Tag Archives: Montréal public-space
Scenes from Occupy Montr̩al РPhotographs VI
To see a series of photographs from yesterday’s Occupy Montréal demonstration, click here, or click on the photographs tab above and go down to collection VI. I’ll write up my thoughts on the day later on. Still decompressing from an … Continue reading
Posted in History and Culture, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Montréal on Film, Photographs, Scenes from the City
Tagged Montréal Culture, Montréal Photography, Montréal Public Demonstrations, Montréal public-space, Montréal Society, Montréal Squares, Montreal History, Occupons Montréal, Occupy Montreal
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New photos – Quartier des Spectacles & Fur District
Check the photographs tab for Photos III, documenting my new neighbourhood, kinda known by a multitude of names, sparsely populated and barely a neighbourhood in any tangible sense, yet home sweet home nonetheless. Click here for instant photo action!
Historical Perspectives of Montréal
Facing East on Dorchester Boulevard, late 1950s, early 1960s. You’ll notice the recently completed Queen Elizabeth Hotel in the background and the bus depot in the foreground. Pic seems to have been taken either from Drummond or Mountain. What’s fascinating … Continue reading
Posted in Montréal Architecture, Montréal Landmarks, Montréal on Film, Perspectives on the City, Scenes from the City, Urban Redevelopment
Tagged Historical perspectives, Historical Photos, Montréal Architecture, Montréal Hotels, Montréal Landmarks, Montréal public-space, Montréal train stations
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A new Planetarium at the Big O & what will come of Chaboillez Square?
This is Chaboillez Square, or rather what remains of it. Technically speaking Chaboillez Square is now the small park in front of the Dow Planetarium, where parking spaces have been placed in the publicity shot featured above. The Planetarium itself … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, History and Culture, Montréal Architecture, Montréal Landmarks, Perspectives on the City, Scenes from the City, Urban Redevelopment, Waddayoutink?, Worth reconsidering
Tagged Montréal Architecture, Montréal Design, Montréal Landmarks, Montréal Parks, Montréal public-space, Montréal Urban Planning, Perspectives on the city
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Historical Montreal Skyline Pic!
So this would have been taken in the early 1970s from a rooftop in Westmount, likely at Grosvenor and Boul. de Maisonneuve (which you can see in its pre-bicycle path form centre-left in the pic). This skyline view would have … Continue reading
Ten Attractions and Services we Bafflingly do not have in Montréal { part 1 }
This was originally going to be a list of ten items but I realized it was going to be an immense article. So I cut it in half and will finish it in part 2, due out shortly. I think … Continue reading →
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