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Edmonton Today: Street Laundromat

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...

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 Today: Limited Operation

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

This is Edmonton: the Outer Edmonton Project

In January and February of 2013, I drove around the periphery of the southwest corner of Edmonton. Be it driving to work in the area, or visiting friends...

This Is Edmonton: Whyte At Night (Part 2)

Whyte Avenue, Edmonton’s south-of-the-river main street, has long been a gathering place. As an eclectic shopping destination, a Provincial Heritage...

This is Edmonton: Sun on Whyte (Part 1)

Whyte Avenue, Edmonton’s south-of-the-river main street, has long been a gathering place. As an eclectic shopping destination, a Provincial Heritage...

This Is Edmonton: Don Iveson’s Mayoral Campaign

Editor’s note: Tom Young is a Spacing Edmonton editor and was a volunteer on the Don Iveson for Mayor campaign. Although Spacing Edmonton...

This Is Edmonton: Painted Time Capsules

Hand-painted signs have more or less become a thing of the past, replaced by press-printed, illuminated signs, digital signboards, and the like. Designed...

Edmonton Today: Kelly-Ramsay Demolition

The Kelly-Ramsay Block as it looked this afternoon, Sunday October 6th 2013, roughly halfway through its demolition. The facade has already been removed...

Romance and the Fringe

I took this photograph of the Edmonton Fringe Festival earlier this week.  As the overarching theme reverberates “love” and...

This Is Edmonton: Folk Fest

Edmonton is sometimes called “Festival City”, and for good reason. The Fringe Theatre Festival (North America’s largest), Heritage Days...