Photo du jour : Alleyway between Jeanne-Mance and Ste-Famille near Sherbrooke

Photo taken on February 9th, 2009.

Photo du jour : Another creepy house in Westmount

Photo du Jour : Bend in the Bridge

The Jacques Cartier is a rather winding bridge. First of all, it was necessary to for it to curve over Ile Ste-Hélène, in order  to avoid placing the...

Photo du jour : Spooky house in Westmount

Tree tuesday: And the first flower of spring is …..

Upcoming tree walk: The Trees of Mount Royal on the Cusp of Spring, this Sunday, details at end of article I’ve been told that the silver maple is...

Legend of the Lost Engine

There’s a bit of a legend in Montreal involving a locomotive sitting somewhere underneath the former Turcot Yards. While I’ve always liked the...

Toronto Tuesday: Landscapes of the supernatural, lost streetscapes and Leslieville’s win

Each Tuesday, Spacing Montreal will share some posts from our sister blog, Spacing Toronto. We hope it will fuel constructive dialogue on the urban issues...

Following Riviere St-Pierre Underground

So one of the things I’ve been doing lately has been examining the now-covered sections of Riviere St-Pierre in Montreal Ouest and Cote St. Luc. If...

Petit à petit, le Swatow Nouveau fait son nid

La Plaza Swatow sur St-Laurent La Plaza Swatow sur Clark La Plaza Swatow （長盛廣場）, un ambitieux projet de 20 millions de dollars, prend forme lentement au...

Photo du jour: Westmount newspaper Man

Newspaper boxes may be illegal in Montreal but, being a separate municipality, Westmount has them all over the place.  Good luck finding any newspaper...

Devimco scrapping project unless city pitches in, expropriation orders lifted

The bad news for Devimco’s proposed 1.3 billion dollar redevelopment keeps piling up with last week possibly being the tipping point.  After being...

Brooks in the City

Preparing the foundation for the Meilleur-Atlantique tributary sewer on north shore of Montreal. (Photo source: City of Montreal Archives) How else...