Parks / Parcs
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Photo du Jour – Food not Bombs
Fruit and sandwiches at Berri Square, courtesy of the Montreal chapter of Food not Bombs. The volunteers told me they collect food that would have...
By Alanah Heffez -
One great city, one great river trail
(A dispatch from Winnipeg) The Winnipeg River Trail winds its way down the frozen Assiniboine (photo: misha warbanski) One of my favourite things about...
By Misha Warbanski -
Photo du Jour – AIDS memorial park
It began as an abandoned city lot on Ste-Catherine and Panet, in the Gay Village. On World AIDS Day 1991, members of the AIDS activist group Act Up...
By Alanah Heffez -
“La Guerre des Tuques” on Mount Royal
When I saw “La Guerre des Tuques” (“The Dog Who Stopped the War“) as a kid, I always dreamt of building a huge snow fort and...
By Olivier Plessis -
MTQ Plans to Cover one Trench Highway while Digging Another
According to an article in today’s La Presse, the Société Radio-Canada is pressuring the province to patch up the ugly gash created by the Ville...
By Alanah Heffez -
Fun outdoor activities prohibited
A sign bans tobogganing and skiing at Murry Hill (formally known as King George park). Westmount City Public Works clarifies that tobogganing is still...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du Jour : Park Ex Athena
Statue in Parc Athena, at Jean-Talon and Avenue de l’Épée, Jan 3rd.
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du Jour : La vraie vie…
“Les hivers de mon enfance étaient des saisons longues, longues. Nous vivions en trois lieux: l’école, l’église et la patinoire; mais la...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du Jour : Square Phillips sous la neige
Photo prise le 18 décembre 2008
By Alanah Heffez -
Twin Jacques Cartiers
Monuments to Jacques Cartier in Saint-Henri park (above) and Saint-Henri metro station (below) are more than a little alike. So which is the 1893 original?
By Alanah Heffez -
Montreal – the cutting edge of recorded music since 1900
Park Emile-Berliner (1851-?). Inventeur du gramophone et du disque. How did a tiny corner park in St-Henri end up dedicated to the inventor of the...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du Jour – Breadcrumbs
Women feeding pigeons and gulls in Cabot Square, October 23rd 2008.
By Alanah Heffez