Urban Design / Design urbain
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Lessons in urban planning from Vancouver
Highrise living in downtown Vancouver WHAT? “Making a Great City by Design,” a lecture by Vancouver’s former planning director, Larry...
By Christopher DeWolf -
De Maisonneuve bike lane update
Construction is coming along at a decent pace on the downtown bike lane along de Maisonneuve. La Press is reporting that it should be open by the end of...
By Chris Erb -
Touring the TOHU recycling complex at St-Michel
This corner of the old quarry and garbage dump in St-Michel is slated to become a pond by 2020. Photo by Misha Warbanski Every Thursday morning...
By Misha Warbanski -
Will the UN move to Montreal — and how will it affect the waterfront?
Last week, La Presse reported quite breathlessly that the federal government, which owns the Port of Montreal and much of the land along its waterfront...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Place Monseigneur-Charbonneau
Montreal’s office district, running between Dorchester Square in the northwest and Victoria Square in the southeast, is not terribly exciting...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Le monument Chénier
Bordé par des terrains de stationnements et par les rues St-Antoine et St-Denis, où le débit de circulation automobile est élevé, le monument Chénier...
By Guillaume St-Jean -
The suburbs finally get their due
“Bridge to Laval.” Photo by caribb A week after the Gazette ran an exposé on downtown’s “black hole” and Le Devoir taught us...
By Christopher DeWolf -
L’îlot Trafalgar-Gleneagles
Devant être remplacées par une tour de 10 étages, les maisons Thompson et Sparrow furent sauvées de la démolition lorsque l’îlot...
By Guillaume St-Jean -
How to ruin and revive a main street
Two of Montreal’s newspapers turned their attention to the city’s main streets today. The Gazette bemoans the state of “the black hole...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Encore des condos
Cette photographie prise sur la rue de Gaspé dans le quartier Villeray en septembre 2007 illustre désormais une scène du passé. En effet, ces 3...
By Guillaume St-Jean -
L’évolution d’une rue #3
Vers 1900-2003 Cette propriété fut construite en 1891 pour Robert Stanley Bagg à l’angle de la rue Sherbrooke et du chemin de la côte-des-neiges.
By Guillaume St-Jean -
Tonight, the future of Griffintown, and more!
WHAT? Alternative vision of Griffintown presented at Pecha Kucha night, along with other interesting topics WHEN? Tonight, September 18th, at 8pm WHERE...
By Christopher DeWolf