The late nineteenth century was characterized by an abundance of architectural influences. The plethora of choices at the time was described by contemporary observers as confusing, and the period as a whole as transitional. In England and in North America, battles raged—in the press and in bricks and mortar—as to which style was best suited to contemporary life, and as to which would form the basis for a new, modern architecture. Rather than wholeheartedly adopting one style or another,  h...

Dr Jessica Mace

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This paper finds inspiration in five photographs taken by Clara Gutsche between 1970 and 1972 of the Women’s Centre in Milton Park, Montreal. Located at 3694 Ste. Famille Street in an otherwise typical greystone single-family house, the Women’s Centre opened as a collective, self-proclaimed feminist space in 1969. Funded in part by the proceeds of the McGill Students’ Society’s Birth Control Handbook, it served as headquarters for the Montreal Women’s Liberation Movement (MWLM), the Front ...

Tanya Southcott

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