History
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Reimagine YEG: Blatchford Control Tower
Image rendering created by Michael Zabinski. The image is fictional and does not serve as official material for the Blatchford redevelopment. For more...
By Paul Giang -
A Partial History of A Roadway, Plan 524R
An odd shaped lot, about twelve hundred square metres in size and located just north of 76 Avenue in Mill Creek Ravine South, was added to City of...
By Trent Portigal -
Edmonton Streets
There’s a little bit of Edmonton in Saskatoon and Smithers, Gatineau and Guelph. In a trailer park in small town Michigan and an exclusive gated...
By Erik Backstrom -
New Old City
Edmonton’s built heritage has been front and centre a lot over the last several months and in recent weeks the possible demolition of the McDougall...
By Kyle Witiw -
Throwback Thursday: Richelieu Hotel
The Vancouver Art Gallery hosted an exhibit titled “Grand Hotels” which explored how hotels have evolved from what they call “simple...
By Paul Giang -
Papaschase: “Big Woodpecker”
To relocate the Métis-Cree away from Fort Edmonton and the highly-valued North Saskatchewan River, negotiations were made to create the Papaschase Indian...
By Paul Giang -
Today in History: Black Friday, Tornado ’87
27 years ago, Edmonton was struck by a F4 tornado that killed 27 people, injured over 300, and caused more than $332.27 million in damage. Inspired by...
By Paul Giang -
Five Short, Linear Stories on the LRT
This story was originally written for the Edmonton City as Museum Project (ECAMP) website launch. ECAMP, an initiative under the Edmonton Heritage...
By Paul Giang -
The Paramount Importance of Spring Cleaning
Spring is here at last! The season of rebirth, renewal, and… demolition? Yes. It seems that, here in Edmonton, spring has not truly arrived unless...
By Kyle Witiw -
The First and Original CN Tower
Excerpt from Capital Modern: The 26-storey CN Tower opened February 14, 1966 and was Canada’s tallest building west of Toronto. It was an imposing...
By Paul Giang -
Giving ‘Eyesores’ a Second Life
In the Edmonton Journal last week, columnist Paula Simons argued for the preservation of the Healy Ford Building in light of its planned redevelopment...
By Paul Giang -
Throwback Thursday: West Jasper Place
Read more about West Jasper Place’s sports history here. Date of photo: 1971 Acknowledgement to Brent Welch for sharing.
By Paul Giang