Neighbourhoods / Quartiers
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Photo du jour: Forza Italia
Jeanne Mance near Bernard, Mile End. June 8, 2008
By Christopher DeWolf -
Antlerheads transformed
Not too long ago I wrote about the “Antlerheads” that had appeared around Montreal as part of a guerilla marketing campaign for Vespa. I...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Groucho Marxist
Stencil in an alley near St. Viateur. May 16, 2008
By Christopher DeWolf -
Introducing the city’s trees
WHAT? Tree tour of McGill’s upper campus WHEN? Tomorrow, Sunday June 8 at 10am WHERE? Meet in front of the Redpath Museum HOW MUCH? $10 adults, $5...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Camping in the Park With No Name
WHAT? Outdoor camping-themed arts event WHERE? Park With No Name, St. Laurent and Van Horne WHEN? Today and tomorrow, 9am to 11pm When it moved to Mile...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Spring flower
Jeanne Mance near Laurier. May 31, 2008
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Ghost building
Last August, Thomas-Bernard Kenniff wrote about the “bâtiments fantômes” you see around town. Here’s a particularly nice example in a...
By Christopher DeWolf -
It’s street fair season again
Street fair season is upon us. Starting today, and running through Sunday, six streets across the city will be closed for various festivities. Grab your...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Fruit & Flowers
Inspired by this great post by Leah Sandals over on the Toronto Spacing blog, I’ve been thinking about those wonderful gems of depanneurs that keep...
By Julie Fournier -
In Laval, cheap transit on smog days
Laval might be a postwar car-oriented suburb like any other, but the arrival of the metro last year seems to to have sparked a shift in thinking. Public...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Ground broken for Swatow Plaza in Chinatown
I returned from a six-week trip to China some three weeks ago, and the first time since then that I ventured in our Montreal Chinatown was last week. The...
By Cédric Sam -
Photo du jour: Night tracks
On the CPR tracks near Park Avenue at 3am. June 1, 2008
By Christopher DeWolf