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Givebox Montr\u00e9al is part of Rue Gilford en Vacances until September 20th<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I was in Berlin last month, I was interested – but not surprised – to stumble upon what looked like a walk-in closet in the middle of a\u00a0Prenzlauerberg neighbourhood park. Not surprised, because the Umsonst Box<\/em> (free box) made perfect sense in a city where DIY meets pop-up-urbanism\u00a0on every street corner.<\/p>\n

Happily,\u00a0Local Montr\u00e9al<\/a> walking tours and Une banane<\/a> design collective teamed up this summer to create Givebox Montreal<\/a>. Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rik-Toran Nissen, one of the creators, said that the design team got a small grant from Avenue Mont-Royal to create three Giveboxes as a temporary installation<\/a> piece at plaza in front of \u00a0Mont-Royal metro station. Once the installation was over, Nissen and his collaborators decided to place the boxes in neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n

But, Montreal not being Berlin,\u00a0Nissen needed find spots where Givebox could more or less fall through the cracks between public and private space.\u00a0The first one landed on the little terrace in front of \u00c9picerie Latina<\/em> on Saint-Viateur. Nissen says it’s worked well, with new objects showing up and disappearing every day, and they are planning to install doors so that it can last the winter.<\/p>\n

When Plateau Mayor Luc Ferrandez happened up the Givebox team constructing the boxes, he suggested a second location on Gilford and Rivard, a block that has been pedestrianized for the summer<\/a>. The box is set up alongside terraces, hammocks<\/a>, potted plants, and a giant sandbox<\/a>.\u00a0Nissen says he drops about once a week to maintain the boxes, but he’s pleased to see that others have also appropriated the project by cleaning out some of the junk that may accumulate over time.<\/p>\n

The Saint-Viateur spot is good until late September but after that Givebox Montreal will need to find a new location – your suggestions are welcome in the comments below.<\/p>\n

But wait: aren’t the streets of Montreal essentially one big informal Givebox?<\/p>\n

“Les montr\u00e9alais sont tr\u00e8s cool au niveau du partage,” says Nissen.\u00a0Rather than being a place for your neighbours to pick through your trash for a few hours before the garbage truck carts it off, Nissen encourages people to share special and unique items in the Givebox. The project aims to create interesting encounters around the Giveboxes, and there’s also a notebook where visitors to the Givebox can record the treasures they’ve found.\u00a0Some things that have been shared in the past few weeks include hats, books, toys, clothing, a TV and a phone.<\/p>\n

\u201cVenez chercher quelque chose de gratuit, \u00e7a vaut la peine!\u201d<\/em> Nissen says.<\/p>\n

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Givebox at in a park in Prenzlaurberg, Berlin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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