Neighbourhoods / Quartiers

Photo du jour: Pussy Corps

Probably one of the more lurid of the downtown strip clubs. December 8, 2007

Ville-Marie’s war on the homeless

Mario Paquet, target of a law preventing people from walking more than two dogs at once in Ville-Marie; photo by Ben Soo Under the leadership of mayor...

Photo du Jour – Edge of the Plateau

Photo by Alanah Heffez, 2006 Old triplexes alongside new condo developments on Rue Garnier (I think) Rue Fabre, north of Laurier.

Photo du jour – Poppies

Unique brickwork adorns a St Henri duplex. Photo by Alanah Heffez, March 25th 2008.

Strongman Park

Parc des Hommes-Forts in Saint Henri. Photo taken March 25th 2008 “Evocation de l’admiration que provoquait la force physique dans la...

Photo du jour : La démolition du théâtre Quat’sous

“Pieces of resistance”

Montreal’s marginal spaces seem to hold particular appeal for its artists. Last year, Karen Spencer decorated fences, laneways and parking lots with...

Photos from the big Pine Avenue fire

Although it doesn’t have quite the same devastating impact as February’s inferno on Queen Street West in Toronto, yesterday’s fire on...

Less is more: Montreal’s new public spaces

Montreal is in the midst of a great public space building boom. Plenty of new squares, plazas and open spaces have been created over the past six or seven...

More community gardens to be closed

Soil contamination has forced the Southwest borough to close two community gardens and part of a third. The Gazette has more: The borough said it took the...

Photo du jour: Anticipating the pedestrianization of Saint-Paul

As announced by André Lavallée of Ville de Montréal earlier this month, Saint-Paul will be a car free street between 11am and 6am this summer. Some people...

Photo du jour : La traversée

Un couple de personnes âgées traversant Casgrain sur Jean-Talon, près du Marché Jean-Talon. Photo prise le 21 mars 2008.