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Patrimoine : des disparitions à venir (?)
En guise de complément à la liste des sites menacés de 2013 présenté par Héritage Montréal en début de semaine, voici une liste complémentaire de quelques...
By Guillaume St-Jean -
Montreal Councillors Take Pedestrian Rail Crossing Debate to the CTA
Montreal’s executive committee will seek mediation from the Canadian Transportation Agency in the dispute with Canadian Pacific over creating...
By Alanah Heffez -
Place des Nations & Other Ruins of a Lost Civilisation
Heritage Montréal recently released their 2013 list of 10 most threatened heritage sites in Montreal, among them Place des Nations, once the heart of the...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photos du jour : Parc Lafontaine, l’hiver
Dimanche, le 24 février : 2 degrés, patinoire fermée.
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du jour: Banc de quartier
Welcoming graffiti on a bench in Hochelaga. Photo by Kristi Kouchakji
By Spacing -
Chickens in the city: America’s urban farming innovations
In America, several key innovations are making urban farming a sustainable method of food production. Rooftops, window sills and backyards are...
By Jonathan Zettel -
Concours d’écriture présenté par Lire Montréal: L’imaginaire de l’échangeur turcot
Dans le cadre de l’édition 3 de Lire Montréal, qui se tiendra dans le quartier Saint-Henri, vous êtes invités à partager votre interprétation d’une...
By Alanah Heffez -
The Regionalist: are cities and geographical regions becoming irrelevant?
Let me clear the air before I go any further: I don’t personally believe physical places (such as cities and regions) have become irrelevant. In...
By Joel Thibert -
Junkyard cars recycled into working bicycles
Watch the above video about a bicycle that is manufactured from a variety of junkyard car parts. The frame is welded together from various car metals, the...
By Jonathan Zettel -
TODERIAN: Canada needs a federal ministry of cities
Richard Florida called last week for President Obama to create a national US department of cities. When the author of The Rise of the Creative Class and...
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Traces of Tobacco in the Landscape
Eliot Perrin performs archival work for the Macdonald Stewart Foundation here in Montreal. At the corner of Rue Ontario and Rue d’Iberville sits the...
By Spacing -
Montage du jour : l’avenue du Parc vers le Nord, près de Bernard
Vers 1910-2013 Source : Vixie Robinson
By Guillaume St-Jean
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered