{"id":1843,"date":"2013-08-04T11:59:41","date_gmt":"2013-08-04T17:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/?p=1843"},"modified":"2013-08-04T12:01:35","modified_gmt":"2013-08-04T18:01:35","slug":"edmontons-urbanism-headlines-july-28-aug-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2013\/08\/04\/edmontons-urbanism-headlines-july-28-aug-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton\u2019s urbanism headlines: July 28 &#8211; Aug 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>HISTORY &amp; HERITAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/news\/edmonton\/July+1969+City+aims+preserve+restore+slice+historic\/8718832\/story.html\">July 29, 1969: City aims to preserve and restore slice of historic Strathcona<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/news\/edmonton\/there+future+Strathcona+mansion+with+storied+past\/8743201\/story.html?cid=dlvr.it-twitter-edmontonjournal\">Is there a future for an Old Strathcona mansion with a storied past?<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertacentennial.ca\/history\/viewpost.aspx~id=423.html\">Queen Elizabeth Pool &#8211; the oldest municipal pool in Western Canada<\/a>\u00a0[Alberta Centennial]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/technology\/July+1959+Move+eliminate+scramble+lights+favours\/8713920\/story.html\">July 27, 1959: Move to eliminate \u2018scramble lights\u2019 favours vehicles over pedestrians<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/metronews.ca\/news\/edmonton\/748310\/edmonton-museum-staffer-discovers-three-ancestors-on-historical-plate\/\">Edmonton museum staffer discovers three ancestors on historical plate<\/a>\u00a0[Metro News]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>OUR FOOD SYSTEM<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/avenueedmonton.com\/articles\/paving-paradise\">Paving paradise:\u00a0A proposed highway threatens not only a single farm, but a microclimate that\u2019s beneficial to the entire city<\/a>\u00a0[Avenue Edmonton]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/life\/food\/Edmonton+Food+Notes+Leaders+city+food+community+volunteer\/8727599\/story.html?cid=dlvr.it-twitter-edmontonjournal\">Edmonton Food Notes: Leaders in city\u2019s food community volunteer for new council<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/life\/Simons+Edmonton+food+trucks+feed+urban+landscape+with\/8723300\/story.html\">Simons: Edmonton\u2019s food trucks feed urban landscape with spontaneous delight<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/avenueedmonton.com\/articles\/happy-rails\">Happy Rails: Why fewer Edmontonians want roads, and more of us want accessible transit<\/a>\u00a0[Avenue Edmonton]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/749464\/meeting-on-controversial-housing-project-in-terwillegar-towne-leaves-residents-with-unanswered-questions\/\">Meeting on controversial housing project in Terwillegar Towne leaves residents with unanswered questions<\/a>\u00a0[Global News]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/758117\/apartment-vacancy-down-in-edmonton-and-calgary\/?utm_source=facebook-twitter&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=community\">Apartment vacancy down in Edmonton and Calgary<\/a>\u00a0[Global News]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/avenueedmonton.com\/articles\/edmontons-best-neighbourhoods-the-future-is-now\">Edmonton&#8217;s best neighbourhoods: the future is now.<\/a>\u00a0The second annual list of the city&#8217;s top 10 communities [Avenue Edmonton]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ARTS\/CURIOSITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/foolscapstudio.com\/words\/2013\/8\/1\/tile-town.html\">Foolscap Studio: Tile Town<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/edmonton\/story\/2013\/07\/31\/edmonton-ihuman-theatre-grant.html\">Inner-city youth use theatre to stay off the streets iHuman to raise curtain on 75-seat theatre in new downtown building<\/a>\u00a0[CBC]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/metronews.ca\/news\/edmonton\/752291\/author-asks-whats-weird-about-edmonton\/\">Author asks whats weird about Edmonton<\/a>\u00a0[Metro News]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/promotiondating.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/24\/my-favourite-hidden-gem-of-edmonton-to-take-a-girl\/\">Edmonton Hidden Gem: the end of the world<\/a>\u00a0[Promotion Dating]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>MUNICIPAL ELECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/news\/Edmonton+debt+concerns+becoming+election+issue+they\/8718942\/story.html\">Edmonton debt concerns becoming election issue, but are they valid?<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/news\/Community+activist+public+servant+enters+race+Ward\/8728341\/story.html\">Community activist and public servant enters race for Ward 11<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ENVIRONMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/edmonton\/interactive\/jasper-development\/?cmp=rss\">Jasper National Park development\u00a0sparks controversy<\/a>\u00a0[CBC]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calgaryherald.com\/news\/calgary\/Experts+flooded+homes+should+included+recovery+plans\/8728541\/story.html\">Experts say all flooded homes should be included in recovery plans<\/a>\u00a0[Calgary Herald]<\/li>\n<li>Video:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/69132856\">Take a tour of Seattle\u2019s ingenious and locally inspired solutions to the city\u2019s aging water infrastructure<\/a>\u00a0[Vimeo]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>OTHER<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Calgary:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.calgaryherald.com\/news\/calgary\/Sewage+crunch+hits+forcing+city+freeze+developments\/8723489\/story.html\">Sewage crunch hits the fan forcing city to freeze developments in northwest<\/a>\u00a0[Calgary Herald]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/metronews.ca\/news\/calgary\/751400\/calgarys-car-culture-label-becoming-a-thing-of-the-past\/\">Calgary\u2019s \u2018car culture\u2019? Make that creative commuting<\/a>\u00a0[Metro News]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/british-columbia\/how-do-you-fit-a-new-school-in-downtown-vancouver\/article13470220\/\">How do you fit a new school in downtown Vancouver?<\/a>\u00a0[Globe and Mail]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticcities.com\/neighborhoods\/2013\/07\/might-be-most-impressive-pop-park-weve-ever-seen\/6265\/\">This Might Be the Most Impressive Pop-Up Park We&#8217;ve Ever Seen<\/a>\u00a0[Atlantic Cities]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticcities.com\/jobs-and-economy\/2013\/08\/if-you-build-it-they-will-come-how-cleveland-lured-young-professionals-downtown\/6406\/\">If You Build It, They Will Come: How Cleveland Lured Young Professionals Downtown<\/a>\u00a0[Atlantic Cities]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thisbigcity.net\/converting-construction-sites-public-spaces\/\">Converting Construction Sites into Public Spaces<\/a>\u00a0[This Big City]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/img.weburbanist.com\/wp-content\/webistcache\/2012\/09\/04\/abandoned-walmart-is-now-americas-largest-library\/index.html\">Abandoned Walmart is Now America\u2019s Largest Library<\/a>\u00a0[Web Urbanist]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/news\/Canadian+Tire+tests+corner+store+format+with+Express+outlet\/8733217\/story.html \">Canadian Tire tests corner store format with new \u2018Express\u2019 outlet<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HISTORY &amp; 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