Neighbourhoods / Quartiers

Ode to the nighttime metropolis

Kate at Montreal City points the way to a nice essay in today’s Guardian on the pleasures of nighttime wandering. Writer and “confirmed...

Photo du jour: PVM

Montreal’s business district is unfortunately quite bland, lacking the canyons and imposing prewar architecture of the financial districts in Boston...

Deconstructing the Turcot Interchange

Last year, the provincial government announced that the Turcot Interchange, at the junction of highways 20 and 15, will be completely rebuilt at a cost of...

Urbanism and independent art: Last minute announcement

If you’re looking for something to do this cold January evening, check out Citymess, put on by the fine folks at Indyish. It promises to be an...

Photo du Jour: View From Griffintown Waterfront

Big changes ahead for Mile End’s garment district

The old industrial area in the east part of Mile End, between St. Laurent and Henri Julien is set for a makeover. Yesterday, the city announced that $8.8...

Photo du jour : Sainte Catherine la belle

La rue Sainte-Catherine vue depuis le pavillon EV de Concordia. Le 15 septembre 2005

Election sign vandalism

In response to our request for election sign photos (we’ve especially interested in photos taken during campaigns in the 1990s or earlier), Kate...

No debate on the Notre Dame highway

This story slipped through Spacing Montreal’s normally impenetrable news-fishing net, but I’ve managed to retrieve it. On Sunday, Bruno Bisson...

Photo du jour: Park Avenue diptych

October 25, 2007

Griffintown News Roundup #1: Jan. 9-Jan. 21

Rue Ann looking north, January 2008 Griffintown has graced the pages of the local media a great deal over the last couple weeks. Here is a rundown of many...

Photo du jour: Recycling day

If you live in the Plateau borough, don’t forget you put out your recycling tonight. Prince Arthur near St. Urbain, April 11, 2006