Merge

10 Saturday Jun 2017

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

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Having some fun with painted highway lines. This is Crowchild Trail in northwest Calgary, seen from the pedestrian overpass at Tuscany CTrain station.

Hold on for your safety

09 Friday Jun 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Trains & Transit, transit

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Shadows cast inside Calgary Transit’s venerable U-2 series light rail transit vehicles, snapped on my commute a few days ago.

Trust and distrust

08 Thursday Jun 2017

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

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To trust or not to trust? Opposing ideas found on the streets of Edmonton recently.

Private parking No. 2

07 Wednesday Jun 2017

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Some more hand-painted typography spotted in Edmonton a few weeks ago.

First on your dial

06 Tuesday Jun 2017

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One example of the many painted signs that remain on older buildings in Edmonton, something that’s almost impossible to find in Calgary. (Also, CKUA left 580 AM some time ago, so don’t bother looking for it there.)

All heat, no politics

05 Monday Jun 2017

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

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Last Monday was a warm, summer-like day in Edmonton, with all sorts of people out in the wading pools and seeking shade under the trees on the grounds of Alberta’s legislature building.

Birdie in the window

04 Sunday Jun 2017

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

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I find eight-bit-style images created from Post-It notes inexplicably alluring. Spotted this specimen in the window of an office building in Edmonton last week.

Doorway

03 Saturday Jun 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Canada, Edmonton, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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All that’s left of the old Alberta College building in Edmonton.

Edmonton’s neon nirvana

02 Friday Jun 2017

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104 Street in Edmonton is home to the Neon Sign Museum, featuring restored neon signs representative of what was once seen in Alberta’s capital region.