Category Archives: Commentary
Montreal’s Ugliest Building
Came across an interesting conversation on Montreal City Weblog that started out about a bit of news that the Hilton Bonaventure is up for sale but ended up on the subject of some of our city’s ugliest buildings. The question … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Montréal Architecture, Montréal Landmarks, Perspectives on the City, Scenes from the City, Social commentary, Urban Redevelopment, Waddayoutink?, What were they thinking?, Worth reconsidering
Tagged 1200 McGill College, Architecture, Brutalism, Buildings in Montreal, Centre Capitol, Hilton Bonaventure, Late Modernist Apartment Design, Montréal Architecture, Montréal Design, Montreal City Weblog, Montreal Forum, Montreal's Ugliest Building, Place Bonaventure, Urban design
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Intriguing Questions Concerning the Construction of a School on Nun’s Island
A friend forwarded me a press release from Projet Montreal concerning the planned location of a new primary school to be built on Nun’s Island (here’s a link to the study prepared by Projet Montreal). In effect, the press release … Continue reading
Irony
I came across this at Paragraphe the other day. The image on the cover caught my eye before I even realized what I was looking at, I knew I had seen this image somewhere else. But where? It dawned on … Continue reading
Montreal Mayors: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Meet Laurent Blanchard, Montreal’s latest mayor. By my count he’s number 43 in a list that stretches back to our city’s first mayor, Jacques Viger, in 1832, the year the city was incorporated. To date Montreal’s mayors have been predominantly … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Cultural commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Perspectives on the City, Social commentary, Sovereign Socialist
Tagged 2012-2013 Montreal Political Crisis, 2013 Montreal Municipal Election, Mayors of Montréal, Montréal Culture, Montréal Society, Political Commentary, Politics of Montreal
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Consider our Water System
Ralph Steiner – H2O (1929) You won’t look at water the same way again (don’t watch if you need to pee); on that note, everyone’s favourite evil multi-national corporation, British Petroleum (BP) has been given the green-light to dump large … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, Commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Political commentary, Social commentary, Urban Redevelopment, Video, Worth reconsidering
Tagged Atwater Treatment Plant, H20 (1929), Montreal Water Treatment, Ralph Steiner
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Meet Your Candidates, Meet Your City No.1
I’m going to try and interview a few local candidates in the run-up to election-palooza this November. First up is an extended version of an article I wrote for Forget the Box on Sujata Dey, Projet Montreal city councillor candidate … Continue reading →
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