Whyte Avenue was totally transformed from a dying south side Edmonton area into the most vibrant part of the city.It has at times been a victim of it's own success as streets get overcrowded,bars overflow,booze flows a bit too liberally and things like the Canada Day Riot & the hockey playoff riot of a few years ago happen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByBbf896ngw&NR=1
This is an issue always being looked at and debated but in the meantime it hosts successfully wonderful events like the Fringe Festival(largest of it's kind in Canada) and many other summer events.A varied number of one of a kind stores can be found all along Whyte Avenue making for a very interesting shopping experience.
This weekend it was the Art Walk,a chance for artists to display and sell their paintings and sculptures.The always successful Strathcona Farmer's Market off Whtye Avenue goes on every weekend year round.