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Every basement I’ve had the pleasure of working on has presented its fair share of buried treasure. The latest 80 year old NDG abode didn’t kill my winning streak. Although I would hardly call finding the skeleton of a dead cat in a 100+ year old plateau house a win, but that’s another story. A […]

From Autopia:
First, the 12 greenest cars:
1. Honda Civic GX (they’ve sold about 1000, mostly fleet and gov, woopdeedo)
2. Toyota Prius
3. Honda Civic Hybrid
4. Smart ForTwo
5. Toyota Yaris
6. Nissan Altima Hybrid
7. Toyota Corolla
8. Mini Cooper / Clubman
9. Ford Focus
10. Toyota Camry Hybrid
11. Honda Civic
12. Honda Fit
The dirty dozen are:
1. VW […]

I had a chance to speak with Montreal City councilor Alan DeSousa last night during the first major public hearing on project Griffintown. I wanted to get more specifics on Montreal’s participation in Earth Hour 2008.
Apparently the resolution will be tabled and voted on during the next council session and a press release will follow.

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For some reason every second conversation in the last week has eventually led to someone mentioning a basement. I’m currently modeling one for a client and will start working on it shortly, another friend has half of his masterpiece complete while still another has been told ever so kindly to FFB (Finish the F’ing Basement).

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The family partook in a fun day of scavenger hunting yesterday in Montreal’s vast underground city. Superbly organized by the seemingly tireless Robin Friedman and her smiling green-haired assistant Jody. They sent about 40 local hunters on a wild walk/run/sprint through malls, metro/train stations, hotels, banks (all closed!) and more incredible tunnels than I could […]