{"id":6585,"date":"2015-10-18T20:54:09","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T02:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/?p=6585"},"modified":"2015-10-18T22:28:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T04:28:25","slug":"edmontons-urbanism-headlines-october-13-october-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2015\/10\/18\/edmontons-urbanism-headlines-october-13-october-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton\u2019s urbanism headlines: October 13 \u2013 October 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ELECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/thesundayedition\/voting-while-disabled-the-state-of-our-cities-cherry-harvest-divisive-campaign-tactics-helen-weinzweig-1.3264372\/the-state-of-our-cities-1.3264534\">All federal parties are promising cash to address the dismal state of our cities&#8217; infrastructure. But is this the &#8220;magic bullet&#8221; that will meet the many challenges facing our cities?<\/a>\u00a0[CBC]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edmontonjournal.com\/news\/politics\/federal-election-hinges-on-urban-vote-says-edmontons-mayor\">Federal election hinges on urban vote, says Edmonton&#8217;s mayor<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/edmonton\/mayor-don-iveson-urges-voters-to-think-first-of-urban-issues-1.3268839\">Mayor Don Iveson urges voters to think first of urban issues<\/a>\u00a0[CBC]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edmontonjournal.com\/news\/local-news\/overhaul-of-royal-alex-hospital-pegged-at-4-5-billion\">Overhaul of Edmonton&#8217;s Royal Alexandra Hospital pegged at $4.5 billion<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edmontonjournal.com\/business\/commercial-real-estate\/sales-start-for-edmontons-tallest-condo-only-tower\">Sales start for Edmonton&#8217;s tallest condo-only tower<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edmontonjournal.com\/news\/politics\/david-staples-builder-calls-for-heavy-handed-crackdown-on-bad-infill-practices\">David Staples: Edmonton builder calls for &#8216;heavy-handed&#8217; crackdown on bad infill practices<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edmontonjournal.com\/news\/politics\/david-staples-wealthy-neighbours-upset-with-rubber-stamped-skinny-homes\">David Staples: Wealthy neighbours upset with rubber-stamped skinny homes<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/news\/canada\/edmonton-vs-calgary-a-hockey-rivalry-but-also-more-than-that\/\">Edmonton, armed with the NHL\u2019s next prodigy and a plan to transform downtown, is fully wrapping its civic identity in its Oilers. Not so much in Calgary.<\/a>\u00a0[MacLeans]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>LOCAL NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edmontonjournal.com\/news\/local-news\/100-year-old-edmonton-heritage-building-destroyed-by-fire-was-inevitable-says-historian\">Destruction of 100-year-old Edmonton heritage building by fire was &#8216;inevitable,&#8217; says historian<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metronews.ca\/news\/edmonton\/2015\/10\/13\/never-ending-mckernan-yard-sale-out-of-business.html\">Never-ending McKernan yard sale finally comes to a close<\/a>\u00a0[Metro News]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metronews.ca\/news\/edmonton\/2015\/10\/14\/edmonton-new-years-fireworks-to-launch-at-midnight-.html\">New Year\u2019s Eve in Churchill Square to go off with a bang as normal<\/a>\u00a0[Metro News]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edmontonjournal.com\/entertainment\/local-arts\/live-music-initiative-hopes-to-help-edmonton-venues\">Live Music Initiative hopes to help Edmonton venues<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edmontonjournal.com\/news\/local-news\/travelling-exhibit-on-residential-schools-opens-tuesday\">Travelling exhibit on residential schools opens Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/travel\/article\/Overlooked-Edmonton-stepping-up-6544125.php\">Overlooked Edmonton stepping up<\/a>\u00a0[SFGate]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>MISCELLANY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/curbtalks.com\/2015\/10\/13\/our-shared-new-normal-alberta-municipal-leaders-panel-on-city-regional-planning\/\">\u201cOur Shared New Normal\u201d: Alberta Municipal Leaders Panel on City-Regional Planning<\/a>\u00a0[Curb]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.citylab.com\/housing\/2015\/04\/why-city-noise-is-a-serious-health-hazard\/391194\/\">Why City Noise Is a Serious Health Hazard<\/a>[City Lab]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pps.org\/reference\/diversityinpublicspaces\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 Lessons to Promote Diversity in Public Places<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0[PPS]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/edmonton\/fort-mcmurray-councillor-wants-to-kill-580m-arena-deal-1.3268675\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fort McMurray councillor wants to kill $580M arena deal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0[CBC]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELECTION All federal parties are promising cash to address the dismal state of our cities&#8217; infrastructure. But is this the &#8220;magic bullet&#8221; that will meet the many challenges facing our cities?\u00a0[CBC] Federal election hinges on urban vote, says Edmonton&#8217;s mayor\u00a0[Edmonton Journal] Mayor Don Iveson urges voters to think first of urban issues\u00a0[CBC] DEVELOPMENT Overhaul of<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2015\/10\/18\/edmontons-urbanism-headlines-october-13-october-18\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Edmonton\u2019s urbanism headlines: October 13 \u2013 October 18&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8111,"featured_media":6589,"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-6585","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\u2019s urbanism headlines: October 13 \u2013 October 18 - 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\/2015\/10\/18\/edmontons-urbanism-headlines-october-13-october-18\/\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2015\/10\/18\/edmontons-urbanism-headlines-october-13-october-18\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2015\/10\/18\/edmontons-urbanism-headlines-october-13-october-18\/\",\"name\":\"Edmonton\u2019s urbanism headlines: October 13 \u2013 October 18 - Spacing Edmonton\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2015\/10\/18\/edmontons-urbanism-headlines-october-13-october-18\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2015\/10\/18\/edmontons-urbanism-headlines-october-13-october-18\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/10\/leamington.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-19T02:54:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-10-19T04:28:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/#\/schema\/person\/5c568d4ad3a9e6a81f55f1a6b7e94b5f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2015\/10\/18\/edmontons-urbanism-headlines-october-13-october-18\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2015\/10\/18\/edmontons-urbanism-headlines-october-13-october-18\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2015\/10\/18\/edmontons-urbanism-headlines-october-13-october-18\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/10\/leamington.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/10\/leamington.jpeg\",\"width\":840,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Leamington Apartments burnt down over the weekend on October 17, 2015. 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