ARENA DISTRICT
- Katz unveils new details of Edmonton Arena District mega-project [Edmonton Journal]
- New downtown Edmonton’s Stantec building will be among largest in Western Canada [Metro Edmonton]
- MacKinnon: Peek at expanded vision for downtown Edmonton Arena District all about possibility [Edmonton Journal]
- Staples: Stantec skyscraper beacon of better things for Edmonton [Edmonton Journal]
INFILL CHANGES
- City rules make garage suites complicated [Edmonton Journal]
- Harding: Edmonton needs to do the right thing and embrace infill housing [Metro Edmonton]
- Edmonton communities ready to consider infill changes [Metro Edmonton]
OTHER URBAN DEVELOPMENT
- Alley-access-only apartment intended to save historic Crawford Block off Whyte [Edmonton Journal]
- MacEwan University approved for zoning changes to allow for new parking lots [Metro Edmonton]
- Twin towers in Chinatown get council OK [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton’s Blatchford redevelopment: ‘Not the Jetsons. But we’re getting there.’ [Edmonton Sun]
- Second downtown Edmonton grocery store to close next month [Edmonton Journal]
- Construction boom raises worry of office, condo glut and parking shortage [Edmonton Journal]
TRANSPORTATION
- Mouallem: Uber wants in on the Edmonton market. Now what? [Metro Edmonton]
- Car share program may be coming soon to Edmonton [CBC Edmonton]
PUBLIC SPACES
- CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Park(ing) Day. Deadline September 5 [The Drawing Room]
- Staples: Walterdale Bridge restaurant plan worth another look [Edmonton Journal]
- One-day parklet claims space on Whyte Avenue to honour dead cyclist [Edmonton Journal]
- OpenPianos rescue ‘dead’ public spaces [Transforming Edmonton]
OTHER LOCAL NEWS
- Edmonton population grows faster than Calgary, rest of Alberta [Edmonton Journal]
- Improvement needed for downtown Edmonton winter outlook: survey [Metro Edmonton]
- Results of the Downtown Business Association Downtown Perception Survey [DBA]
- Edmonton’s Fringe defines the city [Globe and Mail]
- While the federal government fails to uphold Treaty 6 agreements, the city of Edmonton is making progress [Edmonton Examiner]
- Jasper Ave: Looking West from 101 Street [#LostYEG]
- Edmonton’s Whyte Avenue lights getting turned back on [Metro Edmonton]
BEST OF THE WEB
- Four Ways to Learn About Architecture for Free [Arch Daily]
- The 10 things a perfect city needs [The Guardian]
- Can GIS tools helps us rediscover the ‘human element’ for shaping livable high density neighbourhoods? [Urban Finland]
- Mapping The World’s Water Conflicts Shows Trouble Ahead [Fast Company]
- 7 Charts That Show How Good Mass Transit Can Make a City More Affordable [City Lab]