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Category Archives: Post Industrial

Dirt – Overstating The Obvious

March 4, 2016by neath 1 Comment

First image in a promised series. Would love to hear your feedback.

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Photographs, Post Industrial, Sprawl, Urban

Swimming Pool In Lasalle

March 26, 2009by neath 3 Comments

Took this around 94-95. The apartments are on Airlie street which had pretty much become a ghetto at that point in time. I can remember being quite young and there […]

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Photography, Post Industrial

The Harper Dictatorship

December 11, 2008by neath Leave a comment

Saw this over at Darkly Dreaming David and just can’t resist.

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Fog, Post Industrial, Stupid, Video

Action In The Point

June 9, 2008by neath 1 Comment

Article from Friday’s Gazette discusses The Autonomous Social Centre and their “radical” approach to community activism. This would include possibly squatting on the old CN yards. I just love this […]

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Activism, Community, Development, Post Industrial, Urban Reclamation

Excellent Turnout

May 28, 2008by neath 6 Comments

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 […]

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"Public Space", Development, freeway, Infrastructure, Post Industrial, transportation, Urban

Turcot Park?

May 16, 2008by neath 1 Comment

Well, I have been saying for three years that there is a wonderful opportunity to do something truly great and of value at Turcot Yards and today I read Jean […]

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Development, Otter Lake, Post Industrial, Sustainability

Notre Dame East Trench – An Enourmous Case of Urban Ignorance?

February 11, 2008by neath 2 Comments

Well, folks, sad as it may seem, it really has come down to having to look to Toronto for an example of intelligent urban planning in regard to a Montreal […]

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City Hall, Development, Driving, freeway, Infrastructure, Post Industrial

Handstands In Europe

February 5, 2008by neath Leave a comment

I just love this concept. Handstands In Europe by Nathan Hemming. Then this one caught my eye. That is at Schurenbachalde in Essen, Germany, and is a sculpture by Richard […]

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Art, Development, History, Parks, Photography, Post Industrial, Sculpture, Structures, Urban

City Expropriating Griffintown Area

January 21, 2008by neath 6 Comments

Article in the Gazette talks about city involvement in getting land for the Devimco developement. This paragraph caught my attention, “The Devimco proposal, which got a thumbs-down from the city’s […]

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City Hall, Development, Post Industrial, Urban

The Crumbling Bridges Of Quebec

August 8, 2007by neath Leave a comment

The saga continues with a report in The Gazette today by Phil Couvrette.  A bridge in St.Lin-Laurentides, about 80 kilometers north of Montreal, will be  demolished and a  new one […]

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architecture, Bridge, News, Post Industrial, Structures

PlaNYC

July 26, 2007by neath 2 Comments

New York! New York! NYC has a sustainability plan that was reached in large part by a consensus and participation process with citizens. And they are calling it PlaNYC! One […]

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City Hall, Development, Post Industrial, Sustainability, Urban Reclamation

Toronto Roundhouse

June 19, 2007by neath 4 Comments

The John Street Roundhouse is to be turned into a furniture store. Christoper Hume writes about it here. “The most troubling aspect of the arrangement, more worrisome than the fate […]

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Abandoned, architecture, freeway, Photography, Post Industrial, Structures, transportation, Urban

Dear God,

June 18, 2007by neath 2 Comments

Found this on a page over at Friendster. dear god, when the weather warms winter and we see skinny snowmen lining the streets of suburbia, we are going to check […]

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Development, Photography, Poetry, Post Industrial

Containers On The Landscape

May 23, 2007by neath Leave a comment

There was an article in The Gazette on Tuesday that opened with this sentence below. “The eyesore of shipping-container highrises on the north side of Highway 20 in Lachine will […]

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Containers, Development, freeway, media, Post Industrial, Railroad, Urban

Genestho

May 8, 2007by neath 3 Comments

Great local photoblog featuring the work of Daniel Seguin! Click here for more.

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architecture, Art, freeway, Interchange, Photoblogs, Photography, Post Industrial, Public Transportation, Structures, Urban

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