neighbourhood guide

neighbourhood guide

Neighbourhood Guide, Montreal: Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

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Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) is largely a residential ’hood packed with middle class Anglos. While its history is slowly, and unstoppably, being replaced by condominiums galore, admittedly there wasn’t much to begin with. Centred around a highway, the area seems at first a little lackluster against the rest of colourful Montreal. We … Read More

Neighbourhood Guide, Calgary: Kensington

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It’s possibly the hippest neighbourhood in Calgary. Kensington (most Calgarians forgo calling the area by its full title: The Kensington Village) connects two of Calgary’s oldest communities (Hillhurst and Sunnyside) to the downtown core. For more than a century, Kensington has maintained a Euro-style urban village identity, very different from … Read More

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