There has been a depressing reversal of the decline in violent crime rates in recent years, but you know... 20 years ago, I'd probably never have opted to live where I do now. And when I first came back to Edmonton, the core was packed with stabby bars. It wasn't too terribly long before that...

I work very near it... because I usually work from home. This will change in the coming months.

Womp womp. One of the challenging things about this spot is going to be that pretty much everyone else around you has their stuff together, and some of what's there is pretty economical especially during the rather broad happy hours.

Something something most Edmonton thing you can do.

I certainly hope the new restaurant goes, well, but my autistic brain needed a moment after reading: PARKING ASIAN AT REAR FUSION HAPPY PARKING HOUR AT REAR

I'm just thinking back to when everyone complained that the experiment with traffic calming on Jasper Ave west of 109 street was going to impede emergency vehicle access and I watched fire trucks turn the affected corners without any problem. I think some folks forget that the folks who drive...

I've just been reading about that concept, and am very intrigued. https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2017/11/29/missing-middle-close-bungalow-courts

Hell, my folks lived in a big old 1970s house in the Bon Accord with a huge yard. It was a good option when I was a kid because we were a family of five and my mom really liked to garden. But then things hit the point where all of us were gone and it was a bit on the big and empty side a lot of...

ZBR now allows townhouses in any residential area. They don't need an HOA or condo board.

Boyle Street seems ripe for that sort of thing on all of the crappy Impark lots, and some of the early renderings of "The Quarters" had something similar. But it seems the objective has shifted from missing middle to towers.

DING!

That we spent the last 60+ years grunting out suburbs and neglecting the core and that this has heavily dictated what the real options are in this city, and TOD options have been largely nonexistent and even now after this supposedly big push there just isn't much out there that isn't just a...

It's occurring to me that there could be all kinds of food courts downtown tucked away in the bowels office buildings that I just have absolutely no reason to ever enter, with no indication of their presence to the outside world.

Seems a bit closer to what you're actually doing, really. To refresh your memory, I was on the "water feature good" side, and would still really like there to be one. You've just relied constantly upon imaginary math, lies, dramatics and the most bizarre contortions to try to bludgeon everyone...

I know there's a food thread in urban living, but it's more focussed upon information about restaurant openings than visuals. And, visuals are a great way to explore our food scene, in restaurant and out. For example, this is what landed upon my desk just now. The other half made an early...

I am now realizing the folly of taking your prior comments seriously.

When the weather goes from Severe Thunderstorm Watch to Severe Thunderstorm Warning within five minutes.

This is probably for the best, lest I transform downtown into a goose infested bedlam.

Reading back, I feel compelled to clarify that while I was pro water feature, I definitely am not pro fountain. We have those in abundance at the Legislature and Churchill Square. I was thinking more of a pond with vegetation to attract ducks and other birds, especially geese to recruit to my...

The fountain lobby is a pernicious lot.