Lets not give them ideas or encourage them.

I like them trying to do something different and European influenced, but it would be nicer and less suburban feeling with a more of the green courtyard in front and less parking.

I referred to the downtown core as having higher density commercial and residential spaces, so that probably includes most of the Bellamy Hill area south to 97th Ave, although I realize there are still a few SFH's there. My interpretation of what people usually mean or where they go when they...

Now if the UCP would only take as much responsibility for social problems, instead of dumping them on Edmonton, as they do for policing

I really don't believe the issue is made better by artificially expanding and confusing it either. So I prefer to use the term downtown core to distinguish between the area of higher density commercial and residential space and other distinct areas. When people say they are going downtown in...

Our core isn't 30 blocks and Whyte Ave is not part of downtown. Perhaps this may not be clear to a casual visitor from a large US city . The first misconception may stem from railway lands being mostly filled, so there is no clear border anymore between the primarily residential area west of...

Yes, not too far off from the similar sized cities of Calgary and Ottawa, but no great mystery - SFHs are cheaper than and/or disposable incomes are higher here than the other cities in the chart.

If there is some grand city vision of the Quarters having to be East Village 2.0 that is holding back other development right now, then I feel this really needs to change. Perhaps this is where we get into trouble trying to blindly copy other cities because of their proximity and similar size...

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/boissonnault-out-of-cabinet-to-focus-on-clearing-the-allegations-made-against-him-trudeau-announces-1.7116892

In a way, this is like going up to someone 6' 5" and saying you're too tall. It really does nothing to address or fix a problem and is merely observational. I suppose if we could go back in a time machine, we could fix some of these things. For instance, MacEwan was developed on the old...

Exactly! You would think that particularly a provincial government that frequently claims to be free enterprise would get this.

Some of us give a shit. But unfortunately, our city government is very ineffective in dealing with problems, particularly downtown and has to be constantly poked, prodded and embarrassed to really do anything. Maybe we should unofficially rename this site the the Sohi or Stevenson Memorial...

This reminds me of when struggling companies that say they have to lay off people because they now have too many employees, when in reality they failed to maintain their sales at their previous levels. Maybe you can sometimes shrink yourself to success, but really there was no explosion of...

The province can save the demolition costs and can probably work out a deal on remediation so they can come out ahead on that too. Then it will be up to whoever gets the property to make whatever they want to do, work.

The UCP will do what is wants regardless if the opposition sets itself on fire or chains itself to trees and this issue will not change many votes.

I realize the current Premier likes to blame the Feds for almost every problem that exists. But I recall several times over the last few years the Premiers asking the Feds for more money and getting it to fix the problems with heath care. Yet somehow, the problems still persist. So at some...

You are right, this is the sort of thing that could actually give a real boost to the struggling Quarters area. I hope this is eventually moved.

It is too bad we do not keep more of these historical buildings. I feel the location of the annex building was also an issue. The good thing about the old Museum is the site and the building itself offers a lot of opportunities and flexibility for redevelopment, if only the government would...

I'm sure the Conservatives would actually love for Randy to stay. He really isn't helping the beleaguered Liberals already shaky election chances.

I think it has been noted before, but with all the nearby prison/detention centres, this is just another indication that Edmonton is being treated as the dumping ground for Alberta's social problems.