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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: August 3 – 9
TRANSPORT Advocates blame ‘huge error’ after city backs away from car-free Whyte Ave. plan [Metro News] NAIT student union president calls Edmonton’s...
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Navigating Cultural Appropriation in Public Art
Ongoing discussions around public art and cultural appropriation among Edmonton’s arts community and its critics have left some artists unsure how to...
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: July 27 – Aug 3
TRANSPORTATION Metro LRT line may open with reduced service [CBC Edmonton] Edmonton deserves more federal cash for LRT, too: city councillors [Edmonton...
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Selling Subdivisions to Francophones (Part 2)
The period of 1905 to 1915 was an eventful time for Edmonton and, up until the 1912 annexation, Strathcona. The French language newspaper of the time, Le...
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: July 20 – 26
TRANSPORT Edmonton city staff hand back national award as bike lanes removed [Edmonton Journal] Why don’t more women cycle to work? It’s less about helmet...
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: July 6 – 19 highlights edition
(hey, we were on a patio, okay?) TRANSPORTATION Safety issue that has kept Edmonton’s new LRT line from opening a mystery [Edmonton Journal...
By Tom Young -
Selling Subdivisions to Francophones (Part 1)
For a short time, about a century ago, Edmonton was the home to the only French language newspaper in western Canada. The paper, a weekly called Le...
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: June 29 – July 5
TRANSPORT Why trucks keep getting stuck under the High Level Bridge [Edmonton Journal] Why some of Edmonton’s taxi drivers welcome Uber [Metro News] City...
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Brutalism’s Renaissance?
Brutalism took centre stage a few days ago in Edmonton with a visit by professor Robert Bruegmann from the University of Illinois at Chicago. A noted...
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: June 22 – 28
TRANSPORTATION City of Edmonton promising to take “local experience” into account for crosswalk decisions [Metro Edmonton] Edmonton councillors move to...
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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...
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: June 15 – 21
TRANSPORT Oliver community seeking opinions on Jasper Avenue renewal [CTV News] New ETS scheduling software module saves $27 million in capital...
By Paul Giang
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered