Parks / Parcs
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Square Chaboillez and the Dangers of Precedent
The images and some of the content of this post has been adapted from Montréalités Urbaines with the author’s permission. Can the City sell a park...
By Alanah Heffez -
Le goût de Montréal // Bouffe de rue : pour une approche systémique | Partie 2 – Plaidoyer et appel à tous
Vous n’avez pas lu la première partie de ce texte ? Cliquez ici. Vous y trouverez le contexte général de la cuisine de rue, autant ici qu’Ã...
By Jonathan Lapalme -
A Taste for Montreal: Hot Dogs for Humanity
For three years I volunteered with Dans la Rue van, handing out hot dogs to Montreal’s homeless on Monday evenings. The first thing volunteers learn...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du jour: pick-up game
Parc de Lorimier, parc Laurier below.
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du jour : Dorchester Square
Dorchester Square looking towards the north, as seen last fall. The prominent statue is a monument to Montrealers who fought in the Boer War. Extremely...
By Devin Alfaro -
Photos du Jour: Occuper vs vivre Montréal
Zoom sur Square Victoria, le 5 novembre, 2011. Plus de photos ici.
By Alanah Heffez -
Park(ing) Day!
Today, Friday, September 16th, is PARK(ing) Day! In cities around the globe, artists, activists and citizens will transform metered parking spaces into...
By Hilary Best -
The Regionalist: Recreation Beyond Degradation
I recently came upon a fascinating book titled “The ecological basis of planning”, which is basically a series of essays about the...
By Joel Thibert -
Walk the Region : Méditation sur l’île aux Fesses
 Ce billet est contribué par Laurent Lussier, diplômé en urbanisme, qui a participé à Walk the Region/Ville, Banlieue, Campagne en juillet 2011. Lors...
By Spacing -
Photo du Jour: Clearly this calls for a smoke machine
It ain’t called the “Quartier des Spectacles” for nothing…
By Alanah Heffez -
Camping en Ville?
After contemplating the paucity of campfires in the city last week, I was excited to come home to news of the possibility of developing urban campsites...
By Alanah Heffez -
Anywhere but Meadowbrook?
Never, in my experience, has a proposed condo development received so much praise. Suzanne Deschamps presented the Petite Rivière project at UQAM...
By Alanah Heffez