How Other Folks See the City

Last fall, I had a friend visit from Rimouski. I knew he wasn’t a city boy, and yet I was convinced that when he saw my spacious old NDG flat, when...

Exploring Under Montreal

Hello Spacing Readers, I’m Andrew, an underground explorer/photographer here in Montreal. I recently launched a site called (what else?) Under...

Photo du Jour : The Last Days of the Seville

It was an ugly day, but I has a sudden urgent need to snap a picture of the abandoned Seville Theatre on Ste-Catherine and Chomedy. Despite attempts to...

Photo du Jour – “Downtown”

Sainte-Catherine street lights aglow on a rainy evening, March 6th 2009.

Montage du jour : L’hospice Auclair

Vers 1910-2009 Cet édifice situé sur la rue Rachel est aujourd’hui transformé en condominiums. Source : Musée McCord...

Cité Jardin : A Suburb Done Differently

There was a time, I can imagine, when suburbs were not such a terrible idea. Ignore for a moment the gluttonous land consumption and slothful...

Photo du Jour : World Trade Centre

Photo by Taylor Noakes, a local picture-snapper and aficionado of Montreal’s history and design. We look forward to publishing more of his...

Montreal’s new hypothetical airport train station

The shell of a train station is finally taking shape underneath Trudeau Airport — but, unless the federal and provincial governments cough up a...

Montage du jour : La chapelle du couvent de la congrégation Notre-Dame

1976-2009 Ce couvent construit de 1905 à 1908 est désormais utilisé par le collège Dawson et sa chapelle est aujourd’hui transformée en...

McTavish Revisited…after $9M in security measures.

This blog is generally in favour of accessibility and a flexible attitude to public space, but perhaps there are some corners of the city that should...

Montage du jour : Le collège presbytérien

Vers 1887-2009 Source : Musée McCord http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/fr/collection/artefacts/VIEW-1597&section=196 VIEW-1597

Photo du Jour : Olympic Proportions