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Jack Dylan makes Montreal look good
Last fall, you might have noticed a spate of Pop Montreal concert posters plastered on hydro poles, lampposts, mailboxes and traffic control boxes around...
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What we lost to the Ville-Marie Expressway
Craig looking east from near St. Urbain, 1953 While Bostonians have engaged in three decades of self-flagellation over the neighbourhoods they lost to...
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Photo du jour : Chinatown, l’hiver
Photo prise sur De La Gauchetière, entre St-Urbain et St-Dominique, le 22 décembre 2007.
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‘Tis the season for Christmas kitsch
One of Montreal’s greatest cultural assets is its endless capacity for kétainerie. Holiday decorations are a case in point. Every year, Montrealers...
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Photo du jour: Beaver Hall Hill Square
Snowbanks in Beaver Hall Hill Square (at Beaver Hall Hill and Dorchester, now René Lévesque) around 1870
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Turning the place over
[youtube]ZXn6PXBOyRY[/youtube] What do you do with an abandoned building? Turn it into art. Such is the case in Liverpool where the British sculptor...
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Apartment buildings on Decarie
Decarie Towers, built 1955 Lately, I’ve found myself fascinated by something I had never noticed before: apartment building names. My interest was...
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Photo du jour : La veille de Noël en 1870
Estampe, “Le Marché Bonsecours la veille de Noël”, 1870 Collection du musée McCord
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Turn on the red light
The video screen of a silhouetted stripper was once a landmark at the corner of Ste. Catherine and the Main. It was a symbol of sorts for Montreal’s...
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Photo du jour: Tirez/Pull
Laurier metro, December 20, 2007
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Fermeture du McDonald’s à l’intersection Parc et Mont-Royal
Le 16 décembre, la succursale des grandes arches jaunes au coin de Parc et Mont-Royal ferma ses portes à tout jamais, à la grande surprise de beaucoup de...
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Market day at Place Jacques Cartier
Once upon a time, before it became a playground for tourists, the east end of Old Montreal was a real, functioning neighbourhood. Nowhere was this more...
By Christopher DeWolf
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered