Neighbourhoods / Quartiers
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Photo du jour: Rue Crémazie, l’église Saint-Alphonse-D’Youville convertie
Elles ne peuvent pas toutes survivre, mais j’ai l’impression que la perte est plus lourde qu’à l’habitude: l’église...
By Jean Desjardins -
Photo du jour: Tipi urbain?
2-22 Sainte-Catherine, en construction le 30 Septembre 2011
By Alanah Heffez -
EVENT – À la track, regards sur l’emprise ferrovière – Samedi 1 Oct
Dans le cadre des Journées de la culture, le collectif Ouvert/Open organise deux activités sur la thématique de la voie ferrée et sa réappropriation...
By Alanah Heffez -
EVENT: Strip-tease QDS
Spacing Montreal is excited to work with the Trudeau Foundation, l’Université de Montréal, and the Maison de l’architecture du Québec to...
By Alanah Heffez -
The Regionalist: Is Regionalism an Ideology?
The recent (and current) discussions regarding the MMC’s proposed regional land-use and development plan have exposed (but not addressed) an important...
By Joel Thibert -
Park(ing) Day!
Today, Friday, September 16th, is PARK(ing) Day! In cities around the globe, artists, activists and citizens will transform metered parking spaces into...
By Hilary Best -
Between design and day-to-day in the QDS
After the construction crews pack up, after the fanfare of the grand opening, after the grass takes root and the dust settles, only then begins a quieter...
By Alanah Heffez -
Stip-tease QDS: what is your vision of the city’s core?
Every public space is imagined and experienced differently by different users, but heart of downtown Montreal – the area recently dubbed the...
By Alanah Heffez -
Taking Responsibility for the Quartier des spectacles Bike Path Debacle
Paul Arcand, the radio show host, often characterizes Montreal as the city-where-no-one-ever-takes-responsibility. Yet, there are instances where the...
By Joel Thibert -
New bike infrastructure arrives in Montreal
This summer has seen the arrival of two new types of biking infrastructure in Montreal: bike boxes on Milton and a hybrid bike path/lane on St-Urbain...
By Devin Alfaro -
Paysages et pièges d’un travailleur cycliste
Paysages et pièges de mon parcours de 16km quotidien vers le nord de Laval l’an dernier. Celui de cette année sera un peu moins nord, mais plus...
By Jean Desjardins -
The Regionalist: Why Haphazard Urban Development is a Moral Failure
Two weeks ago, I wrote an Op-Ed which was published in La Presse and which stirred some controversy – at least in the Facebook/Twitter world. The...
By Joel Thibert