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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 -
COMMONPLACE | APRIL 3, 2013
Commonplace celebrates quotidian life on the streets of Edmonton and fosters a collective sense of belonging to the here and now. Chelsea Boos is a...
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Remembering Isaak: One student’s vision for a temporary public space memorial
On August 27, 2012 the Edmonton cycling community was shaken by the death of Isaak Kornelsen. A member of the University of Alberta Golden Bears...
By Kyle Witiw -
Remembering Indigenous Edmonton: a journey through plants
When I was little, my Dad used to take us through the river valley and point out the places where houses used to stand, before the valley became a green...
By Zoe Todd -
Editor’s Note: Framing Spacing Edmonton
The idea of urbanism in the Prairies is not well known to many Canadians or even Prairie folk. When examining Canadian urbanism, it is easy to dismiss...
By Paul Giang -
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 -
This Is Edmonton: A Photographic Introduction
Edmonton is a city not typically celebrated for its beauty and character; the perception from outsiders is often that this is a drab industrial town, a...
By Tom Young -
Spacing Edmonton’s LRT Pins and Magnets: Now Arriving On All Tracks!
To celebrate the launch of Spacing Edmonton, I designed a set of buttons representing each station on our Light Rail Transit line. I made these buttons as...
By Adam Bentley -
A short doc on the see-through public washroom at Whyte and Gateway
http://youtu.be/JMuypJBFZgI Editor’s note: The Youtube video is now closed and private but still can be viewed here. Edmonton’s newest...
By Adam Bentley -
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
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered