124 Street: Pushback for proposed Edmonton towers [Video]

Buildings on three lots of a “special street” in central Edmonton could be demolished in coming years to make way for a new, more imposing structure.

Sandy Muldrew says 124 Street has “historical significance.”

It’s been about eight years since Muldrew set up shop with The Prints & The Paper gift shop on the major north-south commercial road.

He worries about the impact a new development could have on the character of the area. The proposed building would be close to a future LRT station. The proposed building on 124 Street between 105 and 106 avenues would be close to a future LRT station.

New city zoning would allow towers up to 25 storeys on the site as well as a podium with storefronts up to six storeys high.

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“Once you get that high, it becomes a gated vertical community where people are disconnected,” Muldrew told CTV News …