Parks
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Parking and Recreation
School and park space in a new neighbourhood is typically acquired through the dedication of land. When a developer subdivides land, they generally...
By Trent Portigal -
A Downtown for Everyone
There are more places to live in Downtown Edmonton than ever before. As part of this revitalization, the City is campaigning that it is doing its part by...
By Paul Giang -
Schools and Parks II – A History of Segregation
The history of planning for schools and parks in Edmonton shows governments moving in an uncoordinated and contradictory way toward both collaboration and...
By Trent Portigal -
Schools and Parks I – A History of Sharing
Developing schools and parks involves complex issues of land acquisition, ownership and mixing of uses. The history of provincial legislation and...
By Trent Portigal -
A Pocket Park Paradise
An article, entitled “City closer to changing downtown Edmonton parking lot, putting up paradise”, appeared in Metro News last year. It was related to the...
By Trent Portigal -
Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market should see opportunity in park proposal
Proposals for a park along Gateway Boulevard from Whyte Avenue to Saskatchewan Drive were not warmly received by some businesses, the Old Strathcona...
By Paul Giang -
The picnic tables at Amiskwaskahegan need to go!
An article in Metro Edmonton last week described Amiskwaskahegan (also known as Beaver Hills House Park) as a ‘drug park’ that is deterring people from...
By Paul Giang -
A Partial History of A Roadway, Plan 524R
An odd shaped lot, about twelve hundred square metres in size and located just north of 76 Avenue in Mill Creek Ravine South, was added to City of...
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This Is Edmonton: River Valley Colours
The North Saskatchewan River Valley is unquestionably Edmonton’s gem, hidden in plain sight. For those of us who live on one side of the river and...
By Owen Murray -
What is the value of remote?
While I agree, in general, that the river valley should be accessible to all abilities and mobilities, I do not agree that all of the river valley should...
By Matthew Dance -
Edmonton’s Lost Chinese Market Gardens
If you visit the City of Edmonton Archives, a search for “market gardens” in the Henderson’s City Directory for 1932, turns up several Chinese names at...
By Kathryn Gwun-Yeen Lennon -
Placemaking beyond the River Valley: Part II
In my previous post, I talked about the need for quality public spaces outside of the river valley and ravines. Not all Edmontonians live by this green...
By Paul Giang