Mitz Takahashi is the man. A Japanese man, immersed in the expansive world of the arts. A self-made man with discipline and with drive. And ultimately, he is a man with imagination, who makes his friends smile and his coworkers laugh. During the week, you can find Mitz sitting in a shared studio space, tucked within a Mile-End warehouse-turned-massive…
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Alexandraplatz: How to Turn a Montreal Warehouse into a Treasured Neighbourhood Bar
On a long, hot summer day, the clanging sounds of a train ricochet across garage doors and metal-sided buildings, filling the space between the integrated warehouses on the north end of l’Esplanade. It’s 4:50 p.m., and by no coincidence, the trickling in of bicycles, of transit-takers, of neighbourhood friends and fringe folk begins. Ten minutes to…
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