Contain your enthusiasm

14 Monday Aug 2017

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A pop-up retail space made up of stores in covered shipping containers at 4 St. and 7 Ave. S.E. in Calgary’s East Village, just steps away from the National Music Centre. (The space used to be occupied by a gas station.)

Exotic flying animal

12 Saturday Aug 2017

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Some of the fanciful art adorning temporary construction hoarding near Calgary city hall.

Straight lines and curves

11 Friday Aug 2017

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This public space connects, from left, the 4th Street S.W. LRT station, the gleaming-new 707 Fifth St. S.W. building, the Calgary Courts Centre and Harley Hotchkiss Gardens.

Listen

09 Wednesday Aug 2017

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One of the many instruments on display (and playable!) at the National Music Centre in Calgary.

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.