je suis arriveé

Both Grant and I are in the city. If you need help setting up or have a question then this is the time to ask.

Residence Locations

I've made a map of residence locations for us. It is permanently linked to the left.

View MTL '09 Residences in a larger map

MTL Addresses

I'd like to make a map of where everyone lives. Please leave your living arrangement as a comment to this post and I'll compile where everyone is at.

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Arrival Dates and Times

Please put a comment on this post listing your date and time of arrival so we can share rides from the airport to our apartments. The cab ride (the only real way to make this trip) is 40$CDN+ whether it is one or three traveling.

My daughter Carrie and I arrive Thursday the 28th at 17h08 (5:08P) from Philly.

If you want to share then let the person know via email. In any case, link-ups should plan on meeting up after immigration, after we get our bags, after we go through customs, out where everyone waits for their loved ones and bosses to come out. Just follow the process and you'll know the place I'm talking about. It takes a while from when you land to get out to this place.

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Detailed Site Data ZIP FIle

I have uploaded a large zip file (175mb) of well organized research on your studio site for this summer. This is all material found by last year's Montréal students, Marti, and I at various libraries around the city. You will be responsible for identifying and explaining the contents of every file in this collection. It is HERE. You should start perusing it and getting to know the Place d'Youville (pronounced plahss dYEWVEEluh)

Site in 1917 - the Goad's Map

For every location in the U.S.A. and Canada there is a historical series of fire insurance maps that chronicle the buildings that sat in each location in the city. The maps run from about 1870 until about 1955. They are color-coded by construction type and always show how water could be delivered to the building to fight a fire. It shows where the hydrants are. It also names proprietors of businesses, when known. The maps are watercolour wash over black india ink and then notational systems are added over line work and wash. They were periodically modified and updated. Look closely at the enlargement of this file and look for the "cut in" chunks of water color paper glued to the sheet so an area could be updated. The splice lines become a relief of the history of change in the city. The maps were held in the insurance capitol of the world, New York, and from the data in the map a New York insurance broker would set the going rate on insuring a building against fire, which was much more common than it is today. Today these are the best record of localized change and shifts in a city's fabric.

In the USA these maps are called SANBORN Maps. In Canada we call these GOAD'S maps.

Montreal by Night 1947