Edmonton Architectural Tour | Rossdale
Morning! Welcome back to my architectural tour of Edmonton. A mini series I created which highlights some of Edmonton’s most unique and eye-catching homes.
Anyone who knows me knows I have a hard time sitting still. In fact, one of the things I’ve been struggling the most with over mat-leave is running at a slower pace. I’ve been trying to think positively about it though; it’s an opportunity to get curious and explore things I otherwise wouldn’t have had time to. Which brings me to this series.
Early into my leave, I came across a Daily Hive post about the coziest Edmonton neighborhoods to explore in the fall. If you’re familiar with Edmonton, it’s not exactly a hot tourist destination so I just loved how well the post highlighted some of the city’s hidden gems. Normally, I would have read through that post and immediately moved on, but since I had nothing but time and 2 month old who was pretty happy in his stroller, I was inspired to create my own version of that post highlighting some of more unique neighborhoods in terms of architecture.
I’ll be honest, after the initial excitement of the idea wore off, I was a bit worried that this was more of a make work project as Edmonton isn’t exactly known for it’s architecture. I wasn’t even confident I would find enough eye-catching homes to create a blog post let alone a mini series. As it turns out, Edmonton does have a lot of interesting homes, you just have to know where to look.
Rossdale
The third stop on my tour was Rossdale, a cute little community just outside of the downtown core that’s tucked in along the river. I’ve run through here many times so I was really excited to have a few hours to really slow down and appreciate the architecture in the area.
One of the things that really stood out to me about Rossdale is how much tighter everything felt. Everything from the streets, sidewalks, boulevards, homes, and lots where all much narrower which created a cozy, old school inner city neighborhood vibe. The large trees lining the streets which just added to the well-established feel of the community.
It was interesting touring this community after Glenora. Both areas had an eclectic mix of architecture but in addition to infills, I noticed that the more traditional homes in Rossdale appeared to be updated and/or well maintained originals (the homes with the Victorian elements particularly stood out to me because that’s something you don’t see a lot of in Edmonton). So while both communities had a blend of classic and ultra modern styles, many of the traditional styles in Rossdale looked more historic then the traditional styled ones in Glenora.
Hope you enjoy!
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BY EMILY RADKIE
