Parks / Parcs
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Toronto to Montreal: nice benches!
If you ignore the cliché in the lead (does every Toronto story about Montreal need to mention separatism?), it’s worth checking out Christopher...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du Jour – MadVac
Parc des Amériques, coin Rachel et St-Laurent. The only thing more ridiculous than cleaning a park with a polluting vehicle that has the capacity to suck...
By Alanah Heffez -
From the NFB archives: Au Parc Lafontaine
Au Parc Lafontaine Pierre Petel, 1947, 6 min 9 sec Il y a toujours au parc Lafontaine des ours noirs, des renards, des chats sauvages, des oiseaux de...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Showing the Olympics in Chinatown
It’s hard to believe that the Olympics are now finished! “F-I-NI, fini”, as you would say in the local idioms. This was a picture taken...
By Cédric Sam -
Public underwear art battle on Thursday
WHAT? Lunchtime art battle against cancer WHERE? Victoria Square WHEN? Thursday, August 14th, between noon and 2:30pm An underwear-themed “art...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Bubble battle this Saturday
Flashmob and urban prank enthusiasts will want to head down to Phillips Square on Saturday, where a mischievous/playful group of people will be staging a...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Dorchester Square
Dorchester Square, which is still widely known by its original name, Dominion Square, is set for a makeover. $3.5 million will be invested in giving it...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Second-hand happiness in a tiny, tiny park
I doubt many people think of the Parc du Bonheur d’occasion as a park. A small plaza, sure, or maybe a glorified bus stop, but not a park. Sure...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Policing our parks
In last week’s edition of Hour, Jamie O’Meara in last week’s Hour touched on the behaviour of Montreal’s police in city parks, and...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Walking Outremont’s parks
On a warm day—or, even better, on a warm night—I like to walk through Outremont. It’s one of Montreal’s most picturesque boroughs...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Beijing: Public exercise spaces
Megan Hall, Spacing Toronto’s correspondent in Beijing this summer, wrote a very interesting post on public exercise equipment in Beijing’s...
By Cédric Sam -
Photo du jour: Football
Soccer in Jeanne Mance Park. June 14, 2006
By Christopher DeWolf