Urban Design / Design urbain
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Turcot activists to Charest: Be coherent!
With the sun setting on the hazy evening commute home today, activists from the Conseil Régionale de l’Environnement (CRE) on the St. Jacques...
By Jacob Larsen -
Photo du Jour : Like New
The Guaranteed Pure Milk bottle is unveiled! New paint job; original text. Yelp of joy as I passed by it on my bike yesterday aftenoon (followed by weird...
By Alanah Heffez -
Place d’Armes – Just a Pretty Picture?
Spend a half an hour in the square and you’ll watch this scene on repeat: A tour bus wheezes up to the curb and releases a flood of tourists into...
By Alanah Heffez -
La quartier de mon enfance : Lacey Green, Kirkland
Y’é tombe une bombe su’a rue principale. Depuis qu’y ont construit le centre d’achat. Les Colocs, 1993 En fait, le quartier de mon...
By Cédric Sam -
Learning the tricks of the trade from the real Sin City
« Si tu ne sais pas porter ton péché, il faut mieux le laisser aux experts. » – Marcel Jouhandeau, sort of. Montréal is Sin City. At least, that is...
By Émile Thomas -
Executive Committee OKs Main Makeover Despite OCPM Recommendation
St Lawrence and Ste Catherine street, 1905. Source: Mccord Museum. “We have to move forward,” said Catherine Sévigny, the executive committee...
By Alanah Heffez -
Metro to be expanded on three lines, eleven new stations to be built
The news broke yesterday before any announcement was made: the Metro will be expanding. The news was later confirmed at a joint news conference with...
By Chris Erb -
New park to be built on third summit of Mont-Royal
La Presse and The Gazette each reported this week that the city plans to begin the creation of a new park on the northern summit of the mountain in the...
By Chris Erb -
Thinking beyond the Shuko
« I like the way you comb your hair I like the stylish clothes you wear It’s just the little things you do That makes me want to sleep with you. » –...
By Émile Thomas -
The Turcot is going to heat up
A dull roar of opposition to the MTQ’s Turcot plan has been rumbling through urban planning circles and neighbourhood groups since the Ministère de...
By Jacob Larsen -
La démocratie et la planification
« La démocratie est le pire des régimes, à l’exception de tous les autres. » – Sir Winston Churchill Qu’est-ce que la démocratie ? Conçue en...
By Émile Thomas -
Photo du jour : Grues de construction
Grues de construction surplombant le Quartier des spectacles. Photo prise le 29 août 2009.
By Cédric Sam