Neighbourhoods / Quartiers
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Photo du jour : Quel patrimoine ?
et si l’on remplaçait ce Dairy Queen par des condos et un Starbucks . . . ? au coin du Parc et Bérubé au Mile-End
By Émile Thomas -
Réimaginons la rue St-Viateur, part 1 : Observations
Le citoyen est le peintre de la vie urbaine et la rue est sa toile. Contrairement à d’autres quartiers de Montréal, le Mile-End ne se dessine pas par...
By Émile Thomas -
Bonaventure Project (update)
At the end of March, the Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OCPM) plans to release it’s report and recommendations from the Quartier...
By Adam Bemma -
Upcoming event: Greening the Plateau
Here is an upcoming event that could be of interest to Spacing readers who are residents of the Plateau Mont-Royal borough. This Wednesday at 7pm, the...
By Devin Alfaro -
Lower Main
Spacing Montreal has been following plans to revitalize Lower Saint-Laurent within the Quartier des Spectacles. Here’s an overview of the...
By Spacing -
Longevity in municipal politics
Unlike most cities in North America, Montreal’s municipal politics are organized around formal political parties. One effect that this has is to...
By Devin Alfaro -
Montreal Metropolitan Area: more sprawl, more transit
Being a big transportation nerd, I was pretty pumped up to learn that the AMT has finally released the results of the transportation survey they did back...
By Alanah Heffez -
Quelques observations sur le Plateau Mont-Royal
Il est de bon ton sur les ondes des radios-poubelles (ou “de droite” comme certains préfèrent les appeler) et dans la blogosphère (y compris...
By Joel Thibert -
SDA Backpedals on Lower Main Redevelopments
Breaking News: The three new buildings proposed by Société Dévelopment Angus on Boulevard Saint-Laurent will be smaller and longer in coming than...
By Alanah Heffez -
Mile End Memories
Mile End Memories is a non-profit organization in Montreal raising awareness about the area’s unique cultural heritage and history. Architect Susan...
By Adam Bemma -
Addendum: Café Cleo’s John Zoumboulakis
On Saturday I wrote about Café Cleopatra’s last stand on the lower Main. After refusing to sell his property to the Société de Développement Angus...
By Alanah Heffez -
The Lower Main’s Last Stand
This January, the Société de Développement Angus acquired two properties on Saint-Laurent and Ste-Catherine: Main Importing Grocery and building that...
By Alanah Heffez