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Not sure if this belongs under municipal or provincial politics…

Not sure if this belongs under municipal or provincial politics…

^ You’re correct that there are no clear borders To Edmonton’s downtown. But, having said that, I don’t believe the issue is made better by artificially making it smaller. The issue is as much perception than reality. Most people who live in Oliver, Central McDougall, Macaulay, Boyle Street...

Of course that would mean a whole host of city employees working on the project for two plus decades the way the city chooses to handle it would then have had nothing to do after the first four years it should have been completed in. As it stands, by the time the last phase has been completed...

I think it’s probably now just another one of those things in Edmonton that should happen but never will. There have been a number of two and three way swaps of land in Edmonton in the past (the Women’s Prison in the west end, Canada Place, The Armoury etc.) but they all took place when there...

To be fair, it was discussed early in the planning phases for the area before there was a Blatchford - a time when there were no property values to crush there. Even today I’m not sure the negative impact would be that much worse than being next to Yellowhead and the railroad yards. Even if...

Malicious may not be the right word… Disingenuous perhaps? There are not enough doctors, nurses, anesthesiologists etc. There may in fact be enough OR’s - just not enough people to utilize them as they could operate 24/7 off there were enough people in the system to address the current patient...

There were discussions about swapping the historic old RCMP building in the Quarters for a potential new facility at the north end of Blatchford abutting the Yellowed where it would have provided a visual and noise buffer to the highway and railroad yards (an upgrade for both the city and the...

There were discussions about enclosing the annex from the roof down in/with a “glazed winter garden” on the east and south facade (similar to the British Museum Galleria and similar spaces). The west and north facade would have been enclosed with a “glazed plenum space” similar to the Manitoba...

You could add the remand centre to that as well although it’s already moot as demolition is well underway…

Not an uncommon "discussion" and not restricted to the old RAM or to Ivan and Vedran... :(

Firstly, I don'd believe Calgary has "cornered the market". If anything we have ceded the market. Those are not the same thing. Secondly, we don't need large tenants per se. Vancouver's average/median downtown tenant size is approximately the same as ours and has been for decades. Thirdly...

^^^^ yegator, I've long said if there was going to be a couplet, they picked the wrong directions for the High Level and Walterdale and they didn't fix it with the new Walterdale. I would take your sketch with a few changes: 1. Keep the High Level Bridge one way but north-bound, not...

Perhaps the worst part 40 years later is we’re still being fed the same things… :(

Aaaah no! There is never a duty on a victim in any circumstances to have done something different.

Just came across this promotional piece for downtown Edmonton from 1984. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. :(

“…meanwhile, there’s us” after decades of boasting about how “it’s cheaper here “. This is the bill for being cheaper here.

^ Even when we do not agree, I have the great deal of respect for Mayor Sohi. On this one, there is a relatively simply way to resolve the impasse between his intent and his colleagues disagreement. Rather than committing his successors to the consequences of one or more members of council not...

For those that think is just wishful thinking operationally, we just got back from Singapore and their MRT operates for almost 20 hours a day (with the first departure 5:07 am to approximately 1 am the next day), with headways of up to 1 to 2 minutes during peak hours and 5 to 8 minutes during...

it is particularly sensitive to sunlight/UV with potential exposure and deterioration pre as well as post construction; to various chlorine/chloraminr solutions (particularly at higher concentrations and moreso in combination with hot water); to repeated exposure to freezing; and joints are...