Montréal Monday: pedestrianization, park fines, and photo montage

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.

• Plans to close a portion of St. Paul St between Place Jacques-Cartier and St. Laurent Blvd to cars this summer have been shelved. In Saint Paul: So much for pedestrianization, Christopher DeWolf examines the politics that may have influenced this decision.

• In student fined $628 for sitting in a park, Christopher DeWolf reports on the blatant abuse of police power in public spaces.

• Check out how 78 years of development can change an intersection in Montage du jour: Intersection des rues St-Mathieu et Sainte-Catherine.

photo by Christopher DeWolf