Walking / Marche
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Départ: Mail Champlain, Arrivée: Dix30, Temps de marche: 57 minutes
Cela me démangeait depuis que le Quartier Dix30 a vu le jour il y a quelques années (et parce que je me suis obstiné, comme beaucoup de Montréalais...
By Joel Thibert -
The Regionalist: Questioning the concept of “urban region” (through direct engagement)
I realize now this could (and should probably) have been my very first post under this heading, as I have more or less taken for granted in previous posts...
By Joel Thibert -
VIDEO: The Social Life of Small Places
William Whyte got it right: the legendary urbanist created the film “The Social Life of Small Places” that has become one of the best learning...
By Matthew Blackett -
Boundaries or Barriers for Petite-Patrie-Mile-End?
Last summer I moved from NDG to Petite Patrie and, for the fist time, I began to move through the city primarily in a North-South axis – with most...
By Alanah Heffez -
Montreal’s first traffic light
Red means stop; green means go: It’s just about the only thing that people across North America can wholeheartedly agree upon. They are such a...
By Alanah Heffez -
The Sunday Building Project – Now with Anecdotes!
The Building Project, along with its fellow inhabitants of Montreal, experienced a cold shock earlier this week – literally, somewhat frigid. Snow...
By Lauren Brassica -
FAVOURITE FRIDAY: What is your favourite pedestrian bridge?
Across the Spacing urban blog network each week we’re asking our readers in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Otttawa, and the Atlantic cities to let us...
By Spacing -
Photo du jour: Chateaubriand championne de l’émondage
C’est nécessaire pour éviter les interruptions dans la distribution d’électricité mais pour l’allure de la rue on repassera...
By Jean Desjardins -
Quartier des spectacles: Entre vision et réalité /
Entre traversée magique et gazon mortL’homme sur cette photo est à la croisée de deux chemins. Le premier, blanc et enchanteur, est né du travail des designers derrière ce nouvel espace du...
By Jonathan Lapalme -
Photo du jour: asiatisation d’une ruelle
On coure les ruelles de la Petite Patrie cet été. À la tombée du jour le 17 juillet passé, l’arrière de ce bloc appartement nous semblait luire de...
By Jean Desjardins -
Walk the Region : Méditation sur l’île aux Fesses
Ce billet est contribué par Laurent Lussier, diplômé en urbanisme, qui a participé à Walk the Region/Ville, Banlieue, Campagne en juillet 2011. Lors...
By Spacing -
Walk the Region: Density, Proximity, Intricacy, Intimacy
When I began blogging about Walk the Region a couple weeks ago, I was pretty honest about my revulsion towards places like Laval and the Dix30, although I...
By Alanah Heffez