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American suburbs the new slums?
In a bizarre reversal of urban decay, many homes and streets in American suburbs are being abandoned due to a number of reasons, including the fallout of...
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Photo du jour: In front of Moishe’s
Hanging out at St. Laurent and Bagg, September 4, 2004
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An elegy for Griffintown
[youtube]XqxurfvV5bM[/youtube] There’s something remarkably honest about the United Steel Workers of Montreal. Far from being a contrivance, their...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Craig Street West
Craig Street West, about 1905
By Christopher DeWolf -
Montreal in Dublin
IRELAND: A day trip to Dublin reveals many fine things but none finer than this bus with a Montreal advertisement seen yesterday moving up the...
By Shawn Micallef -
If Calgary can do it, why can’t we?
I’ve written before about posters and, in particular, the need for more legal postering space in Montreal. My recent trip to Calgary revealed that...
By Christopher DeWolf -
The songs of Montreal’s banished street vendors
Montreal did away with a big chunk of its cultural heritage when it started cracking down on street vendors in the 1960s. Food vendors were the first to...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour : Autoroute Transcanadienne à Kirkland
Photo prise le 6 octobre 2007, du viaduc du Boulevard St-Charles à Kirkland au-dessus de l’Autoroute 40.
By Cédric Sam -
Sammy Forcillo dead set against pedestrianization
When Ville-Marie mayor Benoît Labonté came up with a plan for the seasonal pedestrianization of Ste. Catherine Street in the Gay Village, between Berri...
By Christopher DeWolf -
8e manifestation internationale de Champ Libre
Forêt / Forest : 8e manifestation internationale de Champ Libre Appel aux créateurs : la biennale de Champ Libre est de retour. La MANIFESTATION...
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Photo du jour : Mosaïcultures 2000
Photo prise en 2000, lors des Mosaïcultures au Vieux-Port de Montréal.
By Cédric Sam -
Griffintown News Roundup #3: Feb. 6-Feb. 21
Still from the 1982 NFB film Albedo, a film about the late David Marvin who documented the history of Griffintown. The film can be viewed at the...
By Chris Erb
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered