Monthly Archives: November 2011
Montréal’s Lost Attractions – Keep this in mind for the 375th!
Our city has been built on birthday presents. For Canada’s Centennial Anniversary we got a Métro system and 50 million tourists in six months, not to mention world attention and twenty+ years of urban renewal and densification projects. For the … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, Cultural commentary, Economic commentary, History and Culture, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Montréal Landmarks, Perspectives on the City, Scenes from the City, Social commentary, Urban Redevelopment, Worth reconsidering
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And then there’s this…
Got a laugh out of this post on Iconic Photos, a blog I just spent the better part of an hour going through. Pretty solid stuff and some really excellent choices, in my opinion. I can imagine this guy gets … Continue reading
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An Ironic Coup: Rejecting the Omnibus Crime Bill is your Civic Responsibility
This article was originally published by the Forget the Box news collective a few days ago. If there’s one thing I love, its getting caught off-guard and surprised, especially when it comes to Canadian politics, which I generally find infuriating, … Continue reading
A few things every Montrealer ought to know about Mirabel International Airport
So I’ve been having a lot of discussions about Mirabel over the last few weeks, thought I’d share some ideas. 1. We still need it. Montréal is a major international tourism destination in addition to being a key port of … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, Economic commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Montréal Landmarks, Perspectives on the City, Political commentary, Social commentary, Unrealized development projects, What were they thinking?, Worth reconsidering
Tagged Mirabel International Airport, Montréal, Montréal Airports, Montréal Infrastructure, Montréal Urban Planning
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Why do we tolerate this?
More video from the Occupy Wall Street mass-demonstration of civil disobedience on November 17th 2011. In five days I will walk across a stage, my loving parents looking on, at Salle Wilfred-Pelletier, and collect a receipt for one education. What … Continue reading
Ten Attractions and Services we Bafflingly do not have in Montréal { part 1 }
This was originally going to be a list of ten items but I realized it was going to be an immense article. So I cut it in half and will finish it in part 2, due out shortly. I think … Continue reading →
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