Tag Archives: Denis Coderre

Money for Nothing

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Taylor C. Noakes

The Mordecai Richler Gazebo will now cost the taxpayers of Montreal nearly three-quarters of a million dollars. And a series of granite waypoints, apparently taking the form of stylized tree-stumps, are to be installed across Mount Royal at an estimated … Continue reading →

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Montreal to end generations of low self-esteem in women with new Barbie Museum

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Taylor C. Noakes

The Disneyfication of Montreal continues unabated. New for February of 2016, the world’s largest permanent exhibition of Barbie dolls is set to welcome tens, possibly dozens of people when it opens next week somewhere in the shopping mall that was … Continue reading →

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Holes in the Plan

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Taylor C. Noakes

If ever there was a photo that sapped the public’s confidence in the Olympic Stadium, this is probably it. I figure the photo dates back to 1987 or 1988, one of the first instances in which the stadium’s retractable kevlar … Continue reading →

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Nine Reasons Why the Métro Blue Line Won’t be Extended Above Ground

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Taylor C. Noakes

Call it a problem of thinking aloud… Last Wednesday Denis Coderre was musing about public transit expansion and improvement when he let slip that he thought it might be possible for the Blue Line’s projected expansion to be moved outdoors. … Continue reading →

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Personae non gratae – Champlain, Richard, Taillibert

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Taylor C. Noakes

I feel this story might have slipped under the radar. The guy who designed the Big O has a counter-proposal to the Fed’s Champlain Bridge Redux project. Noted 88 year-old French architect Roger Taillibert says his design looks better, is … Continue reading →

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To Hell with Rob Ford & Jeremy Searle

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Taylor C. Noakes

Last week I watched a cavalcade of federal and provincial politicians, in addition to various members of Rob Ford’s family, talk about the mayor’s ‘personal tragedy’. They all hoped he’d ‘go get some help’ and ‘treat his disease’. I wanted … Continue reading →

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