Neighbourhoods / Quartiers
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Boundaries or Barriers for Petite-Patrie-Mile-End?
Last summer I moved from NDG to Petite Patrie and, for the fist time, I began to move through the city primarily in a North-South axis – with most...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du jour: pick-up game
Parc de Lorimier, parc Laurier below.
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du jour : Silo 5
The Old Port’s Silo 5, out of commission since 1996.
By Devin Alfaro -
Photo du jour : Bière d’épinette de Chez-Nous
A wonderfully kitschy gem located on Marie-Anne just east of De Lorimier, in the east end of the Plateau. Unfortunately the casse-croûte in question is...
By Devin Alfaro -
Photo du jour : Most beneficient and most glorious reign
Detail of a monument to Queen Victoria, in Dorchester Square. The amount of “The Maple Leaf Forever” style kitsch in this one public space is...
By Devin Alfaro -
Photo du jour : Dorchester Square
Dorchester Square looking towards the north, as seen last fall. The prominent statue is a monument to Montrealers who fought in the Boer War. Extremely...
By Devin Alfaro -
Opposition showdown in Rosemont on the horizon
Vieux-Rosemont council district. Last week Vieux-Rosemont city councillor Pierre Lampron resigned, citing personal reasons. Having previously been the...
By Devin Alfaro -
The Regionalist: Of suburbs, genes and childhood memories
One of the most politically charged and ideologically loaded question in the field of metropolitan studies is that which concerns people’s...
By Joel Thibert -
Photo du jour : Wilfred Laurier monument
The back of the Wilfred Laurier monument, in Dorchester Square, as seen last fall. Its design features the crests of the provinces imbedded in a stylized...
By Devin Alfaro -
Mind the Marsh (Or how the CN-MTQ dispute may alter the future of the Turcot Interchange)
The buried Otter Lake occupied a good deal of the present-day Turcot Yards (courtesy of Walking Turcot Yards) The Ministry of Transport has hit a major...
By Jacob Larsen -
L’adoption du PMAD à la quasi-unanimité: un faux consensus?
La nouvelle n’est plus très fraîche, mais cela ne peut pas faire de tort que de le répéter: le Plan métropolitain d’aménagement et...
By Joel Thibert -
Sad End in Sight for the Lower Main
This week the the Lower Main redevelopment saga is drawing to a sad and quiet close: on December 21st, the Ville-Marie borough ordered the demolition of...
By Alanah Heffez