Category Archives: Let’s make this an election issue
The Redpath Mansion – Now What?
Good news in the world of architectural heritage preservation (boy I like writing that) as culture minister Maka Kotto announced a thirty-day moratorium on the planned demolition of the historic Redpath Mansion. The culture ministry used a law stipulating that … Continue reading
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Tagged Architectural preservation, Avenue du Musée, Heritage Montreal, Historic preservation, Lachine Canal, Montreal Murder Mysteries, Quartier du Musée, Redpath, Redpath House, Sochaczevski Family, Square Mile, Urban Conservation, Urban Redevelopment, Urban Redevelopment Issues
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Sabotage
This article was originally published by Forget the Box and can be read here. There’s really no other way to put it; Canada Post is being sabotaged. It’s politically expedient for the Tories to do so as recently announced cutbacks … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada Post, Canadian democracy, Canadian History, Canadian politics, Canadian Society, Canadian State, Community Mailboxes, Conservative Party of Canada, Urban Redevelopment
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The Case for Cabot Square
Poor John Cabot, we hardly new ye. Most people don’t know who he is or why there’s a sizeable chunk of prime downtown property in a state of seemingly perpetual disrepair named after him. In fact, it’s not even actually … Continue reading
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Tagged Atwater Avenue, Cabot Square, Dawson College, History of Montreal, Montréal Architecture, Montréal Design, Montréal Landmarks, Montréal public-space, Montréal Urban Design, Montreal Forum, Montreal History, Parks in Montreal, Public Transit in Montreal, STM, Urban design issues, Urban Squares in Montreal, Westmount
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Austerity Measures & Bad Design in Montreal Public Transit
Not exactly the kind of news regular users of Montreal’s public transit system want to hear, but it looks like the city’s public transit agency is facing a budget shortfall of $20 million, and this apparently is going to result … Continue reading
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Tagged Design, Métro de Montréal, Metro of Montreal, Montréal Design, Montréal public-transit, Montréal Urban Design, Public Transit in Montreal, STM, Urban design issues
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Montreal’s Public School Crisis
This is really disturbing. A recent Radio-Canada report has shed some light on what might be the greatest case of long-term negligence in our province’s history of neglecting civic infrastructure. 82 public schools administered by the Commission Scolaire de Montréal … Continue reading
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Tagged CSDM, Montréal Urban Living, Montréal Urban Planning, Montreal school boards, Schools in Montreal, Segregation in Quebec public education
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Reconstruction & Obstructionism – the Case for Greater Autonomy
Early one morning late last week Mayor Coderre announced that a portion of the Ville-Marie Expressway will be covered over in time for the city’s 375th anniversary and by the end of the day the idea was shot down in … Continue reading →
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