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Montréal Monday — Habitat 67, Mount Royal, and Griffintown

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Each Monday, Spacing will bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montréal. We’ll keep an eye open for topics and discussions that are pertinent to current public space issues in Toronto.

The Habitat 67 experience takes you on a rooftop tour of a famous Montréal landmark. Check out unique views of both the city and this iconic housing complex.

Keepin’ it Green details how Montréal’s city council plans to protect Mount Royal. The proposal includes steps to deal with “everything from improving public transit access…to protecting views of the mountain from about 100 points in the city.”

• Writer Chris Erb provides a summary of Recent news on [the] Griffintown redevelopment. The project by a company called Divimco — and its surrounding issues — echoes several neighbourhood transformations in Toronto, including the plans for the Queen West Triangle.

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