{"id":4113,"date":"2009-03-16T09:03:20","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T13:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2009\/03\/16\/montreal-monday-sunken-train-chinatown-developing-first-budding-bush\/"},"modified":"2009-03-17T21:41:07","modified_gmt":"2009-03-18T01:41:07","slug":"montreal-monday-sunken-train-chinatown-developing-first-budding-bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/03\/16\/montreal-monday-sunken-train-chinatown-developing-first-budding-bush\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Monday: Sunken train, Chinatown developing, first budding bush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.undermontreal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/_mg_8593.jpg\" height=\"324\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-montreal-monday.gif\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 63px\" height=\"63\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Each Monday, we bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/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; Andrew E has written a couple of urban-exploration posts about\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/03\/08\/brooks-in-the-city\/\">now-buried rivers<\/a> of Riviere St-Pierre in <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/03\/10\/following-riviere-st-pierre-underground\/\">Montreal Ouest and Cote St. Luc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&bull; C&eacute;dric Sam is hoping <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/03\/09\/petit-a-petit-le-swatow-nouveau-fait-son-nid\/\">Montreal&#8217;s Chinatown <\/a>will include the same variety found in Toronto and Vancouver. Read how it&#8217;s beginning to take shape with the construction of Swatow Plaza.<\/p>\n<p>&bull; Although she was told that the silver maple is the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/03\/11\/tree-tuesday-and-the-first-flower-of-spring-is\/\">first to flower in spring<\/a>, Bronwyn Chester found out the pussy willow makes an appearance much sooner.<\/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. 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