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More transit ideas: tram-train link to the airport and beyond
New ideas keep emerging for public transit in Montreal even as the day-to-day operations of the bus, metro and commuter train systems struggle to keep up...
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URBA 2015 looks at urban art in Montreal
WHAT? Presentation on urban art WHEN? 5:30pm, Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 WHERE? Room DR-200, Pavillon Athanase-David, 1430 St. Denis RSVP? Email...
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Photo du jour: West End dusk
Westmount and NDG, seen from a downtown apartment tower, with Lake St. Louis in the background. October 8, 2006
By Christopher DeWolf -
Welcome to Little Maghreb
Walk a few minutes east from Saint-Michel metro and you’ll find yourself in one of Montreal’s most recent ethnic neighbourhoods: the Petit...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Chicago’s Festival of Maps
CHICAGO — Not much sounds more appealing than a Festival of Maps, and Chicago delivered that holiday gift (and continues to deliver it) in its...
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Long way ahead for new metro cars
After delays, bus shortages and unhappy drivers who might strike in February, there’s even more bad news for the STM. French manufacturing giant...
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Photo du jour : Ahuntsic vu du ciel
Les avenues Christophe-Colomb et Papineau, traversant le quartier Ahuntsic, au nord de l’Île de Montréal. La rivière des Prairies coupe le haut de...
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Exploring Montreal’s linguistic space
Two weeks ago, using newly-released data from the 2006 census, the Toronto Star created a map showing the dominant language (after English) in every...
By Christopher DeWolf -
STM service improvements a cutback in disguise?
Waiting for a bus that just won’t come It seems that the STM’s service improvements might not be much of an improvement after all. By all...
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Photo du jour : lieu de rencontre
Au Complexe Guy-Favreau, des personnes âgées d’origine chinoise s’assoient sous un arbre (en plastique) pour bavarder. Un édifice du...
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Great expectations of films on architecture
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFqzBmjuAQE[/youtube] Anyone interested in architecture should remember to head down to the Cinéma du Parc this...
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Photo(s) du jour: Schoolyard basketball
Basketball in a schoolyard at Victoria and Van Horne in Côte des Neiges. January 10, 2007
By Christopher DeWolf
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered