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L’amour au dernier regard / Love at last sight
photo par The Irish Samurai The delight of the urban poet is love — not at first sight, but at last sight. -Walter Benjamin, “Charles...
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Photo du jour: Back to the burbs
Rush hour commuters at Parc Station. April 21, 2006
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Election Signs: Votez bleu!
Vous voyez rouge? Votez bleu! It was a catchy PQ electoral slogan that tried to capitalize on Jean Charest’s profound unpopularity in late 2005...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Election Signs: Defend NDG!
In the provincial elections last winter, the Green Party’s candidate in NDG, Peter McQueen, ran a campaign that appealed to neighbourhood angst more...
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Photo contest: Montreal’s “green oases and toxic hotspots”
The Lachine Canal: green oasis and toxic hotspot, all in one package The National Film Board, Maisonneuve and CBC Montreal have teamed up, once again, to...
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Photo du jour: Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Walking around Park Ex one day, I found this poster for Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham — the first Bollywood movie I ever saw — in an alley behind...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Durocher Street
Durocher Street below Jean Talon, Park Extension. September 28, 2006
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How to ruin and revive a main street
Two of Montreal’s newspapers turned their attention to the city’s main streets today. The Gazette bemoans the state of “the black hole...
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Élections fédérales en novembre? Federal election in November?
Allons-nous ou allons-nous pas à nouveau voir notre ville placardée de pancartes électorales? Les discussions sur la Colline Parlementaire s’animent...
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Your favourite laneway / Votre ruelle préferée
Foggy alley off St. Viateur St. in Mile End Montreal’s laneways are the city’s shadow streets. Unnamed and underrecognized, they cut through...
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A ghost appears, but not for long
In a city with as many layers of history as Montreal, the demolition of a building usually entails the relevation of something else, like a ghost ad...
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Photo du jour : Place Sun Yat-sen
Des parcs Sun Yat-sen, du nom du vénéré fondateur de la Chine moderne, il y en a probablement presque autant que de Chinatowns dans le monde. Celui de...
By Cédric Sam
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered