{"id":3845,"date":"2008-12-01T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2008\/12\/01\/montreal-monday-2\/"},"modified":"2008-12-01T12:53:23","modified_gmt":"2008-12-01T17:53:23","slug":"montreal-monday-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/12\/01\/montreal-monday-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Montr\u00e9al Monday: Roerich Garden, Transit shut-down, and Monumental poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/gardeners_photo-by-melissa-campbell.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Each Monday, we bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/\"><em>Spacing Montr&eacute;al<\/em><\/a><em>. We&#8217;ll keep an eye open for topics and discussions that are pertinent to current public space issues in Toronto.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&bull; Want a little sneak peak at some of the content in <em>Spacing<\/em>&#8216;s upcoming fall\/winter issue? Check out the story of <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/11\/22\/roerich-garden-highlights-abandoned-sites-value-in-the-face-of-st-viateur-expansion\/\">Mile End&#8217;s Roerich Garden<\/a> that is featured in our &#8220;Outer Space&#8221; section.<\/p>\n<p>&bull; The Soci&eacute;te de transport de Montr&eacute;al has muscled out a community shuttle bus started by the town of Montr&eacute;al-est. When the town stepped in to help residents get to the local metro station by providing a shuttle program to elliviate some of the pressure on the bloated 86 bus route. While it was actually helping more commuters get to the metro, STM, with lawyers in tow, descended on Montr&eacute;al-est City Hall last Wednesday to <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/11\/27\/stm-shuts-down-municipal-shuttle-to-metro\/\">stop the system immediately<\/a>.<em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"std nobr\"><\/span>&bull; And to wrap up your Monday morning on an artistic note, check out <em>Spacing Montr&eacute;al<\/em>&#8216;s very own Alanah Heffez&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/11\/21\/monuments-a-poem\/\">blog-poetic debut<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each Monday, we bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montr&eacute;al. We&#8217;ll keep an eye open for topics and discussions that are pertinent to current public space issues in Toronto. &bull; Want a little sneak peak at some of the content in Spacing&#8216;s upcoming fall\/winter issue? 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