Edmonton Today: Street Laundromat

Edmonton urbanism headlines: December 30 – January 5

HAPPY NEW YEARS! Edmonton in 2013 [MasterMaq] 14 things to keep on your radar for 2014 [Edmonton Journal] Five bad Edmonton habits to break in 2014 [Metro...

Year in Review: Edmonton 2013

Since our blog’s official launch back in April, this year has far exceeded the expectations for Spacing Edmonton. I want to thank you all for your...

Edmonton urbanism headlines: December 24 – 29

LOCAL STORIES Possible Stantec and Enbridge tower plans for downtown [630 CHED] The restoration job of a century: Legislature dome facelift full of...

Season Greetings and Happy Holidays!

Thank you readers for a wonderful year! Check out the City Archives here for photos of Christmas lighting installations of the Alberta Legislature during...

Edmonton urbanism headlines: December 16 – 23

POLITICS & DEVELOPMENT A must read by Graham Thomson: Alberta politics revolves around selling the oilsands [Edmonton Journal] Edmonton downtown...

This is Edmonton: Chinatown South

My earliest recollections of Edmonton centered around McCauley/Chinatown North, Downtown, West Edmonton Mall, and Boyle/Chinatown South. My family first...

Edmonton urbanism headlines: December 9 – 15

WINTER CITIES Call for entries: 2014 Thaw Hut Competition [MADE] Councillor Henderson believes there are ways to heat city streets from waste heat from...

Edmonton Today: Limited Operation

Oh, Edmonton. You still operate from November through April, but you’re not usually very happy about it, are you?

Livability Demands Acceptance

Howard Blackson, Urban Designer and Principal of Placemakers, once said that community character is like pornography: hard to define, but you know when...

Edmonton urbanism headlines: December 2 – 8

LOCAL HISTORY Local pilot becomes the last person to take off from Edmonton City Centre Airport After weather grounds special fly-by of CF-18s [Edmonton...

Let it snow! Winter and city building.

Despite the pain of plowing through roads and sidewalks, snow can be very useful. In fact, its presence is critical to the survival of many species in our...