History
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How To Pronounce Muttart
Like every place, I suppose, Edmonton has its share of mysteries. Consider the tunnel under Jasper Avenue, the garage castle and the fact that the clock...
By Erik Backstrom -
This is Edmonton: Neon Sign Museum Part II
Launched in February of 2014, the downtown neon sign museum is now over 2 and a half years old. With the opening of Rogers Place in September and the...
By Tom Young -
No Room on the Plaque: The Cecil Burgess Residence
Edmonton’s built heritage only goes back to the late nineteenth century. This generally makes the interpretation of a building simple. There are only so...
By Trent Portigal -
Two New Edmonton Interactive Building Age Maps
In the past 24 hours not one but two interesting online interactive maps have been published to explore the age of the city’s buildings. One of...
By Jason Pfeifer -
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 -
Schools and Parks II – A History of Segregation
The history of planning for schools and parks in Edmonton shows governments moving in an uncoordinated and contradictory way toward both collaboration and...
By Trent Portigal -
Schools and Parks I – A History of Sharing
Developing schools and parks involves complex issues of land acquisition, ownership and mixing of uses. The history of provincial legislation and...
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 -
A Tramway to Somewhere
The story of Edmonton’s rail transit begins in 1893, a year after the Town of Edmonton was incorporated. A paragraph is usually enough to mention the 1893...
By Trent Portigal -
Selling Subdivisions to Francophones (Part 2)
The period of 1905 to 1915 was an eventful time for Edmonton and, up until the 1912 annexation, Strathcona. The French language newspaper of the time, Le...
By Trent Portigal -
Selling Subdivisions to Francophones (Part 1)
For a short time, about a century ago, Edmonton was the home to the only French language newspaper in western Canada. The paper, a weekly called Le...
By Trent Portigal -
Brutalism’s Renaissance?
Brutalism took centre stage a few days ago in Edmonton with a visit by professor Robert Bruegmann from the University of Illinois at Chicago. A noted...
By sam singh