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Photo of the Week
84 and 86 Beechwood are coming down! Following the removal of asbestos, the two Lauzon properties will be demolished to make room for Domicile’s sales centre for The Kavanaugh (currently located at the...
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Beechwood (Today)
One doesn’t need to look too far back in time to see or hear stories of a more vibrant Beechwood. For many, this week’s demolition of buildings at numbers 84 and 86 has brought back memories of former...
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What of St. Charles Church? | Que deviendra l’église Saint-Charles?
(Click on images to view full set of photos)Sunday services were last held at Beechwood Avenue’s St. Charles Church on September 26, 2010. Parishioners joined the parish of...
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Photo(s) of the Week: Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health
(click image to enlarge)In February, 2012, we posted a photo documenting construction of the expanded Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health, at 299 Montreal Road. The doors to the expanded centre have...
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St. Charles Church: An Argument for Heritage Designation
by Mike Steinhauer The future of St. Charles Church has been the focus of much discussion since the church held its last mass in September, 2010. The property, situated on Beechwood Avenue at the...
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New life for old schools: an Innovation Complex in Vanier?
Innovatica, a Canadian Centre for Innovation (Credit: prototypeD Urban Workshops, 2013) by Mike Bulthuis“There is one neighbourhood that we feel, above all, has the right mix of elements to foster an...
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Planning (and building) Vanier's mainstreets: the revised Official Plan
Credit: Google Earth / VanierNow (2013) (click to enlarge) It’s not uncommon to hear from those who live and work in Vanier about aspirations for Montreal Road. So, will a new policy guiding...
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VanierNow: The Next Chapter
For many of us, whether in school or not, the month of September marks a return to particular rhythms and routines. And at VanierNow, we’re ready for a new season of stories and snapshots from the...
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Foodways in Vanier: Sentier des Saveurs
Sentier des Saveurs 2013 (Photos: Sarah Watson)by Jessie Duffy “Every bite of food we chew has a story” - California Food Literacy CentreThe stories found in food are vast and telling but identifying a...
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Meet Erika and her Wooden Heads
Erika Varga, sitting amidst her wooden heads (Photo: Catherine Brunelle)by Catherine BrunelleErika Varga refuses to call herself an artist. Instead, over the years she has quietly composed folk-art in...
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Then and Now: Corner of Ste. Anne Avenue and St. Denis Street
click to enlargeImage composed of two photographs (seen here), each taken from the corner of Ste. Anne Avenue and St. Denis Street, looking northeast towards Nault Park. In the earlier image (estimated...
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The Back Door Lunch Counter
Panini Xpress, known today as Gourmet Xpress,at 270 Marier (Photo: Author)By Mike BulthuisWhile staffing and equipment issues may have kept the single new food truck destined for Vanier from setting up...
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AGIT POV: Inspiring change by cycling our streets
...I couldn’t get the smile off my face (AGIT POV on Beechwood, September 15, 2013) By Rachel Muston During the 2012 Quebec student movement, students and faculty collaborated on ways to creatively...
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A Heritage Overlay for St. Margaret's
St. Margaret's Church, 206 Montreal Road (Photo: Mike Steinhauer)In the same year that the St. Margaret’s Anglican Church celebrates its 125th anniversary (having opened in spring 1888), preservation...
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Bikes and Green Onions: Your neighbourhood repairman
Liu (all photos: author / click to enlarge)by Eva RussellIf you have ever driven down Ste Anne Avenue, you will have likely passed the white two-storey house on the corner of Shakespeare, with the...
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Plans for the Eastview Shopping Centre site revealed
Site Plan, bbb architects / VanierNow (September 2013)by Mike Bulthuis and Mike SteinhauerRumours about redevelopment on the Eastview Shopping Centre site have circulated for a few years; last week, we...
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In memoriam: Amy Paul
by Jessie Duffy We lost a member of our community recently. I did not know Amy Paul but, like many of us, I am feeling deeply affected by her loss. Her slight, somewhat slanted figure, darting through...
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Update on St. Charles
by Mike Steinhauer This past summer, VanierNow ran two stories on St. Charles. The first, ‘What of St. Charles Church’, presented a photographic essay of both the interior and the exterior of the...
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Jacobsons and Rock 'n' Root Explore a Different Model
Photos: Kristina Sparkes and VanierNowby Chris Cline With summer 2013 officially a wrap, local farmers' markets are looking forward to the end of the harvest season and the conclusion of the selling...
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A Modern-Day, Dumpster Diving Treasure
Photo: Catherine Brunelleby Catherine Brunelle The word “Treasure” sprang to my mind as the book was shown to us and passed around the group during our VanierNow meeting. It’s a modern-day...
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