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No Room on the Plaque: The Cecil Burgess Residence

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Edmonton’s built heritage only goes back to the late nineteenth century. This generally makes the interpretation of a building simple... Read More

A Downtown for Everyone

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There are more places to live in Downtown Edmonton than ever before. As part of this revitalization, the City is campaigning that it... Read More

Schools and Parks II – A History of Segregation

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The history of planning for schools and parks in Edmonton shows governments moving in an uncoordinated and contradictory way toward... Read More

Schools and Parks I – A History of Sharing

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Developing schools and parks involves complex issues of land acquisition, ownership and mixing of uses. The history of provincial... Read More

Preserving Chinatown

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This article was originally published for Spacing’s Summer 2015 Issue available at Chapters. After decades of City neglect and... Read More

This Is Edmonton: Park(ing) Day 2015

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Edmonton’s second annual Park(ing) Day was held last Friday, temporarily occupying numerous parking stalls on Namêw (97 Street... Read More

Navigating Cultural Appropriation in Public Art

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Ongoing discussions around public art and cultural appropriation among Edmonton’s arts community and its critics have left some... Read More

Selling Subdivisions to Francophones (Part 1)

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For a short time, about a century ago, Edmonton was the home to the only French language newspaper in western Canada. The paper, a... Read More

Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market should see opportunity in park proposal

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Proposals for a park along Gateway Boulevard from Whyte Avenue to Saskatchewan Drive were not warmly received by some businesses, the... Read More