Coprolite
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I've yet to see it turn, and since it appears to be an actual aircraft prop or a very good lookalike, I'm not really counting on it windmilling very effectively.
Blatchford
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CplKlinger
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It's from the aviation museum's collection.
Coprolite
Active Member
Yeah, then it's not going to make a particularly good windmill.
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
There's a family day & showhome tour of Blatchford available tomorrow evening. Face painting, popcorn machines, outdoor movie, etc.
https://blatchfordedmonton.ca/events/outdoor-movie-open-house-oct-3-2025-event-details/
https://blatchfordedmonton.ca/events/outdoor-movie-open-house-oct-3-2025-event-details/
CplKlinger
Senior Member
Streetside started on the last of their rowhomes by Airport Road. One of the units was sold a month or two ago.
ADob
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What did everyone think of Mandel's gripes about Blatchford? Listening to his interview with Jespersen, he had some fairly strong feelings on the topic.
Gronk!
Senior Member
I like and respect Stephen Mandel, but in that interview he resembled Abe Simpson yelling at clouds.
yeggator
Active Member
I do think we should have turned Blatchford, the Quarters and the Exhibition Lands over to a municipal development corporation ages ago.
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
Hard to do without Edmonton having an MDC to begin with.
CplKlinger
Senior Member
Yeah, it was a very irritating interview. When he rhetoricaly asked "why didn't they start along Kingsway, instead of at the other end in the middle of nowhere??" I just about screamed at my computer "YOU voted in favour of their plan! Why didn't you ask them??" They started by airport road because it gave them easy access to existing utilities, which lowered the initial development costs. It must be nice to be a former politician and blame current politicians for the consequences of your decisions.
fjordgard
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I haven't watched the interview and do not plan to. But they are now working on work in the Blatchford Market area, along Princess Elizabeth first, right across from the mall. So these complaints that they should have started there seem like a way for him to just be able to say "see I told you so" in a few years about something that is already happening.
David A
Senior Member
For me, he seemed to be channeling what a lot of Edmontonians are thinking currently. His point about the location of development of Blatchford is correct, it does make it look less developed and appealing than it is.
Perhaps it would have cost more money to do it that way, but private companies understand more money spent on marketing and promotion can be worthwhile. I am not sure bureaucrats get this, but hey what does the former mayor know about development, surely our city administration and planners are smarter than council, the voters, him and everyone else as they constantly seem to keep telling us they know best and ignoring or dismissing conflicting views.
wormwood
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TAS
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Will this be like a community league hall for Blatchford?
Any indication when that giant hill in Blatchford will begin development? Certainly there is a lot more excavation to happen in the neighbourhood, but wondering if a timeline is in place. Griesbach did a nice job with their hill featuring a well built stairway and paths to the top along with a huge community gardens at the base. It's a popular ammenity.
Will this be like a community league hall for Blatchford?
Any indication when that giant hill in Blatchford will begin development? Certainly there is a lot more excavation to happen in the neighbourhood, but wondering if a timeline is in place. Griesbach did a nice job with their hill featuring a well built stairway and paths to the top along with a huge community gardens at the base. It's a popular ammenity.