A lot of the retail WEM gets wouldn't wind up downtown in cities of a similar age/size. Even Calgary's downtown retail offerings, while significantly better than Edmonton's, pales in comparison to Chinook or CrossIron. Ottawa is a slight outlier being that the most prominent mall in the city...

Be that as it may, it also has the largest parking lot in the world. The LRT will likely shift the modal share a bit more towards transit, but a lot of those shoppers are still gonna be driving and parking.

A lot of people that live around WEM work in Downtown Edmonton. Next.

WEM will definitely draw people, but while it does employ a lot of people, my hunch is that you're still going to get more people on the Valley Line from Meadowlark going to Downtown (or Oliver, which is basically an extension of Downtown) than WEM on a Tuesday morning. Sure there's the Mis...

Considering the existing lines fill up in the morning in the suburban stations and quickly unload at the University and Downtown stations, I suspect not. Yes, our employment is more decentralized than Calgary, and yes, I suspect there will be many people going a handful of stops rather than all...

That had more character than the generic mediocrity that Kingsway and Londonderry went with. The brass does live on in some small areas (Europa Blvd elevator, Fantasyland staircase).

Only thing I'd change is having it split off after South Campus but yeah it's a no brainer.

There are also less CRUs in the Mercury Block than Manchester Square.

That's literally what I said...

It's happening outside the Henday and a bit in small-scale infill

And outside of that, it basically serves Kingsway, and not even that well. It's such a weird stub line that feels a bit pointless right now. In a lot of cases, even if you're near the Capital or Valley Line, it's quicker to transfer to a bus to get to the places the Metro Line exclusively...

I have noticed the bicycle stock is pretty hefty through the windows at the old Edmonton Motors.

Demolition planned for a development without any renderings beyond semi-opaque white boxes for what will replace it? Promising.

Which is prob how far any expansion past Blatchford is at this point at minimum.

So gorgeous.

Arguably, the vibrancy in San Diego being comparable to Edmonton is a nod in favour of us. San Diego has double our population (metro), more livable year-round weather, and a much higher level of tourism and yet... Edmonton still is in the same ballpark despite all the cards stacked against us.

It's the Int'l Students

Literally on this page it says Fall '24

I regret to inform you that it actually doesn't look better in person. It's looked stupid ever since the white paint was first applied.

Were we really expecting better from the people that brought us such architectural masterpieces as the Icons and Foxes? I know this website rewards posts that look at things glass-half-full, but how do you know this? It's unclear how affordable these rentals will be as far as I'm aware and if...