Urban Design / Design urbain
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Greening Milton Park
Hutchison Street in Milton Park, aka the McGill Ghetto The neighbourhood of Milton-Parc is tucked into a corner of downtown between McGill University and...
By Misha Warbanski -
Psychogeographically stroll the Falaise St. Jacques
Does this look like NDG to you? Photo by Andy Riga WHAT? Psychogeography walk along the Falaise St. Jacques WHEN? 1pm, Saturday, December 1st Noon...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Expanding a museum, saving a church
At the end of the year, the Museum of Fine Arts will start work on a new expansion that will engulf the former Erskine and American Church, located across...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Demain, une conférence sur le Quartier des spectacles
QUOI? Conférence sur le développement du Quartier des spectacles QUAND? Le mardi 27 novembre, 17h OÙ? Amphithéâtre Hydro-Québec, local 1120, 2940, chemin...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Montreal’s suburban villages: Pointe Claire
Over the course of Montreal’s history, plenty of old towns and villages have been swallowed whole by the insatiable appetite of its suburban sprawl...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Public hearing: Pine/Park to stay as it is
Yesterday, while a handful of Spacing Montreal contributors sat in a musty church basement with hundreds of other Expozine exhibitors and visitors, about...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Reaction to the Griffintown mega-development
Since news broke yesterday afternoon with details about Devimco’s plan to massively redevelop Griffintown, the blogosphere has been abuzz with...
By Christopher DeWolf -
More details on the Griffintown redevelopment
New details have emerged today on the redevelopment of Griffintown, which we first wrote about last July. Radio-Canada reports that it will cost at least...
By Christopher DeWolf -
«Cette fois, c’est la bonne»
It’s been decades since politicians have promised to upgrade the east end of Notre-Dame Street into something more than a dangerous four-lane...
By Christopher DeWolf -
The Gazette’s three-part series on Mile End
Is Mile End at the pinnacle of coolness? Some think so. The eclectic, multicultural neighbourhood now finds itself at the centre of Montreal’s music...
By Christopher DeWolf -
STM lands to become new neighbourhood
Last month, the STM announced that it would start selling off some of its property for development, following the lead of many other transit agencies...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Public hearing on Turcot reconstruction tomorrow
Turcot Interchange near completion in 1967, looking north. Photo from Walking Turcot Yards I recently wrote about the threat posted to the western part of...
By Christopher DeWolf