Neighbourhoods / Quartiers
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Building a greener city, one block at a time
What would a green neighbourhood look like on the ground? For the past two years Éco-quartier Peter-McGill has been hard at work building a showcase...
By Devin Alfaro -
Photo du Jour – Guy-Concordia tunnel
A glimpse of the unfinished tunnel from Guy-Concordia metro to Concordia University’s Hall and Library buildings, under Boulevard De Maisonneuve.
By Adam Bemma -
Photo du jour : Technopôle Angus
Édifice écologique LEED : I suppose the only green building is no building at all. (rue William-Tremblay coin Molson)
By Émile Thomas -
The Parking Lot Tax
Surface parking lots in downtown Montreal. As I mentioned in my post last week about the 2010 City of Montreal budget, one of the new measures it includes...
By Devin Alfaro -
Tannery Village
This quiet, little Saint-Henri community is still struggling to survive over 40 years after the construction of the Turcot interchange. Plans to rebuild...
By Adam Bemma -
Photo du jour – St. George’s Anglican Church
St. George’s Anglican Church on Peel above de la Gauchetière Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal, in the shadow of downtown office towers.
By Devin Alfaro -
Photo du jour – Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal
Montreal’s newest street : Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal.
By Devin Alfaro -
Photo du jour – Copernicus
A monument to Nicolaus Copernicus, inaugurated as part of Exo ’67 and installed at its present location in Chaboillez Square in 1975. The plaque...
By Devin Alfaro -
L’audace et son prix politique
On se plaint souvent qu’au plan politique Montréal est otage d’un certain immobilisme. La ville est confrontée avec une foule de défis...
By Devin Alfaro -
A view from Plaza Saint Hubert
It maybe a little late, but happy New Year folks. To me, the new year brings a new job, a new office on St-Hubert up near St-Zotique and, by extension, a...
By Alanah Heffez -
Free parking for non-residents to end in Plateau
The newly elected Projet-Montréal borough council in Le Plateau-Mont-Royal have indicated that they plan to phase out free parking spaces in favour of...
By Chris Erb -
Photo du jour : bagel shop
Fairmount Bagel, sur l’Avenue Fairmount Ouest, entre Clark et St-Urbain. Alors, c’est Fairmount ou St-Viateur pour vous les bagels? Cette...
By Cédric Sam