Talk:List of neighbourhoods in Edmonton

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Like the Edmonton Capital Region page, this page listing Edmonton's neighbourhoods has also been long-awaited. Right now, it's not totally perfect and there's probably some things I haven't added but should, and I've deliberately left out industrial parks so this lists only residential neighbourhoods. But feel free to edit this page as long as it's relevant enough. NorthernFire 00:40, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Origins

If we know how a neighbourhood got it's name, should be link to the person or place it is named after? For example Wilfrid Laurier for Laurier Heights, or Derry, Northern Ireland for Londonderry? Kevlar67 08:30, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

66.48.175.239 16:34, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

I've done this with a couple of articles I've done some work on actual neighborhood artices: McCauley and Mayfield for example.

66.48.175.239 16:34, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Organization: Major Neighbourhoods and Date of Establishment

I like both of the above suggestions but perhaps a further step should be undertaken. Specifically, minor areas should be grouped under major neighbourhoods as has been done thus fas with Millwoods and Castledowns. I also suggest using the pattern I started with Castledowns and The Pallisades where the minor neighbourhoods are listed by date of establishment not alphabetical order. --SinisterLemon 01:27, 7 August 2006 (UTC) Hallå im malin whats your name, your big freak

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66.48.175.239 16:31, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

I've done a bit of cleanup within the North West Edmonton Area. A lot of the neighborhoods that were listed under The Pallisades fall outside the area described in the article as The Pallisades. I've moved them into a new section I've called Other North West Edmonton. Most of them are neighborhoods south of 137 Avenue. There are a few in The Pallisades section I wasn't sure about, so I just left them under the Pallisades. But these neighborhoods should all be checked.

66.48.175.239 16:31, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

I moved Argyll from the list of south central Edmonton to south east Edmonton because it is oyut of place in south central. It is further south than both Ritchie and King Edward Park, both listed in south east Edmonton. It is just east of Hazeldean, also listed as a south east Edmonton neighborhood. Hence, it makes more sense to list it with the other south east Edmonton neibhborhoods. 199.213.199.33 22:27, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jasper Place

I've separated the neighborhoods which, based on information I had available, would have been part of the Town of Jasper Place prior to annexation by the City of Edmonton into their own category. This is similar to the treatment of Mill Woods neighborhoods, which are in their own category separate from other south east Edmonton neighborhoods.

66.48.175.211 04:36, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Descriptions Of The Larger Areas

I've added some text to generally describe the larger parts of the city, "northeast Edmonton", "southeast Edmonto", et al. I've used generally straight forward boundaries like Gateway Boulevard. I've place the north boundary of West Edmonton along 111 Avenue, largely so we aren't splitting residential Jasper Place across north west Edmonton and West Edmonton. In doing so, I've had to move a couple of neighborhoods from one area of town to another area of town. 199.213.199.33 18:53, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tent Cities

Someone added a section on tent cities and the housing boomb of the early 21st century. I moved it to a spot closer to the end of the article as it doesn,t (IMHO) fit as a higher organization level item interrupting the lower organization level lists of neighbourhoods in different parts of the city. I also did a bit of rewriting to improve the flow.

I love what this person has added.

That said, there have been other times during Edmonton's historical development where a significant proportions of the city's population was housed in tent cities. This was particularly true during the early 1900s. It's an important theme in the history of Edmonton as the city has adapted to growth and change.

So I think it would be a good idea for someone to take this material, expand it to cover a history of tent cities in Edmonton, and move it into its own article.

Johntwrl 03:34, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Maps

This article is not very useful without maps showing the location of these neighbourhoods. Any chance of that happening? Miken32 17:22, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Somebody has started doing this in the actual neigbhgourhood descriptions.

He has a long wat to go as there are around 250 neighbourhoods in Edmonton.

For an example of his approach, visit the article for Hollick-Kenyou.

66.48.175.18 (talk) 02:06, 25 December 2007 (UTC)