Culture

The Plague of Street Numbering

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One of the significant challenges of the 1912 amalgamation of Strathcona and Edmonton was street naming. The two municipalities had... Read More

Preserving Chinatown

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This article was originally published for Spacing’s Summer 2015 Issue available at Chapters. After decades of City neglect and... Read More

Wayfinding in Edmonton is about to get easier

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Cross-posted from Mack Male’s (Mastermaq) blog. See the full post here for more coverage on the Edmonton Wayfinding Group... Read More

Lake Sturgeon, Nemêw, Buffalo of the Water

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

Design and the City: The LRT and the ‘Flying E’

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What contributes to the image of a city? Is it the rich manufacturing heritage on 104th Street? The vibrancy of Old Strathcona? I can... Read More

Edmonton’s Lost Chinese Market Gardens

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If you visit the City of Edmonton Archives, a search for “market gardens” in the Henderson’s City Directory for 1932, turns up several... Read More

This is Edmonton: Chinatown South

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My earliest recollections of Edmonton centered around McCauley/Chinatown North, Downtown, West Edmonton Mall, and Boyle/Chinatown... Read More