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This weekend, visit Vegas in Montreal
WHAT? Photo exhibit of vanishing Las Vegas WHEN? Until Sunday, December 23rd WHERE? Galerie le 1040, 1040 Marie Anne East We’ve written about kitsch...
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Reclaiming streets in the name of hockey
During the holiday season Spacing will re-publish articles previously seen in our print edition. This article appeared in Spacing #3, winter...
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Photo du jour : les Martiens s’en viennent!
Photo prise sur le Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges au coin de Côte-Sainte-Catherine, vers la fin de cette journée de tempête, 16 décembre 2007.
By Cédric Sam -
Old Montreal in 1964
Over the years, the National Film Board has produced a lot of great films on Canada’s cities. Unfortunately, they haven’t done much to make...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Les fleurs c’est pour la rue Demers
I’ve always been intrigued by Demers Street. It’s a tiny street in the north end of the Plateau, running parallel to Villeneuve between...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Poor NOLA: The violent struggle to rebuild a great city
On his blog yesterday Richard Florida posted “Shades of Robert Moses” and asked “So you thought urban renewal and the destruction of...
By Shawn Micallef -
Photo du jour: Giant snowbank
Park and Van Horne. December 18, 2007
By Christopher DeWolf -
Un party dans la neige
WHAT? Noël dans le parc’s outdoor solstice celebration WHEN? Friday, December 21st, 8pm WHERE? Lahaie Park, on St. Laurent between St. Joseph and...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Vivement l’autobus!
Les autobus continuaient malheureusement à être une denrée rare plusieurs jours après la tempête de neige du 16 décembre 2007. Ce n’est rien de...
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New York deprived of its Montreal Christmas connection
In the streets of Manhattan, you can buy habichuelas con dulce from a Dominican, kebab from an Egyptian and… Christmas trees from a Quebecker...
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Snowball fight tonight at 7pm
WHAT? Public snowball fight! WHEN? Tonight, December 20th, at 7pm WHERE? Near the Roddick Gates on McGill’s campus If you happen to be downtown...
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Les amoureux des bancs publics
[youtube]UlmyNpn_mnc[/youtube] When I reported on Monday that Michel Dallaire has been commissioned to design new downtown street furniture, I noted that...
By Christopher DeWolf
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered