Parks / Parcs

Old Montreal’s forgotten public square

When most people think of important public squares in Old Montréal, two spaces come to mind. Place d’Armes, the setting for the imposing Notre-Dame...

Photo du Jour : Flight of the snowball

More Christmas day fun on Mont-Royal

PODCAST: Saving BIXI, Bronson Avenue, and our parks

LISTEN TO THE NEW SPACING RADIO PODCAST! While some parks are jam-packed with kids, dog walkers and seniors practicing Tai Chi, others are deserted and...

Événement : Sacrée montagne

(Selon L’Office national du film) Lancement du projet documentaire interactif SACRÉE MONTAGNE le mardi 21 septembre 2010, de 18 h à 20 h au chalet...

Seeing like a Skateboarder

After talking to David Bouthillier for half an hour I start to see the urban landscape in a whole new light. We sit perched on one of the raised platform...

Événement: Le musée des possibles

Place des Festivals on an Ordinary Day

I have griped about the bike path and I have griped about the trees, but I also have to give credit where credit is due: I love the Place des festivals...

Place des Festivals: Who Moved the Trees?

Lets just say a little bird told me. A little bird wouldnotice that kind of thing: with the Place des festivales nearing completion, where did they put...

Parc Lahaie transformation underway

Parc Lahaie with areas to be revitalised shown highlighted (photo credit: Étienne Coutu) Earlier this month the Plateau administration announced a series...

Happy Birthday Mount Royal Park

Last year I blogged about the Journée Nationale des Patriotes (except that I left out the ‘Nationale‘ and got called on it in the comments)...

Sentier Urbain: The Unlikely Gardeners

One of the gardeners is tattooed from head to toe: his face is a grimacing skull and, under a loose tank top, demons claw through the flesh of his torso...

Photo du jour – Square Viger