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Lighting up our spirits

25 Friday Jan 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, art, history, Paris, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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architecture, art, cathedral, church, France, history, Notre Dame, Paris, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

Illuminer notre esprit

Notre-Dame-de-Paris Cathedral. Never made it to the observation level of the church. Perhaps, if I ever go back to Paris …

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Musical magic

04 Friday Jan 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Canada, iPhone, montreal, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, video

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art, canada, iPhoneography, montreal, music, photography, photowalk, quebec, random, urban

La magie de la musique

This is part of a mural at the old Montreal Forum.

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Spirit of hockey

02 Wednesday Jan 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Canada, photography, photowalking, random, Toronto, Travel, urban

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canada, hockey, Ontario, photography, photowalk, random, Toronto, Travel, urban

Spirit of hockey

Outside the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.

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Winter

22 Saturday Dec 2012

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

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Hiver

A neat little mural in Montreal’s Chinatown.

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Beautiful setting for a beautiful occasion

08 Saturday Dec 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, fun, Paris, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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France, Paris, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

Nouveaux mariés

A lovely spot in Paris for wedding photos.

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Guggenheim

06 Thursday Dec 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, art, design, New York, photography, photowalking, Travel, urban

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New York, photography, photowalk, Travel, urban

Spoiled skylight

The Guggenheim Museum is itself a piece of art, as you might well imagine. Here is is skylight, snow-covered when I visited there a few winters ago.

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Rush hour

28 Wednesday Nov 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, iPhone, photography, photowalking, random, Toronto, trains, transit, Travel, urban

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canada, iPhoneography, Ontario, photography, photowalk, random, Toronto, trains, transit, Travel, urban

Rush hour

On the Toronto subway, looking at the far platform from my train car, through another subway train as it starts to leave the station.

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Touching a piece of history

26 Monday Nov 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, friends, history, montreal, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Berlin, Berlin Wall, canada, montreal, photography, photowalk, quebec, random, Travel, urban

Touching a piece of history

A chunk of the Berlin Wall on permanent display in Montreal.

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Faux Paris!

20 Tuesday Nov 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Paris, photography, photowalking, random, San Francisco, Travel, urban

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art, california, France, Paris, photography, photowalk, random, san francisco, Travel, urban

En Français (Part 2)

At first glance, this looks just like a Parisian street sign … but don’t be fooled. This was actually snapped in San Francisco!

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Radials

17 Saturday Nov 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, art, London, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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England, GB, London, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, UK, urban

Radials

This is what you see when you look down from the top of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.

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