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Induced Demand: How Edmonton Can Undermine Its LRT Investment
The proposed widening of 75th Street to six lanes as part of the southeast LRT project was recently discussed in an article in the Edmonton Journal. In the article, it is suggested that this work is...
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EVENT: Colour Your Flag Party
WHAT: Colour Your Flag, Edmonton is a community-wide design challenge that invites Edmontonians of all ages to learn about flags and flag design. Our first flag colouring party will be held at The...
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Edmonton urbanism headlines: March 17 – 23
UPCOMING EVENTS EVENT: Colour Your Flag Party! Monday March 24 at the Common EVENT: Truth and Reconciliation Commission National Event March 27-30 at the Shaw Conference Centre TRANSPORTATION NAIT line...
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Meet the winners of the 2014 Jane Jacobs Prize
Meet the winners of the 2014 Jane Jacobs Prize This is the first year that Spacing has administered the Jane Jacobs Prize, awarded since 1999 to Torontonians who embody this brilliant thinker’s...
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Towers of Babel
Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds Author: Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac (Perseus Books 2012) Can’t we all just get along? Well if we’re crammed into concrete towers on the edge of...
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Edmonton urbanism headlines: March 24 – 30
TRUTH & RECONCILIATION If you missed the TRC event this past weekend be sure to look at the video archive here. This is important for all Canadians to listen and reflect upon [Truth and...
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Book Review – Art Parks: A Tour of America’s Sculpture Parks and Gardens
Author: Francesca Cigola (Princeton Architectural Press, 2013) In my short time studying the world of design, I have tried to fully embrace as many facets of creativity as possible. This is one of the...
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Lake Sturgeon, Nemêw, Buffalo of the Water
Unlike the river valley, I feel as though not many Edmontonians have a strong connection to the North Saskatchewan River. We do not often think about how shallow the river is, its unpredictable...
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Throwback Thursday: West Jasper Place
Read more about West Jasper Place’s sports history here. Date of photo: 1971 Acknowledgement to Brent Welch for sharing. The post Throwback Thursday: West Jasper Place appeared first on Spacing Edmonton.
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ROBSON REDUX: Voting and viewing of submissions begin tonight
VANCOUVER — I have the unique opportunity to help pick the public art installation that will take over Robson Street in downtown Vancouver this summer. Tonight at the Vancouver Art Gallery the public...
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Edmonton urbanism headlines: March 31 – April 6
DEVELOPMENT Hot Edmonton real estate market leading to bidding wars [Global] Edmonton firm a pioneer with sustainable office building that creates as much energy as it uses [Edmonton Journal] Plan...
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Book Review – Prospect Park: Olsted & Vaux’s Brooklyn Masterpiece
Author: David P. Colley, photographs by Elizabeth Keegin Colley (Princeton Architectural Press, 2013) We are spoiled in Metro Vancouver. With so many wonderful urban parks at our fingertips – from...
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Giving ‘Eyesores’ a Second Life
In the Edmonton Journal last week, columnist Paula Simons argued for the preservation of the Healy Ford Building in light of its planned redevelopment. Judging from the online poll and comments,...
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Wayfinding in Edmonton is about to get easier
Cross-posted from Mack Male’s (Mastermaq) blog. See the full post here for more coverage on the Edmonton Wayfinding Group (@wayfindYEG): Walk around downtown today and you might notice some new...
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Edmonton urbanism headlines: April 7 – 13
DEVELOPMENT Mouallem: Vision for Queen Mary Park development blurs over time [Metro Edmonton] Outside developers getting ready to build in Edmonton [Metro Edmonton] Garage suites can be so sweet...
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Book Review: Urban Wildscapes
Edited by: Anna Jorgensen and Richard Keenan (Routledge, 2012) I attended a workshop recently in which the participants were asked to open the conversation by saying a few words about one of their...
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BIKES: cycling in the rain and in style
Based in Providence, Rhode Island, Cleverhood expresses their support for urban bikers in livable cities in the form of a stylish, high-performance street cape. Inspired by the bicycle movement, the...
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Q&A with 2014 Young Architect Award winner Tyler Sharp
In March, The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) announced Tyler Sharp, 40, of Toronto as the recipient of the 2014 Young Architect Award. After graduating from the Dalhousie School of...
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Edmonton urbanism headlines: March 17 – 23
UPCOMING EVENTS EVENT: Colour Your Flag Party! Monday March 24 at the Common EVENT: Truth and Reconciliation Commission National Event March 27-30 at the Shaw Conference Centre TRANSPORTATION NAIT line...
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Edmonton urbanism headlines: April 14 – 20
TRANSPORT Better wayfinding signage for pedestrians to grace downtown [Edmonton Journal] Some Edmonton residents upset over planned Terwillegar footbridge [Edmonton Sun] Edmonton may avoid $60 million...
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