Neighbourhoods / Quartiers
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Saint-Sauveur needs a saviour
“Sauvons l’église Saint-Sauveur!” I wrote three years ago. And for three years, it seemed vaguely possible that the 145-year-old church on...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Cultural Corridor to channel creative energy into Griffintown
Image: Poetry reading in the Dalhousie Art Space, adjacent to the New City Gas Co. building, Aug 2010. There are rumbles of change in Griffintown. After...
By Alanah Heffez -
Losing sight of the highway for the green: Understanding the “new” Turcot plan
Welcome to Portland boul. Notre-Dame In the face of harsh critiques from just about every imaginable governmental and non-governmental body in the...
By Jacob Larsen -
Photo du jour: Maison Cormier
Art Deco style house on Avenue des Pins, near Cedar. Designed by architect Ernest Cormier as his personal residence, and later the address of Pierre...
By Devin Alfaro -
The Oldest House in Griffintown
The tiny house at 175 de la Montagne is quite probably the oldest house in Griffintown. In fact, it is so old that it was once part of a neighbourhood...
By Alanah Heffez -
Verdun : un portrait photographique (Le social)
Allez. Débarquez à la station De l’Église. Regardez autour de vous. Prenez note, que l’État est un fait de nature, que naturellement...
By Émile Thomas -
An unintentional public space
This observation was submitted by Darniel Rotsztain, a student of Urban Geography at McGill University. Read his other articles on Spacing Montreal. The...
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Verdun : un portrait photographique (L’aménagement)
Pour notre premier arrêt à Verdun, nous entreprenons une exploration de son aménagement.
By Émile Thomas -
Verdun : un portrait photographique
À cause de son histoire en tant que ville indépendante, ou bien, à cause de son isolement relatif, Verdun est un petit trésor urbain sur la carte...
By Émile Thomas -
Marché Saint-Jacques slowly coming back to life
Marché Saint-Jacques seen from the corner of Ontario and Amherst. After years of serving as a city office building, the Marché Saint-Jacques is finally...
By Devin Alfaro -
Seville’s Final Spectacle
Demolition of the Seville Theatre began yesterday. This afternoon, I noticed that a small crowd had gathered on the sidewalk – most were older...
By Alanah Heffez -
Événement : la 3e Journée des bons voisins
Le groupe Mile-End sans voitures vous invite à la TROISIÈME (et dernière) Journée des bons voisins le samedi 25 septembre entre 11h et 18h. La section de...
By Émile Thomas