Category Archives: Worth reconsidering
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
Posted in A modest proposal, Arts & the City, Commentary, Cultural commentary, Economic commentary, History and Culture, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Montréal Architecture, Montréal Landmarks, Perspectives on the City, Scenes from the City, Urban Redevelopment, Worth reconsidering
Tagged Architectural Preservation in Montreal, Architecture of Montreal, Art Deco, Boulevard Décarie, CDN-NDG, Cinemas of Montreal, City of Montreal, Cote-des-Neiges, Decarie Boulevard, Emmanuel Briffa, Heritage buildings of Montreal, Montréal, Montréal Design, Notre-Dame-de-Grace, Snowdon, Snowdon Theatre, Streamline Moderne, Theatre Snowdon, Theatres of Montreal
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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
Posted in A modest proposal, Canadian politics, Cultural commentary, Economic commentary, History and Culture, Montréal Architecture, Montréal Landmarks, Perspectives on the City, Unrealized development projects, Urban Redevelopment, Worth reconsidering
Tagged Architecture of Montreal, Centre-Sud, Daoust Lestage architects, Landmarks of Montreal, Maison Radio-Canada, Mélanie Joly, Montréal Urban Planning, Radio-Canada
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Children’s Hospital Field at Cabot Square®
Urban development news of the day: the former Montreal Children’s Hospital building at Cabot Square has been sold to real estate developer Luc Poirier for an undisclosed sum. The MUHC’s asking price, as reported a few months back, was about … Continue reading
Flushgate: where do we go from here?
#flushgate… You can be forgiven for finding this whole affair rather annoying, though I will happily point out we’ve collectively never given as much of a shit about sewerage and sewage treatment as we do right now. Flushgate, as it’s … Continue reading
Denis Coderre needs to stop spending money on parks
Another week, another colossal waste of our municipal tax dollars. Tuesday’s announcement: $12 million to renovate Place Vauquelin, the public square between City Hall and the Old Courthouse. Among the many exciting new features: a redesigned fountain, heated granite paving … Continue reading
Snowdon Theatre Fire, The Lowest Point & Social Media
Generally speaking, I’m a fan of urban exploration. However, there’s a few golden rules we should all keep in mind when it comes to exploring the secret and unseen parts of the city: don’t leave any trace behind, don’t hurt … Continue reading →
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