Category Archives: Arts & the City
Sabotaging Viger Square
Here’s a hypothetical situation: A city builds a park costing x millions of dollars with the intent to rehabilitate a given sector of its urban environment and cover over an exposed highway trench. It hires leading landscape architects and local … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, Arts & the City, Cultural commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Montréal Architecture, Montréal Landmarks, Montréal public art, Perspectives on the City, Public art proposal, Social commentary, Unrealized development projects, Urban Redevelopment, Worth reconsidering
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Mehta, Mahler and the Maison Symphonique de Montréal
Not Mehta or the OSM, but Leonard Bernstein conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. Close enough… Confession: I was neither familiar with Mahler’s Third Symphony, nor the city’s new concert hall, until last night. I know… for shame.* First off, seeing Zubin … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, Arts & the City, Cultural commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Montréal Architecture, Montréal Landmarks, Perspectives on the City, Scenes from the City, Social commentary, Urban Redevelopment
Tagged Maison symphonique de Montréal, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, OSM, Place des Arts, Quartier des Spectacles, Zubin Mehta
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The CBC should consolidate its operations in Montreal
Recently announced cuts to the CBC/Radio-Canada got me thinking: why is this particular crown corporation’s operations split between three different major Canadian cities and why is the CBC/SRC trying to rid itself of potentially lucrative real-estate? I can’t fathom why … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian Culture, Canadian media, Canadian politcs, Canadian Society, CBC, Centre-Sud, Culture of Montreal, Faubourg Québec, Heritage Canada, Maison Radio-Canada, Media in Montreal, Political Commentary, Quartier des Médias, Quartier des Mélasses, Social Commentary, Urban Redevelopment, Urban Renewal
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Pointe-à -Callière Going Underground
The Pointe-à -Callière historical and archeological museum is going underground and expanding for the city’s 375th anniversary. Perhaps borrowing a cue from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (whose pavilions are connected underground though unfortunately still not directly accessible from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Archeology in Montreal, Architecture of Montreal, Culture of Montreal, History of Montreal, Montréal Design, Montréal Landmarks, Montréal Urban Planning, Montreal History, Museums of Montreal, Old Montréal, Old Port, Place d'Armes, Place d'Youville, Place Royale, Pointe-à -Callière, Quartier Internationale, RÉSO, Underground City
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Three-Alarm Fire Nearly Destroys Historic Snowdon Theatre
That was a close one. According to the Journal de Montréal, the fire at Montreal’s historic Snowdon Theatre, though severe, was not so bad it weakened the structure. Damage seems to have been concentrated on the roof. The three-alarm blaze … Continue reading →
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