The Metropolis – the club on Ste-Catherine, not the urban agglomeration – has turned up on a list of ten best show clubs in the world – and this gets into our media.
I think it’s time I started issuing lists of top tens. Anybody can do it.
Updates from January, 2012 Toggle Comment Threads | Keyboard Shortcuts
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The city is bracing itself for 10-15 cm more snow, possibly to be accompanied by freezing rain. Snow removal just becomes an ongoing process.
Here are some historic photos of snow removal techniques of the past if you think we’ve got it rough.
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marco
Snow clearing was taking place on Parc ave. in the northbound direction beginning at rush hour tonight. Who is the evil genius that thinks of these things?
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Kate
hm, they claimed that major streets were cleared earlier than that. Surely Park is a major street?
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Ian
I just saw a blower and truck combo headed south on Saint Urbain at Laurier, it’s definitely not finished for the evening. I suspect they’re trying to clear not just the streets but some of the residual banks before the next dump.
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Marc
Was at the Royal Vic this morning for an appointment. They decided that 8:45 am would be a fabulous time to clear the snow on both University (right to the top) and Pine (all the way to the Mtl. General). It was complete mayhem. Pedestrians were blocked, buses couldn’t get by. Nice going!
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JaneyB
I think I heard somewhere that the city put Gaz Metro in charge of the snow clearing in the Plateau…
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The cancellation of the city’s notorious water meter deal in 2009 is going to cost the city nearly $11 million in damages and costs, but since the GéniEau consortium wanted nearly $34 million, you could say we got off easy.
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Police forces can say what they like about getting rid of racial profiling, but it’s still rife, as this report on “random checks” on a black man driving a nice car attests. Even a black police officer reports many unjustified checks on his identity when he’s not in uniform. Rima Elkouri comments on the phenomenon: Une telle pratique [...] nourrit un sentiment d’exclusion qui peut devenir potentiellement explosif.
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Anyone even mildly transit-geeky or who was envious that I was one of the winners of Un métro la nuit in November should note that they’re holding a new contest for the same kind of late-night visit – tour the train and track maintenance shops, go on a trip through the blue line tunnel in the excursion car, drinks and snacks at Snowdon station before going back. Ben Soo took a series of fantastic photos when he accompanied me on the November tour.
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Tux
Since I never had the chance to go tunnel-running when I was still doing urban exploration, I really hope I’m chosen this time!
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Profile of a man who made it his mission to find work for the homeless among the businesses in Ville-Marie.
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Le Devoir looks fondly at the many benefits of snow and cold temperatures. The city has cleared major arteries for drivers, but with more snow expected Tuesday, other streets may be coping with snowbanks for awhile yet.
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Foglia has a go at the seven habits of highly effective people this morning. I giggled throughout.
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The Globe and Mail have been digging into SNC-Lavalin’s ventures in Libya including building ties with Saadi Gadhafi and proposing to help build a new jail in Tripoli. Story picked up by La Presse Monday morning.
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qatzelok
Contracts like this one are probably the main reason Canada’s “help” in trashing Libyan infrastructure got such great press. “Our drone has just liberated an orphanage!”
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Skillz Flux
Ex-Leaders of Hydro-Québec were part of the venture… they could’ve asked Libya’s former leaders: “how do you provide free electricity to your people?”.
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Although some of his businesses have lost the ability to bid for government work, Tony Accurso’s Simard-Beaudry Construction is technically free of any ban arising from fiscal shadiness and is likely to put in bids for a chunk of this tasty government pie.
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Guillaume Saint-Jean continues with his awesome then-and-now photography: St. Bridget’s Refuge, the original Shaar Hashomayim and Aberdeen School, all three vanished; a 1920 view of Saint-Denis and Sherbrooke and St. Patrick’s Academy on Saint-Alexandre which haven’t changed much at all.
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A bad fire broke out at Dusty’s on Park Avenue Sunday evening and evidence of arson has been found.
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Ian
Oh no! My favourite breakfast spot in my neighbourhood!
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Kate
I first saw mention of it on Facebook from two people who don’t even live in the area any more, but are upset about it. A lot of folks have brunched there over the years.
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Ian
I just hope it’s not an insurance fire, when the kitchen people took over the food & service improved a lot but it has seemed kind of empty in there lately & I’m sure they sank everything they have into improving the place.
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Chris E
I always appreciated how the waitresses at Dustys were always more hung over than me whenever I would have weekend brunches there.
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Robert J
Every single time I went there my bacon was burned. They just kept a pile of bacon on the flattop instead of cooking it à la minute.
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Charles
Didn’t it change their name to Dustys + or something. Last time I walked by, it seemed closed permanently. The space next door (the old McDonald) was under renovation for more than a year and looked like they were about to open under the name Goosto. I wonder if that’s going to delay the opening…
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Kate
I worked in the area for a year over 2010-2011, and the ex-McDonald’s had signs up the whole time promising that a café was going to open there any minute, but it never did. The name on that sign wasn’t Goosto – it was something to do with Vienna, iirc. I don’t know what was up with Dusty’s. I never actually ate there.
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Ian
After it closed down last year, it had re-opened – the former owner sold it to the kitchen staff whose family ran it until this recent fire. The food and service were greatly improved but I suspect it never fully recovered its clientelle from the temporary closing, fuelled in part by the heavy construction between Mount Royal and Saint Joseph that lasted for months.
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Kate
Bad time to try to make a go of anything new on Park from Mont-Royal all the way up to Van Horne, I imagine.
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Singlestar 23:04 on 2012/01/16 Permalink
10 Best Show Clubs: Using such criteria as: “never a place to sit” and “ear-shattering acoustics”?
William 23:10 on 2012/01/16 Permalink
I definitely think you should do a Top 10!
Robert J 04:14 on 2012/01/17 Permalink
I think its interesting that a midsize venue like Metropolis gets better rating than stadiums. That counts for something. Also I remember a similar news item a year or two ago where Metropolis got 2nd place (Pollstar again).
Kevin 11:27 on 2012/01/17 Permalink
Stadiums are awful places to listen to music.
I don’t even like going to arenas — just too damn big and the sound is lost in the noise.
Kate 17:25 on 2012/01/17 Permalink
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