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Category Archives: Driving

Friedlander’s Car Windows

August 30, 2013by neath Leave a comment

A good friend of mine recently showed me some photographs she took from an airplane window  and the window frame was included in many shots and it, of course, reminded […]

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Collapse, Driving, Photographs

Dorval Circle Plan Revealed

July 30, 2009by neath 5 Comments

From CBC Drivers trying to get to and from Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport will have a smoother ride in the near future, say government officials who announced a […]

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Driving, freeway

Barrel Monster

June 19, 2009by neath Leave a comment

Causing a bit of a stir in the US because even though this street art is technically vandalism, it seems to be putting a lot of smiles on a lot […]

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Art & Culture, Driving

Bicycle Survey

June 1, 2009by neath Leave a comment

Cycling in Montreal: Survey of cyclists and route preferences The project is lead by Jacob Larsen, master of Urban Planning candidate, and supervised by Ahmed El-Geneidy, assistant professor. Transportation Research […]

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Driving

A Different Turcot Idea

January 28, 2009by neath 6 Comments

One of the options  Transports Quebec had  on the table with the Turcot Interchange was to simply renovate and strengthen the current interchange. It was estimated that this would cost […]

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architecture, Construction, Development, Driving, environment, transportation

Japanese Freeways

January 2, 2009by neath Leave a comment

And we think Turcot is something! Here are some shots from a  series posted on Dark Roasted Blend. (images credit: Ken Ohyama) (images credit: Ken Ohyama) (images credit: Ken Ohyama) […]

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Driving, freeway, Interchange, Photography, Urban

Some Views From 780

November 28, 2008by neath Leave a comment

Some shots by Jacob Larsen. This building and the housing along the north side of Cazelais will be demolished under the current Turcot re-do plan. Almost ironically, there is no […]

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Community, Driving, freeway, Photography, Structures

Montreal’s Grand Prix Electric Race?

November 25, 2008by neath Leave a comment

Henry Aubin wrote in Saturday’s Gazette about alternative ideas for the now gone Montreal Grand Prix. This part at the end really caught my eye. “Use Île Notre Dame’s F1 […]

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Driving

Quebec Wins Suzuki’s Praise

November 4, 2008by neath Leave a comment

It s an impressive accomplishment! Article here. For the fourth year in a row, Quebec has lowered its total greenhouse gas emissions, reducing the amount of polluting gases that contribute […]

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Climate Change, Driving, environment

Ratsters

July 19, 2008by neath 1 Comment

Some images from this urban explorer. And here is Ratsters’ photo page.

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Dreams, Driving, freeway, Interchange, Photography, Structures, Urban

Auto Age Deathwatch

July 8, 2008by neath Leave a comment

Found this over at Save Griffintown and it’s just too interesting to not pass on. Auto Age Deathwatch

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Climate Change, Driving, History

Flowizm

May 31, 2008by neath 1 Comment

You can catch Flowizm’s Flickr pages here.

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architecture, Driving, freeway, Interchange, Photography, Structures

douaireg (again)

May 13, 2008by neath 2 Comments

“unbelievable… the turcot yards burried under tons of dirty snow. I wish i could have gotten a better picture, but the guys from the MTQ did not like to see […]

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Driving, Photography, Snowpiles, Urban

thomas.lejouan

April 14, 2008by neath 1 Comment

And you can catch thomas.lejouan’s Flickr page here.

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architecture, Driving, freeway, Infrastructure, Interchange, Photography, Structures

Lee Friedlander

April 9, 2008by neath 6 Comments

Perhaps the most famous photography exhibition in history took place at MOMA in 1967 featuring the works of Gary Winogrand, Diane Arbus, and Lee Friedlander. It was called New Documents […]

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Art, Driving, Photography, Urban

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