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City describes its own urban redevelopment project as ‘ambitious’

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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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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