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Household waste in urban space
You may have heard that Edmonton’s downtown and central neighbourhoods are experiencing a renaissance; new growth is occurring in both population and development. What hasn’t changed is Edmonton’s...
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Why are Jasper and Whyte Ave 7 Lanes Wide?
Editor’s note: this post has been updated from its original to add detail. People often point to Jasper and Whyte as unfortunate cases where planners and transportation engineers designed a street...
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Edmonton urbanism headlines: December 7 – 13
URBAN DEVELOPMENT New Edmonton infill compliance team to battle ‘mountain of mistrust’ [Edmonton Journal] The Future of Rexall Place Without the Oilers [daveberta.ca] Court rejects Oliver Community...
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Book Review – Twenty Buildings Every Architect Should Understand
Author: Simon Unwin (Routledge, 2010) At a time when meaningful analyses of the built environment seems to be suffering from extreme attrition, Simon Unwin’s Twenty Buildings Every Architect Should...
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Travelogue: CityLab 2014
Recently, Los Angeles became the subject of much attention as the civically-minded flocked to the city to take part in this year’s CityLab conference. CityLab is a symposium for over 300 of the...
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Throwback Thursday: Richelieu Hotel
The Vancouver Art Gallery hosted an exhibit titled “Grand Hotels” which explored how hotels have evolved from what they call “simple utilitarian structures to cultural phenomenons.” As we are now...
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Edmonton urbanism headlines: December 14 – 21
STATE OF YEG In hopes of renewal, Edmonton moves to drop ‘City of Champions’ motto [Globe and Mail] Five storylines as Edmonton seeks to rebuild, rebrand and celebrate [Globe and Mail] ICYMI: Great...
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The Building Blocks of Bike Culture: Social Engagement and Promotional...
When it comes to building a bike culture, we here in Canada often look upon the “live-work velodromes” of Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and the like with considerable envy. So well ingrained are the quirky...
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New Slow City: Living Simply in the World’s Fastest City
Author: William Powers (New World Library, 2014) Every once and a while I get handed a book that changes my perspective on some of the ways I do things in my day to day life. In New Slow City, William...
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Edmonton urbanism headlines: December 22 – 28
Season’s Greetings everyone and a Happy New Year! TRANSPORT Future of smartfare on Edmonton transit dependent on provincial budget [Metro News] Winter cycling demand largest for local conference in...
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Book Review: The Bohemian Guide to Urban Cycling
Author: Sean Benesh (Urban Loft Publishers, 2014) Urban cycling is not a new concept in many Canadian cities. It seems like at any particular point in time, there is a debate happening on bike-related...
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Visual Thoughts #48
Last VT image: Small building, Deception Pass State Park, Washington, US. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator, independent researcher and...
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Edmonton urbanism headlines: December 29 – January 11
YEG WINTER Community dreams of an ice bridge across the North Saskatchewan [Edmonton Journal] Shake-Up Festival and Market to switch-up how Edmonton enjoys the cold [Metro Edmonton] Winter Shake-Up:...
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10 urban interventions that made Edmonton shine in 2014
Editor’s note: I know it’s a bit late to be posting a 2014 review… but whatever! Spacing Edmonton’s blog was on break during the winter holidays to rejuice for 2015. In case you missed them, check out...
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Book Reviews From the Stacks – Le Corbusier: Homme de Lettres
“Known for his modern architecture, numbering fewer than sixty buildings, Charles Edouard Jeanneret/Le Corbusier (1887-1965) also wrote some fifty or so books during his lifetime, hundreds of...
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Edmonton urbanism headlines: January 12 – 18
ECONOMY & DEVELOPMENT Edmonton Economic Development Corporation believes city can survive cheap oil [Metro News] Recap: Edmonton’s Economic Impact Luncheon 2015 [Mastermaq] City should go ahead...
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Nîkânîw: Edmonton’s Aboriginal Youth Leadership Program
I would like to extend a personal thanks to the Aboriginal Elders, program leaders, youth participants, and all others who have been or are currently involved in the Nîkânîw program. I would also like...
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Book Review: Design School Wisdom
Design School Wisdom was born out of a desire to share the wisdom of design instructors with designers everywhere – students just entering their studies or recent design school graduates starting...
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Design Citizens: professional-grassroots urban tactics
For one dreary rainy afternoon this past July, an underpass of Ottawa’s Queensway was overtaken by acoustic guitars and hot pink shag carpets. With bicycles and runners, and the rumble of the O-Train...
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Edmonton urbanism headlines: January 19 – 25
TRANSPORT City of Edmonton now cautiously optimistic of Metro line opening in May [Metro News] Valley Line LRT work to shut down 102nd Avenue for 4 years [CBC] Edmonton council vote for possible...
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