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The McTavish Reservoir exposed
Andrew Chau has a great post on the McTavish Reservoir today at urban-ism: many people don’t realize that the large grassy field above the mcgill campus...
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Laval wants more metro
Whet by this year’s new metro extension, Laval’s appetite for public transit is now insatiable. Last summer, long-time mayor Gilles...
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R.I.P. Montreal Exchange
Yesterday marked an end of an era of sorts. In what some are calling a “combination” and others just a plain “acquisition“, it was...
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Photo du jour: St. Michael of the snow
St. Michael’s Church seen from Jeanne Mance St. December 3, 2007
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Plaza Saint Hubert before the green awning
Plaza Saint Hubert, the shopping district on St. Hubert St. between Bellechasse and Jean Talon, is notorious for its chintzy stores and green-trimmed...
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Shedding light on the Quartier des spectacles
La Presse reports today that a new “visual identity” will be given to Ste. Catherine St. between St. James United Church and Berri Square...
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Photo du jour : Café Cléopâtre
Café Cléopâtre, au coin de la Main et de la rue Sainte-Catherine. Vendredi le 8 décembre 2007.
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Montreal population density since 1971
[kml_flashembed movie="http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/analysis/popdwell/maps/animations/CMAs/Montreal.swf" width="525" height="325"/] This map...
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You will listen to our music!
[youtube]k5rSj8lcDVQ[/youtube] I was walking along the Main with a friend yesterday when he pointed out that music was being broadcast from loudspeakers...
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Photo du jour : randonnée urbaine
Ce n’est pas parce que c’est l’hiver qu’on ne peut plus sortir dehors! Les skieurs sur le Mont-Royal hier après-midi...
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Keeping the streets alive in the winter
As quiet as the city can get in the winter, it never truly goes to sleep, at least not until the windchill dips to something abominable. Montrealers live...
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Beaminster, Bradford, Campden: three odd streets
Back in October, on one of those unseasonably warm and humid days we had towards the end of fall, I was on the 129 bus heading west to Victoria Avenue...
By Christopher DeWolf
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered