NDG

White Tape

author: CE : Montreal, QC
Friday, April 13th, 2007

Symmetry

author: CE : Montreal, QC
Sunday, September 10th, 2006

To the Top

author: CE : Montreal, QC
Friday, August 25th, 2006

NDG Graf

author: CE : Montreal, QC
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects

author: EvilGentleman : Montreal, QC
Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

Two Strips of Dirt

author: CE : Montreal, QC

I was trying to enjoy the few last days of warm weather before winter takes hold by biking around some of the more obscure parts of the city. While in Lower NDG, an interesting but relatively neglected part of the city between isolated by railroad tracks on the north and south sides, I came across this very rare unpaved alley that ran for a mere one block. I wonder how this one particular alley managed to avoid paving. Lower NDG, NDG,

White Tape

author: CE : Montreal, QC

Before Bill 101 (the law that made French the official language of Quebec), street type indicators such as “street”, “avenue”, “road”, etc. were generally written in English in predominantly English areas and French in predominantly French areas. After the law was passed, it was required that all street signs in the province be in French and French only. Because replacing every offending sign in Quebec would have been a very costly affair, municipal workers were given rolls of white tape and ladders. Echoes of the past can still be seen around...

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