Urban Design

Rethinking parking in Edmonton

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It would seem to be an article of faith in Edmonton that having plentiful and cheap inner city parking is an absolute necessity. As... Read More

Time Lapse: Sunset Over Rogers Place Arena

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The Edmonton Oilers played their final game at Rexall Place this past April ending 42 years of hockey history. The home team will... Read More

Breaking the Grid: Edmonton’s City Beautiful Plan

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Until around the mid-twentieth century, almost all subdivision plans for Edmonton were conceived as a traditional grid of streets and... Read More

Jasper Avenue still a Player in Downtown Revival

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Is it all really doom and gloom? Last week an Edmonton Journal editorial painted a rather bleak picture for Jasper Avenue and what it... Read More

Imagining Edmonton’s Main Street

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Jasper Avenue is said to be Edmonton’s main street. But what does that mean? Its multiple uses–as destination and as... Read More

Design Thinking and the City: Dignity Lies in the Details

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Originally posted on Robin Mazumder’s blog. Last winter I had an experience that changed the way I saw... Read More

A Pocket Park Paradise

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An article, entitled “City closer to changing downtown Edmonton parking lot, putting up paradise”, appeared in Metro News last year... Read More

Reimagine YEG: Blatchford Control Tower

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Image rendering created by Michael Zabinski. The image is fictional and does not serve as official material for the Blatchford... Read More

The picnic tables at Amiskwaskahegan need to go!

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An article in Metro Edmonton last week described Amiskwaskahegan (also known as Beaver Hills House Park) as a ‘drug park’ that is... Read More

Update: Re-imagining Downtown Public Event and Voting

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WHERE: former Rutherford Bookstore in Enterprise Square (10230 Jasper Avenue) WHEN:  April 10, 5:30PM for the announcement of the... Read More