Arc over water

01 Wednesday Jun 2016

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There isn’t a big-name architect attached to Calgary’s George C. King Bridge over the Bow River at St. Patrick’s Island but it’s beautiful all the same.

Press 9 to exit

30 Monday May 2016

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Public payphone are getting harder to find. This one, for example, was removed in the weeks since I walked by to capture it.

Go wide!

29 Sunday May 2016

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I might be going out on a limb here … but wide-angle lenses and Calgary’s Peace Bridge are a match made in heaven.

Bit by an eight-bit bug

21 Thursday Apr 2016

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Someone is sticking cut-outs of images, reminiscent of eight-bit video games, on walls in parts of the city. I’ve seen two around Kensington Rd. and 10 St. N.W., including the one above, and there was one on a wall on Memorial Dr. under the Centre Street Bridge, briefly anyway. I’m intrigued and will keep an eye out for more of these …

Ever-changing skyline

14 Thursday Apr 2016

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Here’s a look toward Calgary’s downtown core, from the south end of the bridge linking Inglewood with St. Patrick’s Island. It seems as if there’s a new building to see every time I make it here to capture a skyline photo.

Bright bloom

13 Wednesday Apr 2016

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This seven-storey sculpture called Bloom graces the public space on St. Patrick’s Island in Calgary. The assemblage of street lights conceived by Montreal-born artist Michel de Broin was unveiled last year.

King Eddy reborn

12 Tuesday Apr 2016

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Back after a few weeks AFK.
Also (soon to be) back is Calgary’s venerable King Edward Hotel, a noted blues venue, which was carefully dismantled and rebuilt as part of the new Canadian Music Centre in East Village.
Above, how things looked a few weekends ago … and below, when the King Eddy stood alone at the corner of 9 Ave. and 4 St. S.E., almost five years ago.