Tag Archives: Centre-Sud

City describes its own urban redevelopment project as ‘ambitious’

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Taylor C. Noakes

We may have come full-circle. The City of Montreal recently released what it is describing as an ‘ambitious’ plan to redevelop the urban core of the city – what we ambiguously, perhaps ambitiously, call Downtown (though it for the most … 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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The CBC should consolidate its operations in Montreal

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Taylor C. Noakes

Recently announced cuts to the CBC/Radio-Canada got me thinking: why is this particular crown corporation’s operations split between three different major Canadian cities and why is the CBC/SRC trying to rid itself of potentially lucrative real-estate? I can’t fathom why … Continue reading →

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