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Chez Schwartz’s à côté
Saw this sign two or three weeks ago, but it was only tonight that I had my camera with me to snap a picture. I literally fell down my virtual chair when...
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Event Space / Espace Événements – August 26-31
Starting in September, I will post a bi-weekly bilingual listing of events around town that explore public art, public space, architecture, urban planning...
By Alanah Heffez -
The maybe-not by-election signs in Westmount—Ville-Marie
These signs are in the order at which each candidate’s parties finished in the January 2006 election. Interestingly, none of these candidates ran in...
By Cédric Sam -
From the NFB archives: Our Street Was Paved with Gold
Our Street Was Paved with Gold Albert Kish, 1973, 28 min 37 sec “Filmmaker Albert Kish revisits Montreal’s St Lawrence Boulevard – the...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Showing the Olympics in Chinatown
It’s hard to believe that the Olympics are now finished! “F-I-NI, fini”, as you would say in the local idioms. This was a picture taken...
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Photo du jour: Acadian houses
These houses at the bottom of L’Acadie Boulevard, right next to the metro station, have always struck me as a bit odd. They’re completely...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Montage du jour : The Young Men’s Christian Association building
1907-2007 L’immeuble du Y.M.C.A situé au coin des rues René-Lévesque, autrefois Dorchester, et Metcalfe fut démoli en 1914.
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Photo du Jour – A Good Soaking
Photo taken July 24th, 2008 in Westmount Park.
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Montage du jour : L’édifice de la Sun Life
Vers 1918-2008 Inauguré en 1918, l’édifice de la Sun Life fut agrandi à maintes reprises depuis ses débuts. L’église Knox situé à l’est...
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Very local produce
Please don’t squeeze the tomatoes, reads a hand-written sign above a basket of oddly-shaped tomatoes at this veggie stand on Sherbrooke Street...
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Photo du jour: Aiguisage Tony
I still find it amazing that there is a knife sharpener who drives around the city playing ice-cream-truck music. June 10, 2008
By Christopher DeWolf -
McGill University’s new life sciences buildings
In a past life, I was a university student in biochemistry at McGill University. Toward the end of my degree, there were talks that entrepreneur and...
By Cédric Sam
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered