Yesterday, we rounded up SkyriseEdmonton's most popular stories, project Databases and Forum threads of 2017. Today, we're looking at which developments excited our readers the most over the month of December, possibly lending a glimpse into 2018 and what projects the community will be keeping their eyes on over the course of the new year. 

Our Top Ten News Stories

1. SkyriseEdmonton Year-End Poll: Vote On The Best Buildings of 2017!

Edmonton, image by Forum contributor Daveography

A story introducing our year-end poll, where readers picked their favourite buildings of 2017, topped the list of most popular articles for December. An edition of Throwback Thursday that recalled the historic McDougall Mansion found itself in second place.

2. High Life at the McDougall Mansion

3. Edmonton's Tallest

4. Prince of Wales Armouries: A Building Within a Fortress

5. First and Jasper: Deconstruction and Reinvention

6. Intensification Proposed for Spruce Avenue Site

7. Edmonton Celebrates Opening of Mechanized River Valley Access Funicular

8. Celebrating 50 Years of U of A's Brutalist Students' Union Building

9. Year in Review: A Blatchford Redevelopment Rundown

10. Throwback Thursday: Jasper Avenue and 101 Street in Edmonton

Our Top Ten Database Files

1. ICE District Tower B

ICE District Tower B site, image by Forum contributor Daveography

The action at the ICE District dominated the rankings for most popular Database files, with ICE District Tower B and JW Marriott and The Legends Private Residences landing at the top.

2. JW Marriott and The Legends Private Residences

3. Stantec Tower

4. Augustana Church Redevelopment

5. Rogers Place

6. Fox Towers

7. Symphony Tower

8. Emerald Tower

9. Encore Tower

10. Hat at Five Corners

Our Top Ten Forum Threads

1. JW Marriott and The Legends Private Residences

The ICE District's JW Marriott and Stantec Tower poking into the skyline, image by Forum contributor Daveography

The ICE District's wave of construction also dominated the ranking for most popular Forum threads. Despite the cold, multiple photo updates over December garnered enough attention for Edmonton's skyscraping heavyweights — the JW Marriott and Stantec Tower — to take the top positions.

2. Stantec Tower

3. Encore Tower

4. ICE District Tower B

5. Augustana Church Redevelopment

6. Edmonton Miscellaneous Projects

7. Hat at Five Corners

8. Enbridge Centre

9. Scotia Place Reclad

10. Symphony Tower

We will be back at the beginning of February for a recap of January's top news stories, Database files and Forum threads!