Culture
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The Plague of Street Numbering
One of the significant challenges of the 1912 amalgamation of Strathcona and Edmonton was street naming. The two municipalities had incompatible yet...
By Trent Portigal -
Preserving Chinatown
This article was originally published for Spacing’s Summer 2015 Issue available at Chapters. After decades of City neglect and pressure for action...
By Paul Giang -
Nîkânîw: Edmonton’s Aboriginal Youth Leadership Program
I would like to extend a personal thanks to the Aboriginal Elders, program leaders, youth participants, and all others who have been or are currently...
By Kyle Witiw -
Wayfinding in Edmonton is about to get easier
Cross-posted from Mack Male’s (Mastermaq) blog. See the full post here for more coverage on the Edmonton Wayfinding Group (@wayfindYEG): Walk around...
By Paul Giang -
Lake Sturgeon, Nemêw, Buffalo of the Water
Editor’s note (Dec 17, 2016): Research undertaken in 2015 and 2016 suggests that the word “Namew” lacks strong connection with local...
By Paul Giang -
Towers of Babel
Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds Author: Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac (Perseus Books 2012) Can’t we all just get along? Well...
By sam singh -
Design and the City: The LRT and the ‘Flying E’
What contributes to the image of a city? Is it the rich manufacturing heritage on 104th Street? The vibrancy of Old Strathcona? I can tell you what...
By Jeff Robson -
Edmonton’s Lost Chinese Market Gardens
If you visit the City of Edmonton Archives, a search for “market gardens” in the Henderson’s City Directory for 1932, turns up several Chinese names at...
By Kathryn Gwun-Yeen Lennon -
What’s in a City Flag?
A group of local creatives (progress unlimited, Foolscap Studio, Drawing Room, MADE, Spacing Edmonton, and 1650 collective) have collaborated with Aurora...
By Paul Giang -
This is Edmonton: Chinatown South
My earliest recollections of Edmonton centered around McCauley/Chinatown North, Downtown, West Edmonton Mall, and Boyle/Chinatown South. My family first...
By Paul Giang -
Celebrating Blatchford
Did you know that Blatchford field was the world’s busiest airport during World War II? Or that it was Canada’s first public airport in...
By Paul Giang -
This is Edmonton: Sun on Whyte (Part 1)
Whyte Avenue, Edmonton’s south-of-the-river main street, has long been a gathering place. As an eclectic shopping destination, a Provincial Heritage...
By Owen Murray