Eastern Promises

Photos: Eastern Promises

Palm trees beside wide roads through the swamp.   Enthusiasts cruise along the boulevards.  Tailfins come out of the garage only on special occasions: the arrival of guests – their daily parade past the marinas sunken in shore grass, across the ebb and…

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Montreal // Tony le remouleur

15/05/2013.  19.30h.

In the rain as it’s getting dark, a ship’s bell rings three times.  Now it’s closer.  It’s right beneath you.

An engine idling.  Below your balcony, a tall orange van: Tony & Fils—Sharpening, decorated with cartoon sketches of knives,…

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Annabelle, Annabelle: Caitlin Teal Price’s Gendered ExurbI recently came across this series begun in 2009by American photographer Caitlin Teal Price. …View Post

Annabelle, Annabelle: Caitlin Teal Price’s Gendered Exurb

I recently came across this series begun in 2009by American photographer Caitlin Teal Price. …

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Genius on Display: a note on Archaeology of the Digital

Note on Archaeology of the Digital

Opened on May 7, the new exhibit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture aims to flip the discourse on the use of computer technology in architectural practice. The idea, and here I’ll credit curator Greg Lynn of UCLA, is that for 30-odd years the…

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“You Are the Problem” (@ Parc/Villeneuve) Oddly, I don’t mean to talk about #gentrification in #MTL…View Post

“You Are the Problem” (@ Parc/Villeneuve) Oddly, I don’t mean to talk about #gentrification in #MTL…

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An aside on the artist’s play between architecture and geography.View Post

An aside on the artist’s play between architecture and geography.

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“You Are the Problem” (@ Parc/Villeneuve) Oddly, I don’t mean to talk about #gentrification in #MTL…View Post

“You Are the Problem” (@ Parc/Villeneuve) Oddly, I don’t mean to talk about #gentrification in #MTL…

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Maps: Demography of public markets in 19th century Montreal

The following is based on independent research and presents a sample of the demographic information available on stallholders (commercial tenants) in Montreal’s public markets between 1848 and 1901.  I apologize for the image quality of the figures.  Any…

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AnalogyQ: What’s the same about a cemetery and the worst suburb you can imagine?





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Analogy

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The essence of urban renewal.

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 Destruction and construction are part of each other.  They…

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The essence of urban renewal.

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Destruction and construction are part of each other.  They…

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