HISTORY & HERITAGE
- July 29, 1969: City aims to preserve and restore slice of historic Strathcona [Edmonton Journal]
- Is there a future for an Old Strathcona mansion with a storied past? [Edmonton Journal]
- Queen Elizabeth Pool – the oldest municipal pool in Western Canada [Alberta Centennial]
- July 27, 1959: Move to eliminate ‘scramble lights’ favours vehicles over pedestrians [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton museum staffer discovers three ancestors on historical plate [Metro News]
OUR FOOD SYSTEM
- Paving paradise: A proposed highway threatens not only a single farm, but a microclimate that’s beneficial to the entire city [Avenue Edmonton]
- Edmonton Food Notes: Leaders in city’s food community volunteer for new council [Edmonton Journal]
- Simons: Edmonton’s food trucks feed urban landscape with spontaneous delight [Edmonton Journal]
NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT
- Happy Rails: Why fewer Edmontonians want roads, and more of us want accessible transit [Avenue Edmonton]
- Meeting on controversial housing project in Terwillegar Towne leaves residents with unanswered questions [Global News]
- Apartment vacancy down in Edmonton and Calgary [Global News]
- Edmonton’s best neighbourhoods: the future is now. The second annual list of the city’s top 10 communities [Avenue Edmonton]
ARTS/CURIOSITIES
- Foolscap Studio: Tile Town
- Inner-city youth use theatre to stay off the streets iHuman to raise curtain on 75-seat theatre in new downtown building [CBC]
- Author asks whats weird about Edmonton [Metro News]
- Edmonton Hidden Gem: the end of the world [Promotion Dating]
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
- Edmonton debt concerns becoming election issue, but are they valid? [Edmonton Journal]
- Community activist and public servant enters race for Ward 11 [Edmonton Journal]
ENVIRONMENT
- Jasper National Park development sparks controversy [CBC]
- Experts say all flooded homes should be included in recovery plans [Calgary Herald]
- Video: Take a tour of Seattle’s ingenious and locally inspired solutions to the city’s aging water infrastructure [Vimeo]
OTHER
- Calgary: Sewage crunch hits the fan forcing city to freeze developments in northwest [Calgary Herald]
- Calgary’s ‘car culture’? Make that creative commuting [Metro News]
- How do you fit a new school in downtown Vancouver? [Globe and Mail]
- This Might Be the Most Impressive Pop-Up Park We’ve Ever Seen [Atlantic Cities]
- If You Build It, They Will Come: How Cleveland Lured Young Professionals Downtown [Atlantic Cities]
- Converting Construction Sites into Public Spaces [This Big City]
- Abandoned Walmart is Now America’s Largest Library [Web Urbanist]
- Canadian Tire tests corner store format with new ‘Express’ outlet [Edmonton Journal]
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