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Photo du jour: Ten Ten, Dix Dix, 雙十節
Chinatown on “Double Ten Day,” Taiwan’s national holiday. October 10, 2007
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Red, green, orange, yellow
Fall colours at their peak on McGill’s lower campus. October 22, 2007
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Tuned in — but moved out
I was struck by this little electronics repair shop on a bike ride through Ville Émard. With the advent of flat screen TVs, produced in distant places...
By Jacob Larsen -
Public edifices and places publiques in today’s Devoir
This weekend’s edition of Le Devoir includes a couple of interesting articles on public space in Montreal. On the front page, Stéphane Baillergeon...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Leo’s Horse Palace
Leo’s Horse Palace on rue Ottawa as it looked on October 20th. Although this stable is nowhere near the largest of a handful in and around...
By Chris Erb -
Explore Montreal with your own two feet — and psyche
When I opened this week’s edition of the Mirror I was surprised to find, right next to my own article about Larry Beasley, another story about...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour : Éco-quartier Peter-McGill
Photo prise devant l’Éco-quartier Peter-McGill, le 21 octobre 2007.
By Cédric Sam -
Lessons in urban planning from Vancouver
Highrise living in downtown Vancouver WHAT? “Making a Great City by Design,” a lecture by Vancouver’s former planning director, Larry...
By Christopher DeWolf -
De Maisonneuve bike lane update
Construction is coming along at a decent pace on the downtown bike lane along de Maisonneuve. La Press is reporting that it should be open by the end of...
By Chris Erb -
Touring the TOHU recycling complex at St-Michel
This corner of the old quarry and garbage dump in St-Michel is slated to become a pond by 2020. Photo by Misha Warbanski Every Thursday morning...
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Will the UN move to Montreal — and how will it affect the waterfront?
Last week, La Presse reported quite breathlessly that the federal government, which owns the Port of Montreal and much of the land along its waterfront...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Place Monseigneur-Charbonneau
Montreal’s office district, running between Dorchester Square in the northwest and Victoria Square in the southeast, is not terribly exciting...
By Christopher DeWolf
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered