Urban Design / Design urbain
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Event: Social Justice in the City with Peter Marcuse
Institut de politiques alternatives de Montreal (IPAM) feature speaker series presents: PETER MARCUSE “Social Justice in the City: What is it? Who...
By Devin Alfaro -
Car-Free Neighbourhoods Week from the Montreal Urban Ecology Centre
This month the Montreal Urban Ecology Centre is gearing up for an activity-packed week that aims to explore the concept of car-free neighbourhoods. Many...
By Devin Alfaro -
Devimco’s New Griffintown Scheme: “District Griffin”
Devimco, the embattled developer with big plans for the forlorn neighbourhood of Griffintown, south of Downtown, have finally unveiled their new, albeit...
By Chris Erb -
School yourself: 5 books you should have read about your urban space
With the dog days of summer lazily creeping up on us, there remain but a few weeks left to accomplish that summer reading that you so longed to do...
By Émile Thomas -
La construction de la nouvelle Plaza Swatow : une histoire de 2007 à 2010
Septembre 2007 Mai 2008 Mars 2009 Mai 2009 Décembre 2009 La Plaza Swatow dans le Quartier chinois ouvrira ses portes au grand public le 1er août 2010. Il...
By Cédric Sam -
Photo du jour : Îlot Voyageur
Over three years and hundreds of millions of dollars later, the Îlot Voyageur still sits unfinished.
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Final farewell to the Seville Theatre
Demolition under way at the corner of Sainte-Catherine and Lambert-Closse. After decades of neglect and indecision, the Seville Theatre’s days are...
By Devin Alfaro -
Building community in Downtown Montreal
The corner of Pierce and Ste-Catherine, in Shaughnessy Village. Unlike many North-American “central business districts”, Downtown Montreal is...
By Devin Alfaro -
Before the Quartier des Spectacles…
As several of you easily guessed in yesterday’s pop-quiz, these satellite images show surface parking lots in the area between Bleury and...
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Moins on en sait, mieux sont les préjugés dans Villeray
« Where facts are few, experts are many. » – Donald R. Gannon J’arrive vers la fin de ma maîtrise et il ne me reste qu’un cours à suivre...
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Planning for the Big Picture with Bill 58
On June 1st, Quebec’s national assembly passed bill 58, a law requiring Montreal’s Metropolitan Community (CMM) to draft a “metropolitan...
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Ecocities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature
When? Wednesday June 9th, 2010, de from 6:30 pm to 8 pm Where? Écomusée du fier monde 2050, rue Amherst, Montréal (Berri-UQAM Metro Station) 514 528-8444...
By Devin Alfaro