1.0Spacing Montrealhttps://spacing.ca/montrealChristopher DeWolfhttps://spacing.ca/montreal/author/christopher/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ZgsgJxLOZG"><a href="https://spacing.ca/montreal/2007/11/09/its-tempo-season/">It’s Tempo season!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spacing.ca/montreal/2007/11/09/its-tempo-season/embed/#?secret=ZgsgJxLOZG" width="600" height="338" title="“It’s Tempo season!” — Spacing Montreal" data-secret="ZgsgJxLOZG" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> It’s that time of year when people in many Montreal neighbourhoods start installing much-maligned Tempo shelters to protect their driveways. Although they’re most common in the suburbs and in outer neighbourhoods like Rosemont, St. Leonard or Ville St. Laurent, I’ve even seen them in more urban neighbourhoods, where they are used to shelter apartment buildingContinue readinghttp://farm1.static.flickr.com/89/253103142_2ca4262254.jpg?v=0