Neighbourhoods
Breaking the Grid: Edmonton’s City Beautiful Plan
By Jason Pfeifer
Until around the mid-twentieth century, almost all subdivision plans for Edmonton were conceived as a traditional grid of streets and... Read More
A Downtown for Everyone
By Paul Giang
There are more places to live in Downtown Edmonton than ever before. As part of this revitalization, the City is campaigning that it... Read More
118 Avenue: Just More Gentrification?
By Vincent Puhakka
At some point, it would seem that every visitor or newcomer to our city will be asked to visit the Whyte Avenue strip. It’s not... Read More
Jasper Avenue still a Player in Downtown Revival
By Paul Giang
Is it all really doom and gloom? Last week an Edmonton Journal editorial painted a rather bleak picture for Jasper Avenue and what it... Read More
Imagining Edmonton’s Main Street
By Paul Giang
Jasper Avenue is said to be Edmonton’s main street. But what does that mean? Its multiple uses–as destination and as... Read More
Preserving Chinatown
By Paul Giang
This article was originally published for Spacing’s Summer 2015 Issue available at Chapters. After decades of City neglect and... Read More
Reimagine YEG: Blatchford Control Tower
By Paul Giang
Image rendering created by Michael Zabinski. The image is fictional and does not serve as official material for the Blatchford... Read More
Edmonton’s Got a Fever
By Kyle Witiw
Tall buildings are all the rage in Edmonton these days. It seems the flood gates have opened on a new tall building frenzy, the likes... Read More
Papaschase: “Big Woodpecker”
By Paul Giang
To relocate the Métis-Cree away from Fort Edmonton and the highly-valued North Saskatchewan River, negotiations were made to create... Read More
An Inhabitable Space
By Olivia Fung
Nested in a small industrial district just south of Whyte Ave, Mike Lam‘s industrial design studio embodies a remarkable supply... Read More