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Photo du jour: Chow mein
Forget smoked meat, bagels, poutine, steamés and souvlaki: what really unites Montrealers is cheap chow mein slathered in dubious peanut sauce sold by...
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STM service improvements: the real deal
Earlier this month, we asked if the STM’s recent service improvements were actually cutbacks in disguise, pointing to an investigation by blogger...
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Another photo flashback: Montreal in the 1980s
I had completely forgotten about John Allison’s great photos of Montreal in the early 1980s (in both colour and black-and-white) until Kate...
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Cinéma Sun Ko Wah
It was through a quick search to see whether the Sun Ko Wah (新國華) boutique and bookstore on this picture still existed (it probably does), that I realized...
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Photo du jour: Street-savvy monks
Is it normal for monks to go mingle with the public? I spotted these two guys on Ste. Catherine St. last summer. They seemed amiable enough, but they were...
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Bike show at the auto show
WHAT? “The Bike Show” just outside the car show WHERE? Corner of St. Urbain and Viger (in front of Place d’Armes metro) WHEN? The...
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Photo du jour: Bagel man
I don’t know why I find the St. Viateur bagel mascot so disturbing. June 1, 2007
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Michel Dallaire will design the new bike sharing system
Later this year, Montreal will enjoy the beginnings of a new bike sharing program modeled on Paris’ hugely popular Velib. As we mentioned last fall...
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Terrasse trouble in Ville Émard
Who would have thought that patios could be so controversial? For nearly a year, since the Sud-Ouest borough approved a pilot project that installed...
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Association cantonaise de divertissement pour l’âge d’or
LO Ha, de l’Association cantonaise de divertissement pour l’âge d’or Samedi dernier, je me suis promené au Quartier Chinois avec mes...
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Photo du jour: Do you miss summer yet?
If it were a hot, sunny day in July, instead of yet another miserly day in January, I’d probably be craving water right now. Sometimes I’ll...
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A lesson we need to learn from Albania
The downtown west end is one of my favourite parts of Montreal. Densely-populated, teeming with life and resolutely multicultural, it feels unique because...
By Christopher DeWolf
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered