by janecanapini | May 18, 2018 | Architecture, Art, Cuba, Events & Festivals
White sands, mangroves, tropical breezes and a never-ending supply of rum-based cocktails. If this is the image that comes to mind when you think of the keys just off Cuba’s northern coast, it’s a pretty good one, and one that tens of thousands of Canadian...
by janecanapini | Oct 16, 2017 | Architecture, Quebec
Years ago (and I mean YEARS ago!) when I attended Guelph University and lived in one of the on-campus housing complexes known as South Residence, I was told that our multi-tiered concrete community had been modelled after the Habitat 67 housing development built for...
by janecanapini | Sep 15, 2017 | Accommodations, Architecture, Quebec
It is the crown jewel on a piece of prestigious real estate named after another jewel – Cap Diamant (the ‘diamond cape’) – and its unmistakable turrets with their verdigris copper roofs have made it one of the most photographed hotels in the world. This is...
by janecanapini | Aug 27, 2017 | Accommodations, Architecture, Quebec
Ten thousand giant, hand-hewn red cedar logs shipped from British Colombia went into its creation. Thirty-five hundred workers worked around the clock for 4 months, on the first-ever jobsite lit with electric lights to accommodate three shifts. And in order to get...
