The podium interface with the park looks promising. Fingers crossed.

Having toured the top of Stantec, I'm not sure it's the most appealing for a venue. Makes everything seem small and flat. Top of the stantec office portion might be good tho - still high enough, but low enough to be able to admire other towers and see the details of the river valley.

Maintenance does not reverse the course when it comes to design flaws of previous streetscape development iterations. Streetscaping renewals are still required to update connective infrastructure to meet the evolving needs of multimodal transportation. Maintenance can only take you so far - not...

This has been my biggest gripe for quite some time. We don't have the foot traffic demand or tax base to be spreading ourselves thin when it comes to streetscape improvements. These pet projects to jump start street activity in less popular areas have failed. Build on the areas with the most...

Anybody go to the soft opening this weekend? Also, any sign of the shipping containers?

Not quite downtown, but odd company burgers are on my mind always. Reasonable price too.

^Kudos to those that commented on the video to highlight Edmonton's zoning overhaul efforts. I think I saw one from @thommyjo that got some traction.

I went to powerage when they first opened and it was a clumsy service experience. That said, I went back a second time in the dead of winter. It was a long weekend Sunday and they were one of the few bars in Oliver area open past 10pm. The place was a blast, very scrappy and punk, but a blast...

I love Edmonton and I want the world to know!

Go to Baltyk bakery and deli for polish. Across from the royal alex near the polish hall. That said, Italian centre does a good job to carry European nationality goods, often at more reasonable prices.

Finally, it happened. https://rohitgroup.com/news/a-bold-move-rohits-new-headquarters-in-downtown-edmonton/ Really hopeful they put big bold Rohit signs on the building facing jasper avenue.

Was thinking the exact same thing

I've been living in van (kits) for a few months now. A few takeaways: - vancouver is an early riser city and nightlife thins out around midnight on weekends. - the homeless situation downtown van in some ways is similar to Edmonton. Van has more homeless masked by strong foot traffic. Also...

This makes the most sense. It will juxtapose the TD bank branch across the street at city centre/TD tower. Also, very visible from LRT. Funny enough, the current coloring of Manulife place already somewhat matches CWB branding.

If we are serious about promoting our urban park system as something unique and world class, we should be removing mediocre golf courses and return that space into natural park areas and build infrastructure that will enable the greatest access to those natural park areas...especially in the...

Really glad to see the Iconoclast expansion into the substation. Hoping it's used for more than just roasting equipment. Really love this courtyard.

Were the overhead doors in place when you walked by?

U of A is not that far from downtown when compared to UBC or U of C. Also, Strathcona is vibrant due to its ability to maintain fine grained street front retail through its history. Would it be beneficial if strathcona was more accessible and contiguous to downtown? Yes, but it's not that...

Agree, there definitely is a gap in terms of higher quality rental product in Edmonton. The below article outlines how Avenue living, who mostly invests and manages property rather than develops, just purchased two Edmonton apartments and is drawn to the market gap in which many competing...

Despite having lower attendance numbers than previous years, I think Edmonton still has one of the highest attendance records in the league (size of venue might help in this regard, somewhat). I'm curious to see what the atmosphere will be like with the upper bowl closed off. With everyone...