Alley of Light

Alley of Light The Alley of Light hopes to build on the recent success of the 104 Street Area which has become one of the most vibrant areas within the downtown core.

The Alley of Light project is a grassroots initiative that aims to revitalize an underused park and alley that runs from Enterprise Square on 103 Street west to Beaver Hills Park on 105 Street, half a block north of Jasper Avenue. The alley was identified by local residents, businesses and volunteers as a ‘lost space’ – that is an under-utilized, non-vital city-space marked by garbage and graffiti

. Inspired by similar alley interventions from other cities around the world, we hope to revitalize the space by making it more engaging, accessible, safe and sustainable. With input from many local residents and businesses, volunteer designers and architects have met with a number of city departments coordinated by the city's Sustainable Development Department (formerly the Planning Department) to develop plans and designs for the alley. It will also harness the momentum of future initiatives nearby such as a new surface LRT line and the redesign of Jasper Avenue. The Alley of Light working group is spearheaded by Edmonton on the Edge and supported by the University of Alberta’s City-Region Studies Centre. We are a grassroots group consisting of over 100 volunteers representing diverse communities and interests. To date we have engaged a diverse range of groups, some of the key participant include:

104 Street Business Association
City of Edmonton
Downtown Edmonton Community League
Downtown Farmers Market
Edmonton Arts Council
Media, Art and Design Exposed (M.A.D.E.) In Edmonton
Responsible Hospitality Edmonton
University of Alberta

06/14/2013

It's now considered the jewel of downtown Edmonton, but 104th Street was a desolate strip of underused buildings and parking lots just 15 years ago

01/19/2013

Hello everyone! The deadline for submissions to illumiNITE has been EXTENDED to next Friday, January 25!

by Destiny Swiderski
11/21/2012

by Destiny Swiderski

07/09/2012
Check out the Street Art Festival in the Alley of Light this Saturday! Dumpster wrapping, community graffiti, a hat and ...
06/20/2012

Check out the Street Art Festival in the Alley of Light this Saturday! Dumpster wrapping, community graffiti, a hat and tie parade....

06/14/2012

Bringing Together Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Edmonton on the Edge and M.A.D.E. in Edmonton proudly present a free lecture by Pat Hanson, co-founder of gh3 in Toronto. She designs with a modernist eye for order, beauty and social possibility, and an environmentalist’s awareness about sustainability and long-term planning. In Edmonton she is currently working on the new Borden Park Pavilion.

Wednesday, June 20, free
7:00 pm – presentation
8:00 pm – reception, cash bar

Room 2-922, Enterprise Square
10230 Jasper Avenue

For more info, visit www.eote.ca

What makes a great city? Edmonton on the Edge attempts to answer this question by stimulating conversations about urban revitalization.

05/19/2012
05/18/2012

We'll be in the alley tomorrow 10:30-1:00pm with games and activities for children. The farmers market also returns! See you there.

02/27/2012

Edmonton’s downtown public spaces should be used and celebrated even in the dark of winter, say organizers of Illuminite, a weekend project in which temporary sculptures of light are being built in an alley. Braving the city’s first substantial snow storm of the year, artists worked Satu...

02/19/2012
02/19/2012

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