MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS
- EVENT: Green Drinks Edmonton: The Election #yegvote [The Local Good]
- Kerry Diotte slogan creates backlash on Twitter [Global News]
- Mandel fights efforts to ‘misrepresent’ Edmonton debt level [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton does not have a debt problem [mastermaq]
- Mack Male’s Edmonton Election 2013: Update #5 [mastermaq]
- Got trouble with ‘overbearing urban planners’? The Manning Centre wants to help! [Alberta Diary]
- Province gives green light on City of Leduc’s annexation effective Jan. 1, 2014 [City of Leduc]
URBAN DESIGN & HERITAGE
- Edmonton Chinatowns 1900 to 2013 [Simon Fraser University]
- Brick by brick, the Kelly-Ramsey Block comes tumbling down [Edmonton Journal]
- Which building was most transformative for Edmonton? Vote now! Edmonton Urban Design Awards 2013 [City of Edmonton]
- VIDEO: What do you think about winter patios along 124 Street, Whyte and Downtown? WinterCity Strategy Interview [Global]
- Grant-Makers for Architecture: the positive impact of Canada Council’s architecture grant programs over the past decade and future directions. [Canadian Architect]
- Also relevant to Edmonton’s many concrete towers. Toronto hopes to revitalize its many postwar highrises [Globe and Mail]
THE ENVIRONMENT
- Banff National Park Bison: Agency Looks At Returning Species To The Mountain Park [Huffington Post]
- There has been strong criticism of Alberta’s new Wetland Policy see Thomson’s article here [Edmonton Journal]
- We are underestimating climate change and underfunding innovation [Guardian]
TRANSPORTATION
- Edmonton LRT project moves forward over community objections [Metro News]
- Coalition fighting P3 planned for southeast Edmonton LRT [Edmonton Journal]
- Lessons From Two of Canada’s Great Cycling Cities [Hush Magazine]
THE SUBURBS
- Creating Calgarians’ Dream Suburb [Avenue Calgary]
- Calgary’s top city planner says higher density suburbs strike right balance [Calgary Herald]
- It’s not the suburbs, it’s mid-late 20th century urban design, planning, engineering, and architecture [Streets]
THE ARTS
- Graffiti walls open up in Edmonton [Metro News]
- Committee sends 118th Avenue arts facility back to the drawing board [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton’s Stampede [magpietown]
- A letter to Edmonton ‘After Edmonton: A Year Later‘ [Sound and Noise]
- Manhattan Has a Gas Station That’s Also an Art Gallery [Atlantic Cities]
MISCELLANEOUS
- Bench Bombing: One Simple Way to Transform Public Space [GOOD]
- One of the better City Guides we have seen for Edmonton with photos from Spacing Editor Tom Young [Design Sponge]
- Council moves Make Something Edmonton project forward [Metro News]
- Seniors share their gardens in new Edmonton initiative [Edmonton Journal]