History Lesson

Behind Quebec’s bring-your-own-wine restaurants is a decades-old conflict between cheaper nights out and the economics of staying open.

History Lesson

North America’s largest non-profit housing community grew out of decades of tenant organizing. Half a century later, there is still nothing else like it.

History Lesson

Opened unfinished and deep in debt in 1893, the Monument-National went on to host Yiddish theatre, Chinese opera, public education, and generations of performers.

History Lesson

On the origins of Expo’s grand humanist theme, and how it lived on for 17 strange summers after the fair ended.

History Lesson

The nightlife of clandestine cabarets and roving parties alike created essential queer space of belonging and resistance over generations in Montreal.

History Lesson

Fifty years later, Montreal’s forgotten Olympic infrastructure hides in plain sight.

History Lesson

Behind Quebec’s bring-your-own-wine restaurants is a decades-old conflict between cheaper nights out and the economics of staying open.

History Lesson

North America’s largest non-profit housing community grew out of decades of tenant organizing. Half a century later, there is still nothing else like it.

History Lesson

Opened unfinished and deep in debt in 1893, the Monument-National went on to host Yiddish theatre, Chinese opera, public education, and generations of performers.

History Lesson

On the origins of Expo’s grand humanist theme, and how it lived on for 17 strange summers after the fair ended.

History Lesson

The nightlife of clandestine cabarets and roving parties alike created essential queer space of belonging and resistance over generations in Montreal.

History Lesson

Fifty years later, Montreal’s forgotten Olympic infrastructure hides in plain sight.

History Lesson

When North America went dry in 1920, Montreal didn't, and that choice would shape the city into what it is today.

History Lesson

A civic monument, a neighbourhood anchor, and a living archive of what Montreal eats since 1933.

History Lesson

On Tête de Cheval soap, stubborn French-Canadian industrialists, and the fire that just gutted a quiet landmark.

History Lesson

The 200-year story of a street that's always belonged to everyone and no one.

History Lesson

Jazz legends, burlesque queens, and organized crime made it one of the most alive corners in North America. Then Montreal decided it had a reputation to protect.

History Lesson

From its 1945 opening to a 1984 closure and its present-day hotel, the Décarie Boulevard institution was where Montreal went to see and be seen.

History Lesson

When North America went dry in 1920, Montreal didn't, and that choice would shape the city into what it is today.

History Lesson

A civic monument, a neighbourhood anchor, and a living archive of what Montreal eats since 1933.

History Lesson

On Tête de Cheval soap, stubborn French-Canadian industrialists, and the fire that just gutted a quiet landmark.

History Lesson

The 200-year story of a street that's always belonged to everyone and no one.

History Lesson

Jazz legends, burlesque queens, and organized crime made it one of the most alive corners in North America. Then Montreal decided it had a reputation to protect.

History Lesson

From its 1945 opening to a 1984 closure and its present-day hotel, the Décarie Boulevard institution was where Montreal went to see and be seen.