Spacing Montreal

Art vandalism — or conversation?

Photo by Jean-Pierre Caissie “Phénomène propre à l’art public: la possibilité de réponse,” wrote Jean-Pierre Caissie, the artistic director of...

By Christopher DeWolf

Note from Saigon: Coffee on demand

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM — Coffee is a big part of the social life of Saigon, a city that somehow manages to be both languid and relentlessly...

By Christopher DeWolf

Community

Do Montrealers behave badly on transit?

Today’s transit-complaints column in the Gazette investigates whether or not Montrealers are exceptionally rude when they use public transit. Two...

By Christopher DeWolf

Features

Toronto Tuesday: Stories of storeys, shady signage and substitutive Squares

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...

By Matt Lee

Features

Montage du jour : La chapelle du collège Loyola

1933-2008 Source : Musée McCord http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/fr/collection/artefacts/MP-0000.2137.386&section=196 MP-0000.2137.386

By Guillaume St-Jean

Features

Montage du jour : Le couvent des soeurs de la providence durant sa démolition

Vers 1960-2009 Plus d’infos sur l’historique de l’immeuble ici. Source : Archives ville de Montréal

By Guillaume St-Jean

Features

Photo du jour : Mont-Royal record shop

Bungalow-style record shop on Mount-Royal avenue: zero points for dense urban development; ten points for being so darn cute.

By Alanah Heffez

Features

Montage du jour : L’école Montcalm

Vers 1960-2009 Source : Archives, ville de Montréal

By Guillaume St-Jean

Communication

Darling Foundry graffiti

Awhile ago, I wrote about some of the odd things surrounding the Darling Foundry on Ottawa Street in Griffintown. Along with being an excellent space for...

By Chris Erb

Community

Photo du Jour : Bar

Photo prise le 12 fév sur la rue St-Dominique, en bas de Ste-Catherine.

By Alanah Heffez

Features

Montage du jour : La rue St-Hubert depuis la rue Sainte-Catherine

Vers 1960-2009 Source : Archives, ville de Montréal

By Guillaume St-Jean

Green Space

Crow uses a pedestrian crossing

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RPHxA8-aaE[/youtube] I found this delightful video about crows adapting to an urban environment and even learning...

By Dylan Reid