Privatize the Lafontaine pavilion and fence off the lookout?

I like that the Plateau’s new Borough Mayor, Luc Ferrandez, has kept his blog. I love that he recaps his various mayoral duties and meetings in...

Photo du jour : Le centre-ville depuis la rue Guy

Montage du jour : La basilique St-Patrick

Vers 1896-2009 Source : Musée McCord, VIEW-2963

Photo du jour : Immeuble incendié, 3414 rue Stanley

Spacing Radio 013: Albino Squrriels, Paul Goldberger, and Transit Investment

CHECK OUT THIS WEEK’S SPACING RADIO PODCAST: To coincide with the release of Spacing magazine’s new issue on urban animals, Spacing Radio sent our...

A Hasidic exodus from Outremont and Mile End?

The Gazette reported this weekend that the Hasidic community in Outremont and Mile End is suffering from a housing shortage. In 2002, there were about...

Spacing Saturday

Spacing Saturday is a new feature that highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region...

Save the Main

A feature interview with Eric Paradis, organizer of Save the Main, about the city of Montreal’s plan for Boulevard Saint-Laurent.

The right scale?

Earlier this week, Montreal’s city council approved the development of two 32-storey Waldorf-Astoria hotel and condominium towers near the corner of Guy...

Coups de Coeur: Michel Tremblay’s Grosse femme d’à coté

Image: Rue Fabre près de Laurier cc François Hogue In the early nineties, my dad lived on Rue Fabre, just above Avenue Mont Royal. He was working a day...

Photo du jour : L’ancien hôpital général de Montréal

Photo du jour : Le quartier chinois