Urban Design / Design urbain

Deer hunting in Sudbury

Two weeks ago I spent Good Friday afternoon walking around the fine and solid City of Sudbury. Because it was a holiday the city felt silent and empty...

Gaz Métro to the Main: we’re sorry for ripping you apart

If you’ve been following the news over the past few days, you’ll know that, just as the nearly two-long makeover of St. Laurent Boulevard...

Sud-Ouest Grey Spaces

Got my hands on a scanner recently and thought I’d post some pics snapped around 2001, during my first excursions through Pointe St-Charles and...

Photo du jour : La démolition du théâtre Quat’sous

Less is more: Montreal’s new public spaces

Montreal is in the midst of a great public space building boom. Plenty of new squares, plazas and open spaces have been created over the past six or seven...

Photo du jour : Bens

Bâtiment disparu #5 : Le refuge Ste-Bridget

Photographies prisent vers 1896 et en 2008 En 1847, de nombreux immigrants irlandais quittèrent leur pays alors ravagé par la famine, la maladie et la...

Griffintown News Roundup #4: Feb. 21-March 24

It has been over a month since I’ve done my last new roundup so, because there have been such a large number of news items over such a long period...

Montage du jour : La rue Aylmer

Vers 1870 et en 2008 Ces 2 photos montrant la rue Aylmer entre Milton et Sherbrooke furent prises à près de 138 années d’intervalle. Au premier...

City Hall wants to pedestrianize St. Paul Street

Despite the political storm brewing over the seasonal pedestrianization of Ste. Catherine Street in the Village, city officials has their eyes set on...

Bâtiment disparu #4 : La résidence de George Caverhill

1915-2008 Construite vers 1909, cette somptueuse résidence en pierres est identifiée dans les archives du musée Mccord comme étant la maison de Mme Galt...

City cut corners in “Red Light” demolition

I’ve only been glancing at the Montreal headlines since I’ve been in Hong Kong, but this one caught my eye: it seems that the city was in such...