Louise Des Trois Maisons will
introduce Jean-Claude Marsan, architect, professor and former
Dean of the Faculty of Planning of Université de Montréal, writer, city planner,
researcher and candidate for Mayor of Outremont in
2007 ..., who has devoted several decades to the defense of Montreal's urban and
architectural heritage. We are looking forward to hearing his opinions on almost
any topic he wishes to address, but particularly the redevelopment of
Griffintown which he has
already criticised eloquently Projet Griffintown: Montréal mérite mieux See
also Albert Sévigny's recent piece in the Suburban Griffintown: Is it the right plan for the right
place?
We would also be interested in knowing what part Professor
Marsan played in the development of the newly-unveiled Heritage Montreal Insites/Montreal en quartiers 'virtual walks' through neighbourhoods such as the Golden Square Mile,
Parc La Fontaine, and Mount Royal. and Little Italy.
The second guest is a welcome returnee: Professor
(of International Business and Management) Stephen Blank, Guy Stanley's co-author of
several studies on NAFTA and an enthusiastic proponent of NASCO, the
tri-national, non-profit, trade and transportation coalition working to
make international and domestic trade more efficient and secure along the
existing network of transportation systems. A propos, some of you
may have seen the item Saskatchewan
eyes 'inland port' design in Mexico . Stephen comes to Wednesday Night directly from the Canadian
Transportation Research Forum conference in Fredericton on Shaking up Canada’s Transportation Systemto meet future needs
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It’s not a Bush problem, it’s an American problem. He is playing double or nothing. He is trying to shift the responsibility from the Coalition to the Iraqis
New York City has more police officers than Iraq has troops
Sunday, August 24, 2008 Let the nostalgia begin Griffintown's $1.3-billion redevelopment plan was set last spring amid bitter dispute. Now, two film students too young to remember the neighbourhood in its glory years aim to celebrate the crumbling pieces of Montreal history Paul Aflalo has loved the place since he was a boy and visited with a friend, whose father owned property there. "The rugged, industrial
feel of Griffintown has always appealed to me." Yet the
twentysomething Montrealer says many of his friends couldn't tell
you where Griffintown is, making wild guesses about the West Island
and South Shore and everywhere in between.
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