Blogosphere Roundup: Reactions to Changes to Griffintown Plan

• Recreating Eden, Mary Soderstrom: Griffintown Project: City of Montreal and Developer Agree on Plan
  The plans have changed somewhat—some more “affordable” and subsidized housing units, promises of green construction, a larger contribution to construction of a tramway—but the drawing retains the major elements of the Griffintown …

• Montreal City Weblog, Kate: Devimco makes minor changes in Griffintown plans
  Griffintown developer Devimco has added various environmental bells and whistles to its plans; Dinu Bumbaru of Heritage Montreal is saying this is all just a PR exercise and that the wider impact of such a major project still needs to …

• Lord of the Universe: Devimco uses smoke and mirrors over Griffintown
  Devimco Inc. co-president Serge Goulet said the company is making the changes in response to public pressure and in hopes Montreal city council will approve …

• Julie Bélanger: Griffintown: paradis 0, gros stationnement laid 1 …
  Une excellente chronique sur le redéveloppement de Griffintown dans le Globe and Mail. L’auteur a un excellent point cependant qui mérite d’être souligné, … Avouez que c’est con. La solution est toute simple : rezoner. Un petit vote au conseil municipal. C’est tout …

• Montreal Metblogs, Zura: March for Montreal
  The Griffintown development issue sure is on everyone’s mind, these days. In brief, Griffintown is now a hot topic for Montreal. It’sa great up-and-coming area between Peel and Guy from Notre-Dame to the waterfront. …

• Walking Turcot Yards, Neath: Griffintown Is Dying
  And the funeral is this Sunday. Griffintown died after being infected with a severe case of inverted urban planning …