History

How To Pronounce Muttart

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Like every place, I suppose, Edmonton has its share of mysteries. Consider the tunnel under Jasper Avenue, the garage castle and the... Read More

This is Edmonton: Neon Sign Museum Part II

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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... Read More

No Room on the Plaque: The Cecil Burgess Residence

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Edmonton’s built heritage only goes back to the late nineteenth century. This generally makes the interpretation of a building simple... Read More

Two New Edmonton Interactive Building Age Maps

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In the past 24 hours not one but two interesting online interactive maps have been published to explore the age of the city’s... Read More

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

Schools and Parks II – A History of Segregation

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The history of planning for schools and parks in Edmonton shows governments moving in an uncoordinated and contradictory way toward... Read More

Schools and Parks I – A History of Sharing

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Developing schools and parks involves complex issues of land acquisition, ownership and mixing of uses. The history of provincial... 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

A Tramway to Somewhere

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The story of Edmonton’s rail transit begins in 1893, a year after the Town of Edmonton was incorporated. A paragraph is usually enough... Read More

Selling Subdivisions to Francophones (Part 2)

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The period of 1905 to 1915 was an eventful time for Edmonton and, up until the 1912 annexation, Strathcona. The French language... Read More