Urban Design / Design urbain
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Shedding light on the Quartier des spectacles
La Presse reports today that a new “visual identity” will be given to Ste. Catherine St. between St. James United Church and Berri Square...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Montreal population density since 1971
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By Christopher DeWolf -
Beaminster, Bradford, Campden: three odd streets
Back in October, on one of those unseasonably warm and humid days we had towards the end of fall, I was on the 129 bus heading west to Victoria Avenue...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Community groups want to reduce the number of cars in Montreal
The Montreal Gazette has a report today about the Coalition for the Reduction of Montreal Traffic, which represents some 42 community groups. They say...
By Misha Warbanski -
Psychogeographers take to the Falaise St. Jacques
A huge neglected strip of nature running almost to the city’s core? While the downtown portion of this slope teams with traffic, what is stunning...
By Jacob Larsen -
East enders oppose the Notre-Dame highway
East end residents aren’t taking too kindly to the changes planned for Notre Dame St. between downtown and Highway 25. La Presse is reporting that a...
By Christopher DeWolf -
The Main is back and ready to party
After fourteen brutal months of non-stop construction, the closure of several prominent businesses and some eerily quiet days on a street normally known...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour : de l’ancien au nouveau Chinatown
Le vieux magasin d’import-export Swatow, le nouveau complexe commercial Swatow. Photo prise le 9 septembre 2007. Lisez l’article par...
By Cédric Sam -
Norman Bethune Square gets a makeover
Norman Bethune is getting a bath. His statue, which normally stands encrusted in bird poop at the corner of Guy and de Maisonneuve, in the most...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Blast from the (very recent) past
I was rummaging through some of my old photos this evening when I came across some that were taken in the fall of 2002. It is so recent yet, in some ways...
By Christopher DeWolf -
The problems with the Griffintown project
Raphaël Fischler, a professor of urban design at McGill University, has weighed in on the Griffintown project with an op-ed published in today’s...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Chinatown’s changing, but it’s still a vital place
Chinatown is changing: new businesses are opening and a set of vacant lots on St. Laurent is set to be transformed next year into a $20 million shopping...
By Christopher DeWolf