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Photo du jour: View from atop the Aldred Building
Looking east from one of the top floors of the Aldred Building in Old Montreal. Photo taken May 2007 .
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Remembering the Mount Royal Funicular
Just 90 years ago (it seems like yesterday!), you would have been able to transport yourself from the corner of Park and Duluth to the top of the mountain...
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Patrimoine menacé
Photographie prise en 2006 En 1986, cette maison fut présentée comme suit dans un livre sur l’architecture rurale, publié par le répertoire...
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EXPO – 16 Curious Beauties: The Architecture of Montreal in 2108
By Jelena Porovic Conscious of the difficult undertaking they are about to commit to, determined not to plunge into a nostalgic futurism, and willing to...
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Devimco presentation on Griffintown: Residents not welcome?
A couple weeks ago, I and a fellow resident of Griffintown were invited to attend a presentation on the planned redevelopment of the area by developer...
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Photo du jour : L’Hôpital Général de Montréal en 2001
L’Hôpital Général de Montréal, avant la construction juste devant de l’immeuble en copropriété à l’intersection de Des Pins et...
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Opening up to the city: one building’s transformation
There’s nothing inherently special about a downtown building with Starbucks, Quiznos Subs and Zyng Noodlery on its ground floor. In fact...
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Planting fruit trees on city streets
Over the holidays, the Tyee, a Vancouver-based webzine, published a series of twelve “New Ideas for the New Year.” Here’s one that...
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Photo du jour: Fortune teller
On warm, snow-free days, there are at least a couple of people in Chinatown who will discuss your fortune. One of them is this man, who often sets up shop...
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Mount Royal’s igloo mystery unfolds
Last week, when I wrote about two mysterious igloos that were discovered on Mount Royal by a Journal de Montréal reporter, Stefan Ohrhallinger posted a...
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Photo du jour : Drink Pepsi-Cola
Aperçu à Saint-Lambert, sur la Rive-Sud de Montréal. Photo prise le 6 janvier 2008.
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Photo du jour: Sherbrooke East
I love this photo, taken by Flickr member and east ender Caribb, because it’s such an unusual view of the city. Unlike most aerial shots...
By Christopher DeWolf
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered