{"id":441,"date":"2007-12-31T20:09:06","date_gmt":"2008-01-01T00:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=441"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:59:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:59:55","slug":"greening-montreals-laneways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2007\/12\/31\/greening-montreals-laneways\/","title":{"rendered":"Greening Montreal&#8217;s laneways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/christopherdewolf\/2152749890\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2057\/2152749890_9bac17593b.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Montrealers across the city are taking a renewed interest in their laneways. Since many of them are too narrow to work as service corridors, their original purpose, lanes can be used in different and more imaginative ways. <\/p>\n<p>In October, the Plateau borough announced that an old alley behind St. Louis Square would be <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?p=169\">converted into a &#8220;country lane,&#8221;<\/a> but that won&#8217;t be the first time something interesting has been done to a Plateau laneway. <\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what I discovered when I came across the laneway running behind Milton Street between St. Urbain and Clark. Some time ago, I&#8217;m not sure when, the pavement was ripped up and replaced by a cinderblock path flanked on both sides by greenery. 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