Montage du jour : L’église Saint-Jean-de-la-Croix

1979-2009 Cette église construite de 1926 à 1927 à l’intersection du boulevard St-Laurent et de la rue St-Zotique fut convertie en immeuble à condos...

Transit and the Election: 1 step forward, 2 steps back

So Projet Montréal, the party who put transit at the top of the agenda  -at least before cries of corruption drowned out any other issue- earned 10 seats...

Montréal is a pathetic

« Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. » – A very wise man Il semble que j’ai oublié un dernier...

Spacing Montreal invites you to an evening of Turcot talk and other municipal madness: Wednesday November 4

If following the growing panic over H1N1 doesn’t hold the same appeal for you as Montreal’s recent election campaign, there’s another...

Dimanche démocratique : Do the right thing

« L’adulte ne croit pas au père Noël. Il vote. » – Pierre Desproges If the mayor’s office is supposed to represent the city, and the...

Montage du jour : La rue Bonsecours depuis Notre-Dame

1953-2009 Source : Archives ville de Montréal VM94, Z-500-48

Voting for Everybody

“We need your help,” my step-mother said when I stopped by for supper yesterday evening. “You know about this city stuff. You’ve...

Photo du jour : Le boulevard St-Laurent

Montage du jour : Intersection des rues St-Antoine et Berri

1953-2009 Source : Archives ville de Montréal, VM94, Z-500-25

Spacing Montreal is on Twitter

In our never-ending effort to stay with or ahead of the times, Spacing Montreal is now tweeting! Follow us @spacingmontreal. So far, we’re tweeting...

Montreal’s Lost Rivers – What Maps Can (and Can’t) Tell Us

A rare view of Rivière St. Pierre, 1956, location unknown. I recently stumbled across a peculiar old map for the island of Montreal showing a rather...

Montage du jour : La rue St-Antoine près de Bonsecours

1953-2009 Source : Archives ville de Montréal VM94, Z-500-37