Neighbourhoods / Quartiers
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Bakery revival or when Chinatown’s renewal goes through the stomach
Pâtisserie La Légende 麗晶餅屋 undergoing renovations Pâtisserie-restaurant Callia (嘉莉／麵包茶餐聽) Side of Pâtisserie Harmonie 麵包蜜語 Whereas the Chinese “food...
By Cédric Sam -
Rizzuto funeral
The funeral service for Nick Rizzuto Jr., son of mob boss Vito Rizzuto, at Madonna Della Difesa Church in Montreal’s Little Italy this afternoon...
By Adam Bemma -
Mont Royal Ave’s first flirtation with pedestrianization
Summer 1970: Montreal’s first mall. Not the suburban kind of mall we’ve grown to dread, but a pedestrian shopping area in the heart of the...
By Alanah Heffez -
Mile End in 1840
Montreal seen from Mile End, 1840 Browsing through the Gazette’s archives, which have been digitized and made accessible by Google News (at least...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du Jour – Reindeer?
Just a quick note to say thanks to all our readers, especially those who take the time to share your thoughts, memories, critiques and inspirations on the...
By Alanah Heffez -
Art de poteau
J’ai trouvé ces plaques montées sur trois poteaux d’électricité sur l’avenue de l’Esplanade entre les rues Bernard et...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Privatize the Lafontaine pavilion and fence off the lookout?
I like that the Plateau’s new Borough Mayor, Luc Ferrandez, has kept his blog. I love that he recaps his various mayoral duties and meetings in...
By Alanah Heffez -
A Hasidic exodus from Outremont and Mile End?
The Gazette reported this weekend that the Hasidic community in Outremont and Mile End is suffering from a housing shortage. In 2002, there were about...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Save the Main
A feature interview with Eric Paradis, organizer of Save the Main, about the city of Montreal’s plan for Boulevard Saint-Laurent.
By Adam Bemma -
The right scale?
Earlier this week, Montreal’s city council approved the development of two 32-storey Waldorf-Astoria hotel and condominium towers near the corner of Guy...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Coups de Coeur: Michel Tremblay’s Grosse femme d’à coté
Image: Rue Fabre près de Laurier cc François Hogue In the early nineties, my dad lived on Rue Fabre, just above Avenue Mont Royal. He was working a day...
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Montreal’s Main is one great street
Saint-Laurent boulevard tops a recent list of 9 great streets around the world created by NYC-based Project for Public Spaces. The Main is described as a...
By Alanah Heffez