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Montreal’s vanished newsstands
Kate McDonnell snapped this photo of a newsstand at Pine and St. Laurent in 1991. Back then, it was one of three remaining outdoor news kiosks in...
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Bâtiments fantômes
for english follow the “more” tag Bâtiments fantômes au coin des rues Saint-François-Xavier et Saint-Sacrement. Dans le vieux Montréal, la...
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Where is the West Island?
Every Montrealer knows that the West Island is not, in fact, an island unto itself: it is simply the westernmost part of Montreal Island, a collection of...
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Destination: boulevard Décarie
When most people think of Décarie Boulevard, images of an incredibly wide, smelly, and loud street with a six lane wide trench running down the middle...
By Chris Erb -
Butting out litter
The City of Montreal and the EcoQuartier of Point-aux-Prairies want smokers to think twice before throwing butts on the ground. And to make it easier...
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Creative moving
When push comes to shove and that stairwell just ain’t getting any wider, try a creative approach to moving. Furniture hooks on the outside of...
By Misha Warbanski -
‘S.V.P. Insérez vingt-cinq sous’ (encore): What do payphone rate hikes mean for Montreal?
Next time your cell dies and you dig out a quarter for a payphone, you’ll have to dig a little deeper. After the go-ahead from the CRTC earlier this...
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Pizza for the masses
An underused park in Montreal’s Mile End neighbourhood is getting some attention since some area residents built a wood-fire oven there. Dubbed “The Park...
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New bike stands spotted
For those of us year-round bike riders, one of the things that makes me smile is, despite the traffic, I’ll never have to look for parking. Locking to a...
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Spacing Toronto’s look at FRAG On The Main
Over at Spacing Wire Toronto, blogger Sean Marshall discusses his recent visit to your fair city and his discovery of FRAG On The Main, an art...
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Goodbye Griffintown…
Hello… Brossard? Local media outlets have been abuzz with talk of Quebec City based Devimco Inc.’s plans to rip down the gritty industrial neighbourhood...
By Chris Erb -
Lessons learned from Just for Laughs
Every year, I head down to Just for Laughs. Not for the comedy, but for the festival site, which takes over the entire Latin Quarter and makes brilliant...
By Christopher DeWolf
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered