HERITAGE & CULTURE

• 100 years of Calder [Edmonton City as Museum]
• Purple City: an Edmonton tradition [Edmonton City As Museum]
• Edmonton historic downtown house to move aside while condo tower goes up [Edmonton Journal]
• Words: Prairie Vernacular [Foolscap Studio]
• Brutalism’s Bullies [The Awl]
• Montreal: New ways to preserve churches in a secular age [National Post]

DOWNTOWN

• Downtown Edmonton’s momentum continues with exciting announcements [Mastermaq]
• Edmonton’s downtown becoming “more favourable”: survey [Metro]
• Stantec to move headquarters into Edmonton Arena District [Edmonton Journal]
• ‘Condo King’ Brad Lamb to build luxury tower downtown [Edmonton Journal]
• Construction on downtown Alley of Light pocket park set to begin [Metro]
• Two new proposed Edmonton towers would reach 36 and 40 stories [Metro]
• Still no answers to explain wall collapse at Westin Hotel in downtown Edmonton [Metro]

ENVIRONMENT

• David Suzuki: Canadian cities lead on climate action [Straight]
• Petition: Make Edmonton Greener- Turn our Bus Shelters into Green Roofs
• New nutrient recovery system coming to Edmonton waste-treatment plant [Metro]
• ‘Earthship’ takes shape on Alberta prairie [CBC]
• Ten Ways to Manage Flood Risk by Designing for Exceedance [Sustainable Cities Collective]

TRANSPORT

• 7 Big Ways Cities Have Transformed Themselves for Bikes [Gizmodo]
• Toward Multimodal Transport: Learning from Ottawa’s Suburban Biking Culture [Sustainable Cities Collective]
• Finding Freedom in the Walkable Neighborhood [This Big City]
• Rule of thumb: Every faded bike lane is asking to be a protected bike lane [People For Bikes]

FOOD & OTHER

• Whyte Avenue food truck idea postponed by city decision [Metro]
• Volunteers plant city’s first “food forest” in river valley [Edmonton Journal]
• Backyard chicken pilot to come before Edmonton city councillors next month [Metro]
• Provide feedback online for the Jasper Place Area Redevelopment Plan [City of Edmonton]