2-22 Ste-Catherine – A whole new street

2-22 Ste-Catherine by night. Image by Société de Redéveloppement Angus, Paul Andreu, Aedifica & Gilles Huot, May 21 (PDF). It may be ugly, it may be...

DARE-DARE: Urban art in the making

Seen on the corner of Ste-Catherine and Lambert-Closse, just one block east of the Pepsi Forum / AMC building. It’s still one of the remarkably...

Have you tried the Bixi yet?

The Bixi, Montreal’s new public bike system, was officially launched exactly two weeks ago. Have you tried it yet? Being a daily user of the...

Photo du Jour : Optical illusion balconies

The detailing on these balconies of a row of houses in Rosemont immediately caught my attention as I biked by.  They’re so simple yet so creative.Â...

The parades of Clark & Mont-Royal

My new Job, which just ended about half an hour ago, has kept me cooped up in an office on the corner of Mont-Royal and Clark for the last two weeks.Â...

Montage du jour : La maison de John Auld

2003-2009 Cette demeure fut construite sur l’avenue du Docteur Penfield en 1897 par John Auld fils, sur le terrain où se trouvait autrefois la...

Montreal’s 5th Citizen Summit

Owen Rose, the president of the Urban Ecology Centre, sent us this about the upcoming Citizen Summit and an environment-themed film festival. THE VERY 1st...

De quoi avez-vous rêvé hier soir pour Montréal ?

Au sujet de son arrivée au Canada, il y a presque 40 ans, mon père prétend que : « Malheureusement, je suis arrivé à Toronto ; heureusement, je suis restÃ...

Photo du Jour : Sidewalk Performance

The sidewalk became a stage this weekend during the Off-Bienniale hosted by Dare-Dare. Events are on-going until May 31st, mostly in and around Cabot...

Photo du Jour : Échecs

Tree tuesday: Lilacs in the air

This week’s tree walk: Natives and Outcasts: The Trees on the Fringes of the McGill Campus (see below for details) Lilacs aren’t native but...

Makeover proposed for the Palais de Justice

Back in the dead of winter, I did a short post that included a photo of the austere, East-facing wall of the Palais de Justice. My immediate reaction was...