Zone Vegetale
Plant Area – Do Not Remove Snow Recently seen in Saint Michel. Even appears as if someone created a ventilation system.
Category Archives: “Public Space”
Hobo Leisure Camp
Just looked at the “about” page here for the first time in forever and realized I have never talked about the picture I used over there. Anyway, this was in […]
Cabane a sucre in Verdun
Becoming a tradition as this is the 5th installment. And after this long cold neverending winter it is great to get out and see tons of people on the street. […]
21 Balançoires (21 Swings)
This is something I have to try! 21 Swings Exercise in musical cooperation Every spring, an interactive installation takes over a high-traffic area in Montréal’s Quartier des spectacles and […]
Karaoke And Public Space
Can Karaoke Transform Public Space? by Rachel Smith Government agencies and marketing bureaus across the globe strive to find ways to get people into parks and using public spaces. Some […]
Painting The River Through Town
From Henk Hofstra, “In April 2007, het Moleneind, a road in Drachten, The Netherlands, is painted blue to symbolise the water. It is 1000 meters long and 8 meters wide. […]
Help Save Meadowbrook
This just in. This is a very crucial time in the fight to save Meadowbrook. The owner of the land, Groupe Pacific, is preparing plans for a development on the […]
Is Your City A Great City?
The folks over at Project For Public Spaces have put up a checklist in regard to the above question. Here are a few… In Great Cities… Community goals are a […]
Spare Change
That s the name of this photo by factotum who writes this, The City of Montreal has installed electronic parking meters, but some of the old mechanical parking meters have […]
Excellent Turnout
It was a full house last night at the Gadbois Centre for the information session presented by various community organizations that work directly with the communities that will be most […]
Banksy
Just a tad late but this weekend he organized The Cans Festival in London. From Wiki, Banksy is a well-known pseudo-anonymous[1] English graffiti artist. He is believed to be a […]
Mountain Plans Not Etched In Stone
Article in today’s gazette about a public hearing last night on plans to maintain Mount Royal as an all natural park. Some are dissatisfied with the city for not creating […]
Factotum
Here and there at Turcot Yards…. You may visit Factotum’s Moblog here.
Pieces Of Resistance/ Flags For A Vengeance
Heather Utah has been posting flags. “The images themselves call out the space between people in public places; I have become increasingly agitated with this designated space – this is […]
New York City Waterfalls
In January it was announced that the artist Olafur Eliasson will present 4 installations of “waterfalls” in New York City from mid- July to mid-October of this year. “In developing […]
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