Ste. Catherine Street West and St. Denis Street are now Seasonal Pedestrian Zones Sainte Catherine, Montreal’s main downtown commercial street is undergoing a major reconstruction and is being designed with seasonal pedestrianization in mind. Currently, the six-block section from De Bleury
Between 2018 and 2022 a remarkable revitalization synergy occurred at Phillips Square in Downtown Montreal. Within the broader context of the road reconstruction of Ste. Catherine Street West and the persisting malaise of the post-pandemic downtown economy, the City of
Downtown Montreal like many downtowns in Canada was struggling at the end of the Covid-19 pandemic . Therefore it was timely that Ivanhoé Cambridge unveiled at a cost of $5 million "The Ring" at the Esplanade Place Ville Marie (PVM)
The Canadian Tulip Festival is a breathtaking, authentic event that has grown significantly since it first began in 1953. In the fall of 1945, in gratitude for Canada’s help during World War II to The Netherlands , the Dutch Royal
Winterlude 2023 is back in person after three years hiatus due to Covid. There is tobogganing, skating on an outdoor rink in front of City Hall, ice sculptures, horse drawn carts, fun special lighting on Sparks Mall and in the
The Sussex Courtyards in Ottawa are a fun way to go from George Street to Murray Street throughout a network of lanes parallel to Sussex Drive. They guide you from Byward Market to the National Gallery of Canada. They host
Main Image: Overview of the development at the Church of the Good Thief In 2018 the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston (Archdiocese) sold the residual land and former Rectory at the vacant Church of the Good Thief to a numbered company
Main Images: The Crystal Cottage Before Relocation The Relocation of the Crystal Cottage – Brantford Ontario On Sunday November 7th 2021, a 19th century building known as the Crystal Cottage was relocated in Downtown Brantford to make way for a new residential
This past October I visited Pointe-à-Callière Museum of Archaeology and History in Montreal, Quebec: https://pacmusee.qc.ca/en/ .It was part of a tour with ICOMOS colleagues visiting Ottawa and Montreal https://www.icomos.org/en, as part of their annual conference. This amazing museum shows and explains a
Montreal has been making great progress in creating pedestrianized streets and enhancing pedestrian priority areas. The number of pedestrian-friendly areas has grown to nearly 56 projects, making Montreal the focal point for pedestrianization in Canada. Montreal stands in marked contrast