Culture
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Higher Aspirations: of Skylines and Sight Lines
Sky. When I talk with Edmontonians-away-from-home about what we miss most about the city, the answer is almost always the same: the sky. The Northern...
By Kathryn Gwun-Yeen Lennon -
Cultural Landscapes: Aspen Parkland
When crossing this vast country, there is often the perception that the Canadian prairie landscape is rather homogenous and flat. Such gross...
By Paul Giang -
Cognitive Surplus and Appreciation in Civic Life
I have no idea how I ended up watching a Ted Talk entitled “How Cognitive Surplus Will Change the World”. I did not know what cognitive surplus was, and...
By Jane Purvis -
Does a skyline tell a story?
Despite the focus on the phallic-obsessed competition of “which city has more skyscrapers” or “whose tower is tallest” in some...
By Paul Giang -
Influential Edmontonians: Peter Hemingway
Edmonton’s built environment was strongly defined by its mid-century construction booms. While many buildings of that era are simplistic, cheap...
By Greg Whistance-Smith -
Sense of Place in the River Valley through Cycling
While talking with my friend one night after an autumn bike ride through the River Valley he said “Edmonton would be the worst place in the world if there...
By Keegan Brooks -
This Is Edmonton: Folk Fest
Edmonton is sometimes called “Festival City”, and for good reason. The Fringe Theatre Festival (North America’s largest), Heritage Days...
By Tom Young -
The House That Built a Global Village: Marshall McLuhan House
Over 100 years ago, one of the most important figures in media and communications theory was born in Edmonton. Herbert Marshall McLuhan was a young boy...
By Kyle Witiw -
“self-made”: finding cultural identity in Chinatown
How do we design for identity? Two weekends ago, I have had the pleasure of attending a small conference within the Chinese community to discuss topics...
By Olivia Fung -
Queer-monton: an Introduction
Editor’s note: Coinciding with the Edmonton Pride Week festivities starting this Friday, one of our new writers, Tyson, will be exploring topics...
By Tyson Christensen -
EDMODERNTOWN (Part V): Postscript
Editor’s note: The final part of Trevor Boddy’s essay, EDMODERNTOWN: Four Factors Shaping Edmonton Architecture, which was initially published in...
By Paul Giang -
EDMODERNTOWN (Part IV): The Idea of North = Latitude for Innovation
Editor’s note: Part IV of Trevor Boddy’s essay, EDMODERNTOWN: Four Factors Shaping Edmonton Architecture, which was initially published in...
By Paul Giang