Downtown

Recent stories about downtown


Three people in shirts that read "Elev" pose in a kitchen.
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Elev and Five Oaks launch student housing project called The Hive

Student-housing matchmaker Elev has teamed with renowned architect Gene Dub's Five Oaks Inc. to open a housing development for students in the Quarters called The Hive.

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Four people sit at two cocktail tables with four microphones in front of a projector screen that reads "Homestead Investment Cooperative."
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Panel suggests Edmonton struggles to promote itself

Edmonton has fallen behind other cities when it comes to how it promotes and talks about itself to the outside world, the speakers on a panel focused on identifying ways to speak more positively about the city said recently.

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Entrance to a gravel surface parking lot in downtown Edmonton, with the distinctive glass Canada Place building in the background
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Calls for public engagement: Downtown parking, Granville rezonings

Here are opportunities to inform municipal decisions on downtown parking, rezonings, and more. Please only answer surveys from municipalities where you are a resident.

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A newspaper clipping that reads "Union Bank" and describes a savings account at the bank
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A moment in history: Aug. 14, 1909

On this day in 1909, the Edmonton arm of the Union Bank of Canada was advertising its savings accounts, as well as growing. The bank would soon move into its new building on Jasper Avenue.

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A newspaper clipping from 1979 about the Cromdale walking tour is in a larger collage that includes a 1950s image of the hotel
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A moment in history: July 24, 1979

On this day in 1979, the Cromdale Community League was offering people tours of historic buildings from the early days of the neighbourhood.

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A photograph of a historic building on Jasper Avenue in Edmonton.
business downtown

Group brings co-op model to downtown investment to build change

The new Homestead Investment Cooperative allows members to collectively buy into a piece of downtown real estate and participate in a community doing so, its co-founder said.

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A newspaper clipping with a headline that reads, "Historic residence finds home"
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A moment in history: July 3, 1969

On this day in 1969, Edmonton's other Rutherford house was being moved to a new location.

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View of Edmonton's river valley on an overcast day, centred on the Groat Road Bridge, facing east
engagement region

Calls for public engagement: Walking 102 Avenue, future planning for the river valley

Here are opportunities to help inform municipal planning for downtown transportation, updates to regulations in the river valley, rezonings, and more.

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A newspaper clipping with a headline that reads, "They're Citizens-Official"
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A moment in history: June 19, 1967

On this day in 1967, Grant MacEwan, Alberta's lieutenant governor at the time, presided over a fictitious citizenship ceremony for 300 Boy Scouts.

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