Telus Sky rising

08 Tuesday Aug 2017

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Telus Sky under construction, seen from the arcade outside of Hudson’s Bay department store in downtown Calgary.

Intoxicating smells

03 Thursday Aug 2017

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This warning about intoxicating odours is truth in advertising for this food truck, spotted at the Calgary Folk Music Festival this weekend.

Watching the sun go down

02 Wednesday Aug 2017

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Here are a few folks taking a short break from the music at the Calgary folk festival this weekend, watching a smoke-tinged sunset at Prince’s Island Park.

No strings

01 Tuesday Aug 2017

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A piece of visual art on display at the Calgary Folk Music Festival this past weekend.

Saddle up!

19 Wednesday Jul 2017

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This sign marks the eastern end of the pedestrian-cyclist shared zone on Stephen Avenue, just across from Calgary city hall.

Owing nothing

18 Tuesday Jul 2017

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Some intriguing street art on an unused building on Macleod Tr. in Calgary, across from Stampede Park.

Rouleauville

17 Monday Jul 2017

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One of the more fascinating things for me at the recently wrapped Calgary Stampede was to hang out at the historical exhibits in the Western Oasis at the BMO Centre. Tucked away in the far corner of the exhibition hall was a display of historical photos and old maps, including this one showing Rouleauville, which we know today as Calgary’s Mission neighbourhood.

Interactive art

16 Sunday Jul 2017

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A wider view of By the Banks of the Bow, a public art installation at Calgary’s Stampede Park. Good to see people embracing this sculpture, literally and metaphorically. Here’s the tighter visual from a few days ago.