Spacing Saturday: Façadism, Carbon Neutrality and Holy Mountain

Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Dwight Williams responds to...

World Wide Wednesday: Conversation Cars, Phantom Highways and City Love Songs

Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...

Watch NFB: Holy Mountain, an interactive project based on Montreal’s Mount Royal

Editor: Spacing is pleased to continue our partnership with the National Film Board of Canada to showcase films and interactive projects from their online...

Too many councillors in Montreal?

An argument that has been circulating in the media lately is that Montreal is “over governed” because it has too many elected officials...

Photo du Jour: A Murder of Crows in Saint-Henri

When you see them gathered by the thousands, blackening treetops for blocks, it is no wonder that crows were given such a ominous group-noun, a murder...

Spacing Saturday: Sky Dome, Heritage Apartments, and the Historic Halifax Common

Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. With the completion of the...

1000 kms to Montreal

One thousand kilometers from North to South, from Waskaganish to NDG. We set out yesterday into the setting sun, fretting about the flurries, anxious...

World Wide Wednesday: Bungalows, Stats, Maps and Quiet Train Cars

Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...

Montreal as seen from Space

Today, NASA’s image of the day features a beautiful inclined aerial photo of Montreal and environs taken at night from the International Space...

Photo du jour : La démolition continue

Spacing Saturday: Ice Bridge, Public Squares and Uptown St John

Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. In a western neighbourhood of...

City Hall veteran Michael Fainstat passes away

Michael Fainstat and Mayor Jean Doré upon the RCM’s victory in 1986 (photo links to La Press obituary). The passing of 2010 also saw the passing of...