An 80-year-old airplane hangar could be the most ambitious project in Edmonton's heritage preservation history if city council agrees to the proposal later this month.
Dan Rose, former chair of the Edmonton Historical Board, wants locals to fall in love with the city’s architecture. He’s trying to make that happen with a contest based on a popular sports bracket.
Alberta s development guidelines can work against heritage preservation theglobeandmail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theglobeandmail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
April 6, 2021
“At the encouragement of the mayor of Edmonton at the time (Elmer Roper), I took a tour of several major planetariums in the USA. That’s when I discovered (to my amazement and even horror) that we were doing more sophisticated programming in the QEP… [which] began to attract world-wide attention from others in the planetarium profession.”
Royal Beginnings
Coronation Park is a 35-hectare park in west central Edmonton. It was named to honour Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953 coronation. For its small size compared to others in the city, the park a gem of green space in the heart of the city has many historically significant sites. One of those is the one-of-a-kind Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium, the first one in Canada.
Posted: Apr 03, 2021 7:30 AM MT | Last Updated: April 3
Edmonton’s historic El Mirador to come down
CBC News Edmonton3 days ago
1:14Residents of the eye-catching El Mirador apartment building are bidding their historic home farewell as plans to demolish the site for a new development move forward.1:14
Gatherings in the cherished courtyard of Edmonton s El Mirador Apartments are coming to an end after residents were told they have to move out by June 30.
The El Mirador is among the buildings being demolished at 108th Street and Jasper Avenue to make way for a commercial and residential development at the intersection s northeast corner.