Neighbourhoods
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Cultivating Community: Outdoor Market Season
With spring here and summer fast approaching, outdoor farmers’ markets are back! These weekly markets activate the public realm, provide an...
By Paul Giang -
The Bigger Picture: Allocating Public Benefits in the Policy Arena
Today City Council will consider a possible framework for a downtown Community Revitalization Levy (CRL). The discussion is, of course, being framed as...
By Peter Marriott -
Church Street – Edmonton’s Sacred Heritage
Last week Edmonton City Council received a report detailing plans for Church Street- a small corridor within the McCauley neighbourhood up for municipal...
By Jennifer Laforest -
Walkable ≠ Walked
This guest post by Brandon Webber originally appeared on his website on April 15, 2013. My work is 3.5 kilometres away from where I live. Being so close...
By Paul Giang -
My Top Five Reasons to be Optimistic About Public Engagement in Edmonton
In the midst of some controversial issues in our fair city over the last months (bike lanes, the new arena, LRT expansion, the Walterdale Bridge, and...
By Jane Purvis -
What happened to the original plan?
When newcomers choose a neighbourhood to settle in, proximity to a LRT station and walkability are top priorities at first. For some, a few harsh winters...
By Marcelo Figueira -
Battle for Brooklyn film screening
M.A.D.E. in Edmonton and Metro Cinema are pleased to presented a Thursday evening screening of the film Battle for Brooklyn. April 11, 2013 7:00PM Metro...
By Joshua Kupsch -
The spacingTime Continuum – Inaugural Whyte Ave Edition
There’s just something inexplicably cool (to me) about seeing a photo of a horse drawn carriage filled with a moustachioed brass band circa...
By Kurt Borth -
Serving Suburbs With Mobile Libraries
As I have gotten older and more interested in the dialogue of what makes a city, one component of urban life I am starting to see as a vital piece of...
By David Cooper -
Strip Mall Anomaly
I was eight or nine when my dad brought my sister and I along to run some errands, which included a stop in an Asian shop located in this strange...
By Rachelle Bugeaud -
I live Here: A Commentary on Greisbach’s suburban model
The growth of our city has been flourishing from the various family and eco-friendly developments occurring around its periphery. Hamptons, South...
By Olivia Fung