Daily Archives: October 27, 2011

Creating an Alpha World City – II

What’s Montreal going to look like in 2030? According to StatsCan, the Greater Montreal Area will have a combined population of 5.275 million people, with more than two million living on the island alone. Just a reminder, this is the … Continue reading

Posted in A modest proposal, Economic commentary, Let's make this an election issue, Perspectives on the City, Political commentary, Urban Redevelopment | Leave a comment

Happy Birffday

Well holy hickory-smoked f*ck, this website’s a year old. I’d like to thank all the readers and lurkers out there, and hell, why not, even the trolls (especially the trolls) for making the last year very interesting. What I’ve learned … Continue reading

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Kondiaronk Book Review – Saturday Night at the Bagel Factory

Don Bell was what you might consider a kind of boulevardier back in the 1960s and 1970s, keeping abreast of the freaks and geeks which make urban living so goddam enjoyable. He compiled a variety of anecdotes into the aforementioned … Continue reading

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