Neighbourhoods / Quartiers
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Moins d’automobiles et plus de déplacements verts sur le Plateau-Est
Une collaboration spéciale de Julien Cayer. Mercredi matin, le Plateau-Est a emboité le pas aux arrondissements de Mercier-Est et de Parc-Extension en se...
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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 -
La puck de Berri comme repère géographique évocateur pour les jeunes montréalais
Ce billet est une contribution spéciale de Jean Desjardins, résident de Villeray, historien et enseignant d’histoire et géographie à la Commission...
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Maggy Flynn: Créer des communautés à travers l’art
Collaboration Spéciale: Marie-Sophie Banville trouve son compte quelque part entre les études féministes, la science politique et l’urbanisme. Elle...
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Passage à niveau sur la voie ferrée : les négociations sont entamées entre les arrondissements et le CP
Le Canadien Pacifique (CP) et les arrondissements du Plateau-Mont-Royal et de Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie ont finalement entamé les discussions pour trouver...
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Montréal Lit: Mémoria and the Mountain
Spacing Montreal is pleased to present a new bi-weekly column exploring Montreal’s literary landscape, written by Gregory McCormick, Director of...
By Spacing -
A Highway Waiting to Happen
A thick white stripe across the Eastern side of Laval marks the embryo of autoroute 25. It’s come quite a way since Spring 2009. After 3 years of...
By Alanah Heffez -
A Rob Ford in Montreal?
One of the most notable events in urban Canada last year was the election of Rob Ford as mayor of Toronto. Progressives across the country cringed as they...
By Devin Alfaro -
Université de Montréal expansion raises concerns in Parc-Extension
The site of UdeM’s new Outremont campus. The past decade has seen the construction of major university building projects at Montreal universities...
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 -
Events Guide: Confabulation Neighbourhood Stories
Confabulation is a monthly showcase of true, lived stories, told by ordinary Montrealers from all walks of life. The stories are delivered without...
By Alanah Heffez -
Anywhere but Meadowbrook?
Never, in my experience, has a proposed condo development received so much praise. Suzanne Deschamps presented the Petite Rivière project at UQAM...
By Alanah Heffez