The Mountifield House
Designed by renowned local architect James Edward Wize and built in 1905, the Mountifield House was one of Oliver’s earliest…
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The Story of Sylvancroft
The grand residence that Harry Marshall Erskine Evans built starting in 1911 has survived the passage of 100 years virtually unaltered. Now…
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Westmount School
Built on land that was part of the old Norris farm and purchased from the family for $3,200 in July…
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Built with Logs
In Edmonton’s early years, milled lumber was in short supply, and so dwellings were often constructed using logs. Early European…
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St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral
Built partly by parishioners and volunteers during the dark days of World War II, St. Josaphat Ukranian Catholic Cathedral is…
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Cloverdale Bridge
The Cloverdale footbridge crosses the North Saskatchewan River in central Edmonton, connecting Henrietta Muir Edwards Park in Cloverdale and Louise…
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Oliver’s Beer Castle
Since then, the 1913 building and an adjacent red brick office addition, built in 1924 and added to in 1955,…
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Apartment Living – Then and Now
Imagine reading in a local newspaper the following description of a building to be built in Edmonton: A driveway will…
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McDougall United Church
Named for Reverend George McDougall, who arrived in the Edmonton area in 1862, the orange-red brick church at the top…
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Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Parish
The story of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish does not fit the conventional standards of history or historical places by…
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The Father of Edmonton’s Traffic Circles
He established the practice of “neighbourhood unit” planning. And, borrowing a popular urban design feature from his native land, he…
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Retrofutures: Edmonton’s Omniplex – Part 1
Many recent projects—the expansion of the University of Alberta, the construction of the West Edmonton Mall, the plans for new…