Spacing Montreal

Montage du jour : La rue Rachel près de St-Denis

1979-2009 Source : © Direction des bibliothèques, Université de Montréal, PB27661

Highways, health and the economy: Political winds on the Turcot may be changing

Opposition to the Turcot reconstruction project has climbed even farther up the ladder. La Presse reported that in a parliamentary committee on Wednesday...

By Jacob Larsen

Features

Montage du jour : L’ancien pensionnat St-Basile, avenue du Mont-Royal

1979-2009 Source : © Direction des bibliothèques, Université de Montréal, PB27655

By Guillaume St-Jean

Neighbourhoods

Campus Martius – Champ de Mars

« I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It’s about...

By Émile Thomas

Features

Montage du jour : Le terrain du metro Mont-Royal

1979-2009 Source : © Direction des bibliothèques, Université de Montréal, PB27651

By Guillaume St-Jean

Culture

Coups de Coeur – USWM’s ode to spruce beer, hot dogs, and grimy ol’ times along the Lachine Canal

Dear Montreal, I still love you. They may call you corrupt and crumbling, a disaster and a disgrace. But they don’t know what it feels like to awake...

By Alanah Heffez

Features

Montage du jour : De Mt-Royal Barbecue à la Caisse populaire Desjardins

1979-2009 Cet édifice situé à l’intersection de l’avenue du Mont-Royal et de la rue Rivard fut construit en 1944. Source : © Direction des...

By Guillaume St-Jean

Green Space

Turcot activists to Charest: Be coherent!

With the sun setting on the hazy evening commute home today, activists from the Conseil Régionale de l’Environnement (CRE) on the St. Jacques...

By Jacob Larsen

Community

And the winner is: Louise Harel!

If this were 2002 rather than 2009, Louise Harel might be spending this week looking more like the photo above (she’d be smiling). Why? Well...

By Chris Erb

Features

Montage du jour : L’ancien pensionnat St-Basile

1979-2009 Cet édifice construit en 1895 fut converti 89 ans plus tard en édifice à loyers modique et abrite également la bibliothèque ainsi que la maison...

By Guillaume St-Jean

Features

World Wide Wednesday: Jaywalking, pedestrian scrambles and the world’s cheapest home

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...

By Matthew Blackett

Events

Tonight: Post-election event w/ Turcot movie mashups

A reminder for Montreal political buffs and Turcotophiles: the event is tonight! Join us for snacks and drinks, discussion, Turcot trivia and videos, and...

By Spacing