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It's actually offensively simple. Brick or stone cladding with large square windows. The architecture is Quebec City isn't fantastic, it's just pleasant and utilizes nice materials. Developers in Edmonton are acting like ICF construction with brick cladding is asking for the world.
Near-instant slums.
It's like I said about the simple, harmonious, brick-clad mid- and high-rises from the 70s. They aren't groundbreaking or dramatic. They're not Gaudi or Zaha Hadid. They're just...handsome, classic buildings. More of the same, please!
Well it was the capital of New France so it probably picked something up about style and good taste even if it didn't get it all. However, I feel you are on to something here, some brick or stone cladding can help improve appearance a lot. We actually already have an area being developed downtown called the Warehouse District, so lets just lean into that theme a bit more.
The Wedgewood site (slated to be developed by an indigenous affordable housing provider) was halted by a Court of Kings Bench resolution, and there was quite a showing from residents against the sale of this site yesterday.
Seems pretty clear that the majority of the park space is remaining untouched, including everything around the community league and land to the south. From what I can tell, they are losing one soccer field but the ball diamond and second soccer field are safe. Unclear where the skating rink is. Not saying it was the right decision, but the opposition made it sound like there would be no park space left at all if the sale went forward.
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That, and there's a lot of park space just outside the neighborhood's technical boundaries.Seems pretty clear that the majority of the park space is remaining untouched, including everything around the community league and land to the south. From what I can tell, they are losing one soccer field but the ball diamond and second soccer field are safe. Unclear where the skating rink is. Not saying it was the right decision, but the opposition made it sound like there would be no park space left at all if the sale went forward.
Council gives green light a 2nd time around for Wedgewood Park housing development in animated public hearing
City council has voted against a proposal to look at alternative locations for affordable housing in a west Edmonton community after a tense public hearing on Wednesday, which was spurred by a judicial review.
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This one is beautiful and more of what I wish we'd see. It should be the minimum standard for projects like Westrich's 106 ST or 108 ST. It's not fundamentally different than either project, but a step up in design. That's not to pick on them, those projects aren't the worst, but they're the first example that comes to mind.
Yes, the top one is very nice and within the size of several projects being built here downtown and elsewhere. I hope people who are building here, or considering doing so, take note of this.
Makes sense. I misinterpreted the PU zoning in the southern end of the park to be parking.Seems pretty clear that the majority of the park space is remaining untouched, including everything around the community league and land to the south. From what I can tell, they are losing one soccer field but the ball diamond and second soccer field are safe. Unclear where the skating rink is. Not saying it was the right decision, but the opposition made it sound like there would be no park space left at all if the sale went forward.
Council gives green light a 2nd time around for Wedgewood Park housing development in animated public hearing
City council has voted against a proposal to look at alternative locations for affordable housing in a west Edmonton community after a tense public hearing on Wednesday, which was spurred by a judicial review.
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What I don’t understand on these projects is the priority being “evenly dispersing” these sorts of builds instead of aligning them with the plethora of other goals we have around sustainability, active transportation, 15min communities, and nodes.Seems pretty clear that the majority of the park space is remaining untouched, including everything around the community league and land to the south. From what I can tell, they are losing one soccer field but the ball diamond and second soccer field are safe. Unclear where the skating rink is. Not saying it was the right decision, but the opposition made it sound like there would be no park space left at all if the sale went forward.
Council gives green light a 2nd time around for Wedgewood Park housing development in animated public hearing
City council has voted against a proposal to look at alternative locations for affordable housing in a west Edmonton community after a tense public hearing on Wednesday, which was spurred by a judicial review.
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This makes me smile! One of the city's biggest eyesores.....
