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Category Archives: Disasters

Griffintown Destroying Montreal

May 19, 2008by neath Leave a comment

And City Hall is enjoying the ride. There is an article in today’s Gazette entitled, “City Builds Discontent”, that discusses concern about the economic impact of the Griffintown project on […]

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City Hall, Disasters, Politics, Urban

The Funeral

April 28, 2008by neath Leave a comment

I hope this is a sign that maybe I will be late for my own. Only got to Griffintown around 4:30 and tried to play catchup to no avail. But […]

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City Hall, Development, Disasters, History, Photography, Urban

Griffintown Plane Crash, April 25, 1944

January 31, 2008by neath 4 Comments

Not a lot of info on this on the net but thanks to Les_F of Verdun Connections for providing this old article from The Montreal Star. More here.

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Disasters, History

The Ice Storm 1998

January 6, 2008by neath 1 Comment

Here a bit late after 3 adventurous weeks pretty much away from the ‘ol computer (and all I am going to say about that is that it is amazing how […]

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Collapse, Disasters, frozen textiles, History, Hospital, Infrastructure, Photography, Structures, Urban, Winter

Chernobyl

November 22, 2007by neath 6 Comments

I may be a champion of the cause of abandoned urban spaces but Chernobyl is an abandoned city! One day it will be hospitable again and you have to wonder […]

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Abandoned, architecture, Disasters, environment, History, Photography, Urban, Urban Reclamation

Wendy Heldmann

October 25, 2007by neath 5 Comments

Found this work interesting, particularly with regard to demolition and destruction at Turcot. None Of The Senses Can Come To It More Than Near To Know Where Here Was We […]

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Abandoned, architecture, Disasters, Paintings, Structures

Learning From Disaster

August 24, 2007by neath Leave a comment

Seems to be the only way……August has been a busy month so a bit behind with some stuff. This article from The Gazette dated August 4, 2007, gives a lot […]

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architecture, Disasters, Driving, freeway, Interchange, Structures

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