If there were an award for cities with the most bent utility poles, Montreal would surely be a finalist.
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Originally a community settled by Irish immigrants in the 19th century to service industry along the Lachine Canal, Griffintown got its first heavy dose of ‘renewal’ in the mid-20th century by way of warehouses, parking lots and thruway elevated transportation infrastructure. This renewal was so successful that the neighbourhood became an exemplary no man’s land [...] In the past few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to pass through Victoria Square in Montreal on several occasions. Normally home to the Montreal Exchange and a metro entrance stolen from Paris, the square is now also host to Montreal’s very own incarnation of the Occupy Movement, Occupy Montreal. Given that Victoria Square is a [...] |
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