Waterfront / Bord de l’eau
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Down to the river to play
« En suivant le fleuve, on parvient à la mer. » – Plaute J’oublie souvent l’existence de notre fleuve ; j’avoue. Et pourtant, il...
By Émile Thomas -
Public access to waterfront in Port of Spain, Trinidad
Cross-posted from Spacing Ottawa, by Michael Frojmovic For those not familiar with local fare in Trinidad & Tobago, a mix of dried channa (chickpea)...
By Spacing -
Habitat 67 Hangs 10 : Surfing In Montreal
Featured in an interesting article in the New York Times today, Habitat 67’s surfing culture is finally exposed! The article pleasantly describes...
By Timea Jakab -
Island hopping Montreal-styles
A ferry whisks 12 bicycles and their riders across the St-Lawrence river to the Boucherville Islands provincial park. On your typical STM map of Montreal...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du Jour : Landmarks
Wow, I think I managed to capture most of the city’s major landmarks in a single shot: Jacques Cartier bridge, downtown skyscrapers, a grain silo...
By Alanah Heffez -
De quoi avez-vous rêvé hier soir pour Montréal ?
Au sujet de son arrivée au Canada, il y a presque 40 ans, mon père prétend que : « Malheureusement, je suis arrivé à Toronto ; heureusement, je suis restÃ...
By Émile Thomas -
Running the Rapids – Waters Wild or Tamed
Cecilia Chen is a special contributor to Spacing Montreal. This article is the second of a three-part series examining biodiversity along an urban...
By Spacing -
Photo du jour : Ominous skies
A view of the Old Port of Montréal across from the Pont de la Concorde, taken on April 26th, 2009.
By Cédric Sam -
More Life – Biodiversity and the Parc des Rapides
 Cecilia Chen is a special contributor to Spacing Montreal. This article is part of a series of three-part series examining biodiversity along an urban...
By Spacing -
Photo du Jour : West-Side Waterfront
Last week I posted a photo of an inaccessible stretch of east side waterfront and got all kinds of outraged comments saying that I was not accurately...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du Jour – Lachine Canal Kayakers
Photo taken August 19th 2008
By Alanah Heffez -
Montreal’s missing beaches
Beach in Cartierville, on the Rivière des Prairies, around 1910 Nathalie Collard has a column in today’s La Presse lamenting the lack of access...
By Christopher DeWolf