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The View from Here
An Afternoon Fall Walk
The River Valley in Autumn
My LRT (light rail transit) was disrupted this day and was only operating from the other side of the river valley. I wasn’t going to let the sunny day going to waste and decided to take a little walk through downtown and across the valley.
I took the long stairs down into the valley that run along the Funicular. The view from the top of the stairs gives a glimpse of the natural canopy that covers much of this area of the city.
Technically, Edmonton is an urban forest, and the river valley is a big part of this. The city has a goal to reach a canopy coverage of 20% and sits at about 14.5% by 2071. When in my work that sits in one of towers downtown, it’s really easy to see the trees that line streets, hiding what is there below them.
Further down past the Funicular is a art piece called Turbulent. It was placed as part of the city’s under the Percent of Art Program when the Funicular was built to help people access the river valley. The program states that 1% of capital and construction projects must go towards supporting public art.
The flowing lines of the piece remind me wind as its gusts through the are. Though, it’s meant to represent the currents of water flowing down in the North Saskatchewan…
