{"id":3825,"date":"2014-02-02T00:11:06","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T07:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/?p=3825"},"modified":"2014-02-02T00:11:06","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T07:11:06","slug":"edmonton-urbanism-headlines-january-27-february-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/02\/02\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-january-27-february-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton urbanism headlines: January 27 \u2013 February 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/Lamphier%2BVacant%2Bspace%2Blower%2Brates%2Bloom%2Boffice%2Btowers%2Bcast%2Bshadow%2Bover%2Bdowntown\/9456137\/story.html\">Lamphier: Vacant space, lower rates loom as new office towers cast shadow over downtown<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/business\/City+auditor+finds+backlog+more+than+building+permit+inspections\/9449652\/story.html\">City auditor finds backlog of more than 40,000 building permit inspections<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/business\/real-estate\/Glenora+luxury+condo+towers+idled+financial\/9446008\/story.html\">Glenora luxury condo towers idled for financial restructuring<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calgaryherald.com\/news\/alberta\/Alberta+rapid+development+visible+from+space+research+shows\/9451920\/story.html\">Alberta\u2019s rapid development visible from space, research shows<\/a>\u00a0[Calgary Herald]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/business\/embracing-density-242167761.html\">Embracing density Keeping urban sprawl in check beneficial to everyone<\/a>\u00a0[Winnipeg Free Press]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TRANSPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/news\/edmonton\/Transit+smart+fare+equipment+could+boost+costs+save\/9456012\/story.html\">Transit smart-fare equipment could boost costs, not save money, group warns<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/travel\/Edmonton+puts+brakes+bike+lanes+2014\/9451421\/story.html\">Edmonton puts brakes on new bike lanes for 2014<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticcities.com\/commute\/2014\/01\/map-wants-change-how-you-think-about-your-commute\/8197\/\">This Map Wants to Change How You Think About Your Commute<\/a>\u00a0[Atlantic Cities]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>GREEN SPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sustainablecitiescollective.com\/david-thorpe\/219876\/planning-green-space-now-proven-have-health-benefits\">Planning for green space is now proven to have health benefits<\/a>\u00a0[Sustainable Cities Collective]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sustainablecitiescollective.com\/nature-cities\/215911\/involving-children-design-park-renovations-create-green-places-play-urban-natur\">Involving children in the design of park renovations<\/a>\u00a0[Sustainable Cities Collective]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sustainablecitiescollective.com\/nature-cities\/215256\/matter-scale-connecting-human-design-decisions-decisions-made-wildlife\">A matter of scale: connecting human design decisions with decisions made by wildlife<\/a>\u00a0[Sustainable Cities Collective]<\/li>\n<li>Youtube:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VB7qA6o1iA4\">Evaluating Mechanisms for Wetland Restoration and Retention in Alberta<\/a>\u00a0[Alberta Land Institute]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawacitizen.com\/technology\/Protected+grassland+faces+uncertain+future\/9445012\/story.html\">Protected Canadian grassland could be compromised as feds withdraw from prairie rehabilitation program<\/a>\u00a0[Ottawa Citizen]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>POLITICS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whether or not you agree with Fish Griwkowsky&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/Opinion+dark+side+Light+Bridge\/9431953\/story.html\">opinion on the Light the Bridge<\/a>\u00a0project, you&#8217;ll find this related initiative amusing:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/floydthebridge.wordpress.com\/\">Floyd the Bridge<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/news\/City+council+aims+give+frustrated+Edmontonians+bigger\/9432774\/story.html\">City council aims to give frustrated Edmontonians a bigger say in decision making<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/business\/commercial-real-estate\/leery+spending+federal+funds+downtown\/9445010\/story.html?__lsa=655f-1d9b\">MPs leery of spending federal funds on downtown arena\u2019s community rink, councillor Mike Nickel says<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/metronews.ca\/news\/edmonton\/922013\/justin-trudeau-argues-federal-government-needs-to-be-more-involved-in-city-building\/\">Justin Trudeau argues federal government needs to be more involved in city building<\/a>\u00a0[Metro News]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ARTS &amp; HERITAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ephf.ca\/?content\/virtual-tours.html\">360 virtual tours of Rossdale power plant<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Power Historical Foundation]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/news\/edmonton\/Staples+Plan+brewing+save+McDougall+Church\/9441625\/story.html\">Staples: Plan brewing to save old McDougall Church<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li>Did you know? Edmonton has 91 Municipal Historic Resources in total. Followed by Calgary (35), Red Deer (11), Banff (8) and Wainwright (8). Learn more here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/albertashistoricplaces.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/30\/heritage-by-numbers\/\">Heritage by Numbers<\/a>\u00a0[Alberta&#8217;s Historic Places]<\/li>\n<li>Interactive map:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/edmonton\/interactive\/edmonton-neighbourhood-icons\/\">Emblems for Edmonton&#8217;s neighbourhoods by Jaime Calayo<\/a>\u00a0[CBC]<\/li>\n<li>Have you checked out these excellent photos by Fish Griwkowsky in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/eedcmarcomm\/docs\/encourage_single\">Edmonton Economic Development corporate culture bool?<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Economic Development]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>GET INVOLVED!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mgareview.alberta.ca\/consultations\/edmonton\/\">February 5-7: Consultations to the Municipal Government Act<\/a>\u00a0[Government of Alberta]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mailoutinteractive.com\/Industry\/View.aspx?id=530907\">February 5: Stony Plain streetscape public art request for proposals information evening<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Arts Council]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edmontonheritage.ca\/default\/assets\/File\/CALL_CuriositiesTourConsultation_28Jan2014.pdf\">Deadline: February 7: Volunteer Brainstorming Edmonton City as Museum Project<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Heritage Council]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmonton.ca\/city_government\/projects_redevelopment\/river-valley-park-system-wayfinding-signs-for-parks-trails.aspx\">February 8: Open house on wayfinding signs for parks &amp; trails in the river valley<\/a>\u00a0[City of Edmonton]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmonton.ca\/environmental\/planning\/environmental-advisory-committee.aspx\">Interested in applying to become a member of the City&#8217;s Environmental Advisory Committee?<\/a>\u00a0[City of Edmonton]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEVELOPMENT Lamphier: Vacant space, lower rates loom as new office towers cast shadow over downtown\u00a0[Edmonton Journal] City auditor finds backlog of more than 40,000 building permit inspections\u00a0[Edmonton Journal] Glenora luxury condo towers idled for financial restructuring\u00a0[Edmonton Journal] Alberta\u2019s rapid development visible from space, research shows\u00a0[Calgary Herald] Embracing density Keeping urban sprawl in check beneficial to<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/02\/02\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-january-27-february-1\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Edmonton urbanism headlines: January 27 \u2013 February 1&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8111,"featured_media":3831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Edmonton urbanism headlines: January 27 \u2013 February 1 - Spacing Edmonton<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/02\/02\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-january-27-february-1\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paul Giang\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/02\/02\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-january-27-february-1\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/02\/02\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-january-27-february-1\/\",\"name\":\"Edmonton urbanism headlines: January 27 \u2013 February 1 - Spacing Edmonton\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/02\/02\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-january-27-february-1\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/02\/02\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-january-27-february-1\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/02\/poster-2014-v3-EN.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-02-02T07:11:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/#\/schema\/person\/5c568d4ad3a9e6a81f55f1a6b7e94b5f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/02\/02\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-january-27-february-1\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/02\/02\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-january-27-february-1\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/02\/02\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-january-27-february-1\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/02\/poster-2014-v3-EN.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/02\/poster-2014-v3-EN.jpg\",\"width\":863,\"height\":1313,\"caption\":\"L'Aventure du cano\u00eb volant \/ The Flying Canoe Adventure runs next weekend! 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