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“La Guerre des Tuques” on Mount Royal
When I saw “La Guerre des Tuques” (“The Dog Who Stopped the War“) as a kid, I always dreamt of building a huge snow fort and...
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Photo du Jour: A busy rue St. Paul
Taken Thanksgiving weekend on rue St. Paul. St. Paul is one of several streets that the city is considering for pedestrianization. St. Catherine was the...
By Jacob Larsen -
Bird’s Eye view captures graffiti for the Internet age
To my delight, I have recently discovered that Live Search Maps, while being less user-friendly, and lacking many of the features of Google Maps, has...
By Chris Erb -
Montage du jour : Le couvent Sainte-Marie
Vers 1899-2008 Ce couvent construit en 1851 sur la rue de Bleury fut démoli en 1976. Source : Le diocèse de Montréal en 1900
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Vieux Québec’s Ice-Cross Comp
2007 Crushed Ice Crashed Ice course in Quebec City, image from the event’s website. Over the past three weeks, half a kilometer of Old...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du Jour: The Big ‘O’ and its little cousin
Were the architects of this modern house of worship at Hochelaga and Pie-IX giving a nod to the looming temple behind it?
By Jacob Larsen -
Montage du jour : La rue Union près de Sherbrooke
Around 1900-2007 Source : Musée McCord http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/fr/collection/artefacts/VIEW-3169.1§ion=196 VIEW-3169.1
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Photo du jour: Skiers on Rivières des Prairies
Photo taken along the Rivières des Prairies last weekend.
By Jacob Larsen -
Montage du jour : L’avenue du Parc près de Sherbrooke
2007-2009 *** Mise à jour : Cette maison construite en 1875 ainsi que l’annexe qui abritait autrefois un restaurant seront remplacés par un nouveau...
By Guillaume St-Jean -
Devimco to scale back Griffintown Project
An older mockup of the Projet-Griffintown plan proposed by Devimco last year. Yesterday, The Gazette reported that Devimco, the company that gained...
By Chris Erb -
Public transit up in 2008: STM
Photo courtesy of Jery ‘Riverman’ on flickr According to recent figures released by the STM, transit ridership in Montreal was up in 2008. And...
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Montage du jour : La maison de Sir Mortimer B. Davis
19??-2003 Cette demeure située sur l’avenue des Pins est aujourd’hui utilisé par l’université McGill sous le nom de Purvis Hall. Source...
By Guillaume St-Jean
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered