Neighbourhoods / Quartiers

Building community in Downtown Montreal

The corner of Pierce and Ste-Catherine, in Shaughnessy Village. Unlike many North-American “central business districts”, Downtown Montreal is...

Before the Quartier des Spectacles…

As several of you easily guessed in yesterday’s pop-quiz, these satellite images show surface parking lots in the area between Bleury and...

Photo du Jour: Légumes frais et BIXIs

Les fermiers de famille livrent leurs produits directement aux citoyens à des douzaines de “points de chute,” qui apparaissent à des moments...

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...

Seeing like a Skateboarder

After talking to David Bouthillier for half an hour I start to see the urban landscape in a whole new light. We sit perched on one of the raised platform...

Planning for the Big Picture with Bill 58

On June 1st, Quebec’s national assembly passed bill 58, a law requiring Montreal’s Metropolitan Community (CMM) to draft a “metropolitan...

Chantal Rouleau new mayor of Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles

Vision Montréal leader Louise Harel with victorious RDP-PAT mayoral candidate Chantal Rouleau (photo: Vision Montréal)...

Citizens mobilize to allow train track crossing

Dozens of citizens mobilized last Sunday to demand a level train track crossing between Mile End and Petite Patrie neighbourhoods. The fence along the...

Parc Lahaie update

As Spacing reported last week Parc Lahaie will be seeing changes this summer. A few days ago the borough got to work painting the adjacent stretch of...

Photo du Jour – After the “Bomb”

A couple of ladies lounge outside Café Cleopatra on a Sunday afternoon beside a fresh mural by Zilon et Seaz’s that homage to Cleo’s. Somebody...

Photo du jour: Outremont industriel

Corner of Durocher and Beaubien in the industrial sector of Outremont, next to the old Outremont Railyards.

Événement: Le musée des possibles