Category Archives: Urban Redevelopment

Peter v. Peter – Sergakis Threatens McQueen With Lawsuit

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Taylor C. Noakes

So it’s come to this; not even a full week has gone by since ‘sexbargate’ put NDG back on the map, and already the lawyers have been called in. Projet Montréal City Councillor for NDG, Peter McQueen, has received a … Continue reading →

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Tourisme Montréal actively soliciting Ripley’s to build aquarium, believe it or not.

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Taylor C. Noakes

A La Presse exclusive reports Tourisme Montréal is actively pursuing the Jim Pattison Group to develop an aquarium here in Montreal. Pattison owns the Ripley’s Aquarium in Toronto, as well as Ripley’s Entertainment of Orlando. As Réjean Bourdeau points out, … Continue reading →

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Three-Alarm Fire Nearly Destroys Historic Snowdon Theatre

Posted on March 26, 2016 by Taylor C. Noakes

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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Abandoning the Maison Radio-Canada is as unwise as it is unethical

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Taylor C. Noakes

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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Nothing succeeds like excess

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Taylor C. Noakes

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 →

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Mo’ Métro blues…

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Taylor C. Noakes

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 →

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