{"id":6246,"date":"2015-06-24T06:30:20","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T12:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/?p=6246"},"modified":"2015-06-24T00:24:06","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T06:24:06","slug":"reimagine-edmonton-blatchford-control-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2015\/06\/24\/reimagine-edmonton-blatchford-control-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Reimagine YEG: Blatchford Control Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Image\u00a0rendering created by Michael Zabinski.\u00a0<\/em><em>The image\u00a0is fictional and does not serve as\u00a0official material for the Blatchford redevelopment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more Spacing articles\u00a0on Blatchford:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2013\/11\/28\/celebrating-blatchford-field\/\">Celebrating Blatchford Field<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/06\/17\/blatchford-radio-documentary\/\">Blatchford: A radio documentary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5793\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/01\/blatchfordtower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5793 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/01\/blatchfordtower-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Airport control tower\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/01\/blatchfordtower-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/01\/blatchfordtower-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/01\/blatchfordtower-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/01\/blatchfordtower-62x62.jpg 62w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/01\/blatchfordtower.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Building #17\u00a0Control Tower in Blatchford Field.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image\u00a0rendering created by Michael Zabinski.\u00a0The image\u00a0is fictional and does not serve as\u00a0official material for the Blatchford redevelopment. 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