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Looking down The Strip

05 Tuesday Feb 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in Las Vegas, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.

A view of the main commercial/tourist artery in Las Vegas from one of the many pedestrian footbridges spanning the road. It is also a lesson in perspective: The Trump Tower isn’t as close to The Strip at it appears.

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Enoch Sales Residence (1904-2019)

04 Monday Feb 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, architecture, Calgary, Canada, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This is the last photo I took of the little yellow house once belonging to Enoch Sales.

The building in Calgary’s Victoria Park neighbourhood, long in a state of disrepair, was the last remaining Queen Anne Revival-style home in the city. It had been slated to be part of an area revitalization project called the Rivers District.

The building burned in a two-alarm fire on Feb. 2, 2019, and was subsequently demolished.

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Dancer

03 Sunday Feb 2019

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Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.

More lovely art found along The Strip in the heart of Las Vegas.

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Lubricated griffon

02 Saturday Feb 2019

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More neon (because there’s scads and scads of neon!) from Las Vegas.

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Gambling

01 Friday Feb 2019

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In case you needed to be told this was one of the available activities in Las Vegas. Spotted back in December.

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New York, New York … but not New York

31 Thursday Jan 2019

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Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.

Because this is Las Vegas — or rather, this *was* Las Vegas, as it was seen about six weeks ago.

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Yeehaw!

30 Wednesday Jan 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in Las Vegas, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Yeehaw!

A neat, elaborately lit sign seen in Las Vegas last night.

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Stuff of nightmares

29 Tuesday Jan 2019

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Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.

From last month: yup, that is a giant praying mantis with fire-emitting antennae in downtown Las Vegas.

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We hot!

28 Monday Jan 2019

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Not the intended message on this neon sign in Las Vegas, but a message nonetheless.

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Swept to the side

27 Sunday Jan 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Las Vegas, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.

Visited Las Vegas for the first time last month. Lots of cool stuff to see, as you would expect, including lots of accessible public art like this piece here along The Strip.

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