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Money for Nothing

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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The Mordecai Richler Monument to Municipal Illogic

Hat’s off to Bill Brownstein over at the Gazette for shedding some light on the unnecessary civic embarrassment and ode to illogical urban planning that is the saga of the Mordecai Richler Pavilion. You likely know the ‘pavilion’ as the … Continue reading

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