Tag Archives: Urban Redevelopment
Nothing succeeds like excess
The City of Montreal has announced plans to renovate the northernmost section of Dorchester Square at an estimated cost of $4.2 million. A $700,000 contract was awarded to noted local landscape architect Claude Cormier to prepare the design and tender … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, Commentary, Cultural commentary, Economic commentary, History and Culture, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Montréal Architecture, Montréal Landmarks, Perspectives on the City, Urban Redevelopment
Tagged city beautification, city squares of Montreal, Dominion Square Building, Dorchester Square, Landmarks of Montreal, Place du Canada, public spaces in Montreal, Urban Redevelopment
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The CBC should consolidate its operations in Montreal
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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Tagged Canadian Culture, Canadian media, Canadian politcs, Canadian Society, CBC, Centre-Sud, Culture of Montreal, Faubourg Québec, Heritage Canada, Maison Radio-Canada, Media in Montreal, Political Commentary, Quartier des Médias, Quartier des Mélasses, Social Commentary, Urban Redevelopment, Urban Renewal
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Reconstruction & Obstructionism – the Case for Greater Autonomy
Early one morning late last week Mayor Coderre announced that a portion of the Ville-Marie Expressway will be covered over in time for the city’s 375th anniversary and by the end of the day the idea was shot down in … Continue reading
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Tagged Denis Coderre, Highway Trench, Highways of Montreal, Montréal-Québec Relations, Political autonomy for Montreal, Politics of Montreal, Politics of Québec, Projet Montréal, Richard Bergeron, Urban Planning in Montréal, Urban Redevelopment, Urban Renewal, Ville-Marie Borough, Ville-Marie Expressway
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The Redpath Mansion – Now What?
Good news in the world of architectural heritage preservation (boy I like writing that) as culture minister Maka Kotto announced a thirty-day moratorium on the planned demolition of the historic Redpath Mansion. The culture ministry used a law stipulating that … Continue reading
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Tagged Architectural preservation, Avenue du Musée, Heritage Montreal, Historic preservation, Lachine Canal, Montreal Murder Mysteries, Quartier du Musée, Redpath, Redpath House, Sochaczevski Family, Square Mile, Urban Conservation, Urban Redevelopment, Urban Redevelopment Issues
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Sabotage
This article was originally published by Forget the Box and can be read here. There’s really no other way to put it; Canada Post is being sabotaged. It’s politically expedient for the Tories to do so as recently announced cutbacks … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada Post, Canadian democracy, Canadian History, Canadian politics, Canadian Society, Canadian State, Community Mailboxes, Conservative Party of Canada, Urban Redevelopment
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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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