Neighbourhoods / Quartiers
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The maybe-not by-election signs in Westmount—Ville-Marie
These signs are in the order at which each candidate’s parties finished in the January 2006 election. Interestingly, none of these candidates ran in...
By Cédric Sam -
From the NFB archives: Our Street Was Paved with Gold
Our Street Was Paved with Gold Albert Kish, 1973, 28 min 37 sec “Filmmaker Albert Kish revisits Montreal’s St Lawrence Boulevard – the...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Showing the Olympics in Chinatown
It’s hard to believe that the Olympics are now finished! “F-I-NI, fini”, as you would say in the local idioms. This was a picture taken...
By Cédric Sam -
Photo du jour: Acadian houses
These houses at the bottom of L’Acadie Boulevard, right next to the metro station, have always struck me as a bit odd. They’re completely...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Aiguisage Tony
I still find it amazing that there is a knife sharpener who drives around the city playing ice-cream-truck music. June 10, 2008
By Christopher DeWolf -
Main walking tour this weekend
WHAT? Walking tour of Mile End’s Main WHEN? Sunday, August 24th from 2pm to 5pm WHERE Buy tickets at St. Laurent and Marie-Anne today, tomorrow and...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du Jour – Storm brewing over Place D’Armes
Photo taken August 18th 2008.
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du jour: Crotch shot
Urbania magazine has had some memorable covers over the years… St. Laurent near Guilbeault
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du Jour: Free-for-all
In April, a massive fire destroyed this apartment building on ave des Pins forcing over 100 people to move and rebuild their lives elsewhere. Since then...
By Chris Erb -
On second thoughts, don’t bike here
Photo taken Aug 14th, 2008 on De Maisonneuve near Vendome Metro. It seems that the city has realized that white paint and good intentions alone do not...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du jour: Ad scooter
Maybe the companies that run ad trucks down the city’s major streets finally realized how wasteful that was — it now seems that at least some...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Église Sainte-Germaine-Cousin, Pointe-aux-Trembles
L’église Sainte-Germaine-Cousin, située dans l’arrondissement de Pointe-aux-Trembles, constitue sans aucun doute l’un des exemples d’architecture...
By Mathieu Payette-Hamelin