Category Archives: Perspectives on the City
Montreal at the Crossroads: 1758
If you’ll indulge me for a moment, let’s take a trip back in time. The year is 1758 and the ‘Seven Years’ War‘ had entered its fourth year in North America. The conflict was the largest international conflagration since the … Continue reading
Posted in History and Culture, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Montréal Architecture, Montréal Landmarks, Perspectives on the City
Tagged 18th century Montreal, Ancien Régime, Architecture, Architecture of Montreal, Canadian History, Montréal, Montreal History, Old Montréal, Old Port of Montréal, Québec History, Rue Notre-Dame, Rue Saint-Paul, Vieux Montréal, Vieux-Port, Vieux-Port de Montréal, Ville Marie
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Nothing succeeds like excess
The City of Montreal has announced plans to renovate the northernmost section of Dorchester Square at an estimated cost of $4.2 million. A $700,000 contract was awarded to noted local landscape architect Claude Cormier to prepare the design and tender … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, Commentary, Cultural commentary, Economic commentary, History and Culture, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Montréal Architecture, Montréal Landmarks, Perspectives on the City, Urban Redevelopment
Tagged city beautification, city squares of Montreal, Dominion Square Building, Dorchester Square, Landmarks of Montreal, Place du Canada, public spaces in Montreal, Urban Redevelopment
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Mo’ Métro blues…
The first Azur Métro train is set to start rolling Sunday at 10:00 am on the Orange Line. Huzzah! The Quebec government awarded the contract to build 468 MPM-10 (Azur) Métro cars (forming 52 nine-car trains) to the Bombardier-Alstom consortium … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, Commentary, Economic commentary, Perspectives on the City, Urban Redevelopment
Tagged AMT, Azur, Blue Line, mass-transit, Métro, Montréal, MPM-10, MR-63, MR-73, rapid-transit, STM, Transport Québec
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Public consultation can’t replace vision
If it weren’t for the fact that it’s apparently a great excuse for a lot of infrastructure spending, would anyone really care about the 375th anniversary of the founding of Ville Marie, which will coincide with the 150th anniversary of … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, Commentary, Cultural commentary, Economic commentary, History and Culture, Montréal Architecture, Montréal Landmarks, Perspectives on the City, Photographs, Urban Redevelopment
Tagged 375, Bonsecours Market, Canada, Canada Lands Corporation, Cité du Havre, Montréal, Old Montréal, Old Port, Old Port of Montreal Corporation, Place Jacques Cartier, Place Vauquelin, Pointe du Moulin, Québec, Silo No. 5, Vieux Montréal, Vieux-Port, Windmill Point
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Abandoning the Maison Radio-Canada is as unwise as it is unethical
So once upon a time there was a large, densely populated working class neighbourhood just east of Old Montreal informally called the ‘Faubourg à m’lasse’. The estimate is that in the early 1960s roughly 5,000 people lived there occupying 678 … Continue reading →
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