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A newly accessible viewpoint from the stairwell of University Commons.
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An intriguing campus... a mix of modern and classic architecture... Tory still stands out, HUB is the ideal Student connector to campus (it would be cool to see an attached wing heading eastward at about the midpoint with a large atrium space being the joiner -- a student meeting space). GEC did an outstanding job of connecting modern to new; I could see a few more renovations picking up on this theme. And I say this as a means to make the design mishmash make better sense.
 
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I learned recently that Joni Mitchell made a painting of the Edmonton skyline in the 90s. Here's what she said in an interview:
This is Edmonton, Alberta. Most of my relatives live there. In the distance you see a skyline. The Edmonton skyline came up late and fast because of oil money and is mostly glass buildings, so from a distance the pink glass or blue glass, it's quite an Oz-looking place. And in the bend in the river there is a foot bridge or a bicycle bridge, and there's a bicycle path that comes along this side, again, right at that point that stands out at the left-hand side. The following day I gave a concert. So this is the day before the concert and very close to the concert site but this is the North Saskatchewan River. The figure in the foreground is my boyfriend who's from my hometown. Donald and I grew up playing on the banks of the South Saskatchewan River, and one of the reasons that a lot of these images of he and I -- well, they're not all here -- they take place -- we have a Saskatoon, Saskatchewan thing about walking in parks. I don't know, it's just something locals do, you know. So we always end up in every city that we are renting bicycles whether it's in Rome and riding our bikes through parks and a lot of the images that I track home with me to paint come from those public spaces.
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This picture was obviously before some major additions to our skyline in the last decade, but I feel the essence remains true. There is a lot of potential and opportunity here and we also have a beautiful natural setting.

I feel sometimes in our haste to grow and embrace our future we forget our connections to that and our past, but overall its a great place.

Also, I love that Joni in addition having great musical talent also has found another way to express herself so well artistically through her painting.
 
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