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Category Archives: water

Pandemic Report #1

May 3, 2020by neath Leave a comment

Might become a thing…we’ll see.

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Montreal, Photographs, Urban, water

Nina Berman – Fracking

September 10, 2013by neath Leave a comment

This Is What Fracking Really Looks Like by David Rosenberg Photographer Nina Berman had just started focusing on climate and environmental issues when she read an article about fracking and […]

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environment, Photographs, water

Smart Green Infrastructure: How To Grow Sustainable Cities

May 6, 2011by neath 3 Comments

If they can rehabilitate Los Angeles anything is possible. In Canada we are blessed with some of the largest fresh watersheds on the planet. The Quebec government recently announced it […]

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water

Blog Action Day: Water

October 15, 2010by neath Leave a comment

Blog Action Day: water – Dirty Laundry – hand-crafted goods. “Right now, almost a billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean, safe drinking water. That’s one in eight […]

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water

World Water Day

March 22, 2010by neath 2 Comments

We really should be grateful that we have a lot of water in Quebec. World Water Day. More pictures and story here.

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water

Ferry To Nun’s Island

August 29, 2009by neath 13 Comments

Runs all summer and costs $2.50 per one way trip. Can be a very interesting leg of a bike tour of the area. The Verdun “Marina” or what used to […]

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water

Seagulls

November 14, 2008by neath Leave a comment

On the Verdun Waterfront last Sunday.

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Photography, Verdun, water

Bridge 1913

May 11, 2007by neath Leave a comment

The Largest Bridge Of Its Kind In The World.-The new barscule bridge at Ville Saint Pierre (near Montreal) as it looks when hoisted for the purposeof allowing boats to pass […]

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architecture, History, Photography, Structures, transportation, Urban, water

The Gowanus Whale

April 19, 2007by neath 1 Comment

Interesting but sad story of The Gownaus Whale over at The Gowanus Lounge. Photo by Gowanus Lounge.

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Photography, Urban, water, Whales

Photoblogs 3

March 28, 2007by neath 4 Comments

Our friend and contributor, Tap-Urbex has just started up a new photoblog called Urban Lookout which has entire histories of abandoned factories and the like in Montreal. Urban Lookout Darrell […]

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Abandoned, architecture, Art, Grafitti, History, Photoblogs, Photography, Post Industrial, water

Nicole Dextras

March 9, 2007by neath 6 Comments

Vancouver artist in residency on Toronto Island brings us some frozen art. From her website, “Ephemeral art is by its very nature impermanent. Dextras works with organic materials to create […]

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Art, frozen textiles, Photography, Urban, water

The Gowanus Canal

March 3, 2007by neath 2 Comments

Saw this posted at The Gowanus Lounge and couldn’t help notice the similarity with this and the Turcot Interchange flowing above the Lachine Canal. Photo by Roger Kenner

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architecture, Development, freeway, History, Photography, Post Industrial, Structures, Urban, water

Tugster: A Waterblog

January 22, 2007by neath Leave a comment

If you like ships and harbours then this blog featuring New York City Harbour ( the 6th borough) is for you! Tugster

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Art, History, Urban, water

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