Author Archives: Ricky Leong

Entitled to humour

02 Tuesday Mar 2021

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Entitled to humour

Some interesting and … uh … provocative alternative titles to some classic works is this display outside a southwest Calgary bookstore/café.

Shadow express

01 Monday Mar 2021

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Shadow express

Seen outside a restaurant in downtown Calgary.

Frosty accent

26 Friday Feb 2021

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Frosty accent

An extra dusting is left behind on this sign in Calgary after a snow storm at the beginning of February.

Messages driven home

25 Thursday Feb 2021

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Messages driven home

Important words and images at the entrance to a Calgary parking garage.

Starry-eyed

24 Wednesday Feb 2021

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Starry-eyed

One of the newish pieces of art at the ContainR site in Sunnyside, after many of the mural were renewed in 2020.

Western Union Building

23 Tuesday Feb 2021

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Western Union Building

There’s no mistaking the civic address of this building on 8 Ave. S.W. in Calgary.

From the River to the City

22 Monday Feb 2021

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From the River to the City

An interesting piece of public art at 8th Street S.W. under 9th Avenue and the Canadian Pacific Railway main line. The curved LED display reproduces streams of newspaper stories and advertisements from long ago.

Howling good time

19 Friday Feb 2021

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Howling good time

More colourful alley art, this time from a back lane in Calgary’s Beltline neighbourhood.

Foiled

18 Thursday Feb 2021

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Foiled

So … where do I even start with this one? 😂 Spotted in Calgary shortly before the last big snowfall.

Please be nice

17 Wednesday Feb 2021

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Please be nice

A request for kindness, tacked onto a barrier protecting a level crossing in Calgary.