Urban Design / Design urbain
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Planting seeds, looking for treasure
WHAT? So You Think You Can Plant? hosted by Greening Duluth WHEN? Wednesday, May 28, starting at 7:30 (Tonight!) WHERE? Meet on the front terrace of House...
By Paul Erlichman -
Ste-Elizabeth’s Last Stand
Photo taken May 17th, 2008 A statue of Jesus disappeared from the church yard earlier this spring – now a mosaic depicting Ste Elizabeth has emerged...
By Alanah Heffez -
Rebranding Park Avenue
The first banner was incongruous enough: “Avenue du Parc,” it read in a vaguely Hellenic font, set to a pale blue background. Underneath was...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Building green neighbourhoods
Green laneway in the lower Plateau WHAT? Presentation on “green” urban planning WHEN? Wednesday, May 14 at 7pm WHERE? Salle de la FraternitĂ...
By Christopher DeWolf -
St-Michel Smart Center goes to Public Consultation
The pattern is increasingly familiar: undeveloped urban land is a beacon for commercial developers, developers who inevitably demand changes in the urban...
By Alanah Heffez -
New initiative to increase downtown gardening space
A group of undergraduates at McGill University are working to give downtown students, and others, access to gardening space and a better connection to...
By Pamela Shapiro -
Council gives green light to Griffintown project
Monday’s municipal council meeting was the night when Griffintown’s future was finally decided. Despite recent pleas from experts to stop the...
By Chris Erb -
Student fined $628 for sitting in a park
Lawbreakers? Photo by Karu-san Watch out, Montrealers: if you sit anywhere in a park other than on a park bench, you could be risking a $628 fine. At...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Proje(c)t(ions)s urbain(e)s
WHAT? Ideas for the Van Horne/Rosemont viaduct and its surroundings WHERE? Dare-Dare’s art space at St. Laurent and Van Horne WHEN? Tuesday, April...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Bâtiment disparu #7 : Le club st-James
Vers 1870 Il est difficile de s’imaginer aujourd’hui que se trouvait autrefois en plein quartier des affaires, un club privĂ© de style...
By Guillaume St-Jean -
Cité Bourgogne
I wasn’t entirely sure where I was. I had just left the rambling lanes of the Taikang Road arts district and was wandering aimlessly through the...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Building the “anti-Griffintown” in Point St. Charles
On Saturday, La Presse looked at a group of Point St. Charles community activists, urban planners and architects who have come up with a plan to redevelop...
By Christopher DeWolf