Urban Exploration / Exploration urbaine
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Everything You Probably Never Cared to Know About Manhole Covers
Final sewer inspection, North Collector, Montreal, 1955. (Photo source: City of Montreal Archives) I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume that...
By Andrew Emond -
Following Riviere St-Pierre Underground
So one of the things I’ve been doing lately has been examining the now-covered sections of Riviere St-Pierre in Montreal Ouest and Cote St. Luc. If...
By Andrew Emond -
Exploring Under Montreal
Hello Spacing Readers, I’m Andrew, an underground explorer/photographer here in Montreal. I recently launched a site called (what else?) Under...
By Andrew Emond -
McTavish Revisited…after $9M in security measures.
This blog is generally in favour of accessibility and a flexible attitude to public space, but perhaps there are some corners of the city that should...
By Alanah Heffez -
Engaging surveillance with Bill Brown
Bill Brown warned us that the Complexe Desjardins security staff may disband his Discovering the Unmonitored Underground City workshop. Unauthorized...
By KC Bolton -
CCA hosts a guided tour of urban surveillance in Montreal
This weekend Bill Brown of the Surveillance Camera Players will give a tour of surveillance cameras in downtown Montreal entitled Discovering the...
By KC Bolton -
Psychogeography Society to explore Ahuntsic this Saturday
This Saturday, the Montreal Psychogeography Society (Facebook group) will come out of hibernation to host its first walk of the year. This walk will take...
By Chris Erb -
CCA’s call for Actions – le CCA appelle à l’Action
Photo courtesy of www.cca-actions.org The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) is seeking online submissions that complement its current exhibition...
By KC Bolton -
Monuments (a poem)
Last Thursday, I took part in a panel discussion about art and community action, along with Emily Rose Michaud, the artist behind the Roerich Garden in...
By Alanah Heffez -
Know Hope: Tesseract
By Kimberley Mok The ubiquitous mansard roofs* of Montréal have always fascinated me. From the monumental to the ordinary vernacular, these distinctive...
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1ière avenue, part 1: Verdun
Corner of Wellington and 1re Avenue in Verdun. These street signs are unique to Verdun’s Wellington Street “Downtown” commercial strip...
By Chris Erb -
Le mardi des arbres: les chicots qui remplissent le ciel
Tout le monde qui fait parti du flot de vélos qui vient de l’est vers le centreville via les rues Prince Arthur, Clark et Milton ne peut que...
By Bronwyn Chester