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Waterworks

04 Thursday Jan 2018

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

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Portland, Oregon

When art and public works come together: This elaborate and illustrative manhole cover can be found on the multiuser pathway on the west side of the Willamette River in downtown Portland, Oregon. It’s street art in the purest sense of the term. Snapped this picture on a visit there last month.

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Nerd Bird

03 Wednesday Jan 2018

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Portland, Oregon

It turns out there is a series of signs such as this one, put up in parts of Portland to promote a comic strip based on the life of (you guessed it) sea gulls. I guess I’ll have to find the rest of them next time I’m visiting!

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Put your hands up!

02 Tuesday Jan 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Portland, random, Travel

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Portland, Oregon

Another colourful mural spotted in Portland, Oregon, last month.

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Waving hello to 2018

01 Monday Jan 2018

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

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Wishing everyone a happy new year! This photo of a smiling snowman is an oldie snapped several years ago along 10 St. N.W. in Calgary.

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Save water, drink champagne

31 Sunday Dec 2017

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This photo was snapped at an event in Calgary many months ago but it contains the perfect sentiment for the day.

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Poster design

30 Saturday Dec 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in music, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Portland, random, Travel

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Portland, Oregon

What an ingenious idea it is to design a music release poster made to look like architectural drawings/plans. (Also … cassette tapes!) Spotted in Portland, Oregon, earlier this month.

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Bovine bench

29 Friday Dec 2017

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

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This piece of functional public art near Eau Claire Market in Calgary has been around for a long as I can remember. Snapped this just after last week’s big snowfall.

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V for victory

28 Thursday Dec 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Canada, montreal, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Quebec, random, urban

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<Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Spotted this in the doorway of a business in Montreal a few winters ago.

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Rules aren’t for rhinos

27 Wednesday Dec 2017

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Portland, Oregon

Another inventive and creative mural spotted on a recent visit to Portland, Oregon.

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Only for the hardy

26 Tuesday Dec 2017

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

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary got a fresh dump of snow last week, as shown above, and the weather has since gone into extra-deep-freeze territory … so I doubt these chairs on 3 St. S.W. downtown will be put to good use anytime soon!

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