It's a weird and wild time in Edmonton where the burbs are getting 16 storey concrete builds and downtown is getting 6 storey stick frames

I decided to geek out and share my expensive fix for the NAIT - Kinsgway - Royal Alex area. I find all the at-grade and overly windy/curved track through this entire stretch to be very slow and a hindrance for all modes of traffic, transit included, so here are two incredibly expensive fantasy...

Yikes. 6 Storey wood-frames have become weaponized in the worst way possible. They don't have to be ugly, but they've certainly made it acceptable to build bottom of the barrel suburban junk everywhere.

I wonder the same! Maybe Zellers in the 90s, but ever since the 2000s I remember them being dirty, and no deals to be found. The best thing it offered was a guaranteed parking space at WEM.

Hopefully the new developments on 106th street across from the new park will have some retail spots to host cafe's and such. Would be nice to grab a coffee and stroll the park, or sit on some chairs outside the cafe and people watch in the park. As pointed out above, creating a destination...

The Spokane project is very impressive, and there are plenty of examples of similar projects around the world. Most of them aren’t especially complicated, like an art gallery (something like the Tate Modern in London). The Matadero in Madrid is another strong example for a more experimental...

Checking to see how many cars can fit in the hollowed out façade? 😂

1. “Hopefully the market conditions improve for a building there one day” 2. “Well at least it's not just a parking lot, there will be retail” 3. “I hear exciting coffee place is opening up a location in the seacan” 4. “I hope the coffee shop can expand its hours, its annoying that it closes at...

I went once with some out of town guests, it was during the fringe and the streets were packed. We went up, and took a look. We were the only ones in there, and my guests suggested we go somewhere that wasn't so dead and we left lol. I never got to try it out! Definitely seemed like a cool space...

The street has come a long way! Didn't know an urban burger king had even opened lol. Pressure on the Tim Hortons/Wendy's parcel for something eye popping!

^Good catch, corrected.

Right on. This would be Westrich's second brand new surface parking lot downtown, with this one directly adjacent to a billion dollar brand new LRT line no less. Important to note that every surface parking lot downtown is temporary until they're developed, yes even the ones that have been...

Curious how the vandalism of the Valley Line compares against the high floor line. Is it the station design? Or is it that there are more stops on this line? Does TransEd fix the vandalized elements or the city? Will there be consideration towards how the West Line stations are designed (amount...

True and this is with Edmonton's free reign over concerts coming to Alberta for the most part given the Saddledome's building constraints. Once Calgary's new arena comes online, it's going to get even tougher. Hopefully more and more things to fill up the arena, and an effort to get the district...

Between reading here and the Valley Line threads, it really makes you question the overall operational sustainability of having so much of these lines running in regular roadway traffic instead of on more separated ROWs. Edmonton needs to make more rational decisions around its mass transit...