Marc Richardson: Never mind America, let's make libraries great again

I was planning on writing this column from the Aire Commune space in the Mile-End, which is located in a formerly vacant lot near de Gaspé and Bernard Aves. It’s a novel co-working concept driven by the provincial and municipal governments and Mile-End tenants like Ubisoft and Romeo’s Gin, among others. But with the warm weather making the prospect of working outside under the sun less attractive, I settled on an air-conditioned café instead.
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