing / Logement

Photo du jour: Chateaubriand championne de l’émondage

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C’est nécessaire pour éviter les interruptions dans la distribution d’électricité mais pour l’allure de la rue on... Read More

Photo du jour: Rue Crémazie, l’église Saint-Alphonse-D’Youville convertie

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Elles ne peuvent pas toutes survivre, mais j’ai l’impression que la perte est plus lourde qu’à l’habitude... Read More

Confessions of a Gentrification Double-Agent

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Spacing Montreal contributor Adam Bemma recently interviewed me as part of  The Gentrification Project, a documentary film about how... Read More

Photo du jour: asiatisation d’une ruelle

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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... Read More

“Mixité sociale” in defence of gentrification

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The Ville-Marie borough’s decision to approve a 300-unit condo project in the Centre-Sud is creating controversy. The project... Read More

Photo du jour : le Châtelet

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A housing coop located on Avenue du Parc between St-Viateur and Fairmount. Built between 1904 and 1912 the building was originally a... Read More

Ville-Marie Borough presents new plan for Downtown West End development

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Downtown’s West End. The West End of Downtown is a study in contrasts. Its residents are varied: from low-income recent... Read More

The Migrations of the Rich

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Photo from 1850s of Beaver Hall Hill, the Anglo prestige district of the mid 19th century. The street visible in the foreground is... Read More

Car-Free Neighbourhoods Week from the Montreal Urban Ecology Centre

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This month the Montreal Urban Ecology Centre is gearing up for an activity-packed week that aims to explore the concept of car-free... Read More