Bonnie Doon in the 1950s – Community Map
Explore how Bonnie Doon grew and developed from farm land to its current status as an urban, mature city neighbourhood….
Stories tagged: development
In Dark Times, Go to the Garden: Part 2
With the last blast of winter gusto already forgotten and double-digit weather on the horizon, now’s the time to start…
The End of the World: From Found Space to Keillor Point
The summer of 2010 was a memorable time: I started dating my future husband, and I started exploring Edmonton’s river…
Committed to Community: Hilwie Hamdon and The Muslim Ladies’ Association of Edmonton
Edmontonian Hilwie Hamdon (née Taha Johma, 1905-1988) was a community leader and founding member of the historic Al Rashid Mosque, the…
Alfred Carrothers: Early Edmonton’s Crooked Confidence Man
The owner of any historic home will wonder about the generations that have lived within its walls. When I recently…
Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium: The Crown Jewel in Coronation Park
Royal Beginnings Coronation Park is a 35-hectare park in west central Edmonton. It was named to honour Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953…
The Starlite Drive-In Theatre in Jasper Place
The concept of a drive-in theatre was first experimented in 1933 in New Jersey, though it soon spread to Canada…
Walking Back in Time: A Stroll Through My 1960s Jasper Place
This past year, while staying close to home during the COVID-19 pandemic and enjoying more neighborhood walks, my thoughts have…
Architect Doris Tanner: What did she do? Work and life in fine balance
It’s 2003, early in the new millennium but regrettably late in the story I’m aiming to tell. Doris Tanner died…
The Ice Age in Edmonton
There is a fascinating series of photos in the Hubert Hollingworth Collection at the City of Edmonton Archives which shows men…
Forest Heights: A Hidden Pocket of History
I grew up in Forest Heights, a neighbourhood in southeast Edmonton, overlooking the North Saskatchewan River. The neighbourhood is known…
A Brief History of the Edmonton Jewish Community
Edmonton, Alberta was first incorporated as a town in 1892. At that time, there were about 700 permanent residents. Founded…