DOWNTOWN AND THE GALLERIA
- Architect’s concept for old Rossdale Power Plant [CTV Edmonton]
- Arts fly away: the U of A and the Galleria project [VUE Weekly]
- Rexall vs Rogers Place: Which arena will dominate Edmonton’s concert scene? [Edmonton Journal]
- Jones: Sneak peek inside the arena [Edmonton Sun]
MATURE NEIGHBOURHOODS
- Building a replacement school in greater highlands? [daveberta.ca]
- Edmonton community hopes for new school [Metro Edmonton]
- Nick Morra: “Doublethink” on inner city schools? [adrycold.blogspot.ca]
- Mouallem: Belgravia’s End of the World hoopla is greatly exaggerated [Metro Edmonton]
MARKETS GALORE
- French Quarter Market kicks off its season with Mother’s Day Brunch May 11 [Edmonton Journal]
- Why there is no weekend farmers market in downtown Calgary (and how Edmonton wins on markets!) [Calgary Herald]
ARTS & CULTURE
- Pop-up pianos will bring music to Edmonton’s streets [Edmonton Journal]
- Inaugural Jane’s Ride coming to Edmonton streets [Metro Edmonton]
- Simons: A vibrant downtown Edmonton needs a vibrant Chinatown [Edmonton Journal]
- Iveson wants to study moving Edmonton’s Harbin Gate [Edmonton Journal]
- iHuman gets a physical and emotional makeover [Edmonton Journal]
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- Edmonton’s great green shift: Edmonton eyes carbon neutral future [VUE Weekly]
- $50m needed per year to flood-proof city, says drainage head [CBC Edmonton]
- A healthy habitat: Edmonton and Area Land Trust adds new parcel of land [Edmonton Examiner]
LOCAL HISTORY
- Edmonton’s dearly-departed main post office [maybeedmonton]
- Herzog: Metals Building [Edmonton Heritage Council]
- April 22, 1930: City’s park acreage is large but much of it is undeveloped [Edmonton Journal]
OTHER LOCAL NEWS
- Uh-oh Edmonton: Where is the best and worst place to be a woman in Canada? [CTV Edmonton]
- Edmonton to look at transit policy that could mean fewer, more frequent buses [Edmonton Journal]
- Staples: Towns and cities have a shot at a fair deal [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton’s future capital budget has less to spend [Metro Edmonton]
MISCELLANY
- Jane Jacobs: Downtown is for people [Fortune Magazine, 1958]
- How LA designed simple kits that let you “make-your-own” park [Atlantic Cities]
- What Millennials want: a multi-modal city [Planetizen]
- The true future of transportation has two big barriers to entry [Atlantic Cities]
- Cities can undo inequality if they start planning [Sustainable Cities Collective]