Neighbourhoods / Quartiers
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Another main street to be reconstructed
In the midst of endless complaints about the slow pace of renovation work on the Main, another, much smaller main street is about to get a makeover: Ste...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Happy Halloween!
Pumpkin’s pride of place. Esplanade St., Mile End. October 28, 2005
By Christopher DeWolf -
My favourite laneway: an outdoor art gallery
Every time I walk through the laneway just east of St. Urbain, between St. Viateur and Bernard, I come across some striking pieces of street art...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Ten Ten, Dix Dix, 雙十節
Chinatown on “Double Ten Day,” Taiwan’s national holiday. October 10, 2007
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Red, green, orange, yellow
Fall colours at their peak on McGill’s lower campus. October 22, 2007
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Tuned in — but moved out
I was struck by this little electronics repair shop on a bike ride through Ville Émard. With the advent of flat screen TVs, produced in distant places...
By Jacob Larsen -
Public edifices and places publiques in today’s Devoir
This weekend’s edition of Le Devoir includes a couple of interesting articles on public space in Montreal. On the front page, Stéphane Baillergeon...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Leo’s Horse Palace
Leo’s Horse Palace on rue Ottawa as it looked on October 20th. Although this stable is nowhere near the largest of a handful in and around...
By Chris Erb -
Photo du jour : Éco-quartier Peter-McGill
Photo prise devant l’Éco-quartier Peter-McGill, le 21 octobre 2007.
By Cédric Sam -
De Maisonneuve bike lane update
Construction is coming along at a decent pace on the downtown bike lane along de Maisonneuve. La Press is reporting that it should be open by the end of...
By Chris Erb -
Touring the TOHU recycling complex at St-Michel
This corner of the old quarry and garbage dump in St-Michel is slated to become a pond by 2020. Photo by Misha Warbanski Every Thursday morning...
By Misha Warbanski -
Place Monseigneur-Charbonneau
Montreal’s office district, running between Dorchester Square in the northwest and Victoria Square in the southeast, is not terribly exciting...
By Christopher DeWolf