It's incredible just how car-brained the media here is.

Interesting points. Considering ventilation would make designing for rowhomes difficult wrt placing kitchens and laundry. I always understood the side setback was for fire safety based on intuition, not sure if that's accurate. I know the fire code requires a flame proof wall between units which...

A 50 foot lot (common width in mature neighbourhoods) can be subdivided for 2 skinnies. With side setbacks requiring 4 feet on either side for wasted space, a development of 2 skinnies requires 16 feet or just less than one third of the total frontage to be useless. So essentially, each skinny...

In the district plan, the Edmonton General is marked for park/open space if it ever gets redeveloped. Maybe the city could do a partial expropriation of that parking lot to expedite things.

I wish side setbacks were abolished (in some areas) to allow proper wall-to-wall rowhomes. These sideyards are pretty much wasted space.

With the O'daymin park and area void being filled, I think this stretch of Jasper between 117 Street and 111 Street is now the most underutilized area in the city. So many Surface parking lots and strip malls with the densest neighbourhood in the city stradling either side. Unfortunately, I...

Activity on the emerald site! Looks like they were just pushing dirt around.