Neighbourhoods

City and Campus

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Academic institutions have an interesting relationship with cities. While campuses across the country strive to develop a nurturing... Read More

Blatchford: A radio documentary

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With the recent changes to the plan for Blatchford, the new neighbourhood planned for Edmonton’s City Centre Airport lands, I... Read More

The Paramount Importance of Spring Cleaning

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Spring is here at last! The season of rebirth, renewal, and… demolition? Yes. It seems that, here in Edmonton, spring has not... Read More

Whither the urban car lot?

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David Mussell, the general manager of Don Wheaton Motors on Edmonton’s Whyte Avenue, says “the tendency [for car dealerships] is to... Read More

Induced Demand: How Edmonton Can Undermine Its LRT Investment

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The proposed widening of 75th Street to six lanes as part of the southeast LRT project was recently discussed in an article in the... Read More

Retail Spaces Sell Cities

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Most denizens, visitors and armchair urbanists casually acquainted with the works of Jane Jacobs would agree that the City of... Read More

It’s time to quit hating on pedways

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Pedways have been built in cities around the world for the same reason: weather. Most, in places like Hong Kong, Singapore and Taipei... Read More

The Edmonton Streetcar and Its Urban Form: Part 1

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Jasper Avenue, Whyte Avenue, 124th Street, Alberta Avenue, 95th Street, 97th Street, 109th Street.  What do all of these streets share... Read More

Edmonton Today: Street Laundromat

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