New Old City

Edmonton’s built heritage has been front and centre a lot over the last several months and in recent weeks the possible... Read More

BOTTLE SERVICE: Why a “wet shelter” makes sense for downtown homeless

Originally published in the winter 2014 issue of The Yards. Written by Scott McKeen. Mental illness is not a crime. Not a moral... Read More

Originally published in the winter 2014 issue of The Yards. Written by Omar Mouallem. Shortly after the CN Tower was completed in... Read More

I would like to extend a personal thanks to the Aboriginal Elders, program leaders, youth participants, and all others who have been... Read More

David Rauch is a machine. He has been in Edmonton for less than a year and he has already deployed a number of pianos throughout the... Read More

Some time ago now, I wrote Part 1 of The Edmonton Streetcar and its Urban Form. In it I identified that Edmonton’s favourite... Read More

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

Just over one year after Jonathan Behnke developed a vision for a parklet to memorialize former classmate, Isaak Kornelsen, his vision... Read More

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

Editor’s note (Dec 17, 2016): Research undertaken in 2015 and 2016 suggests that the word “Namew” lacks strong... Read More