16 Tuesday Feb 2021
Posted in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
For years, I’ve been looking for a plaque or a marker to explain the presence of this arch along the Bow River pathway in downtown Calgary. I have yet to find such a thing … so for now, I’m letting my imagination fill in the blanks about this structure’s origin story.
15 Monday Feb 2021
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12 Friday Feb 2021
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alberta, art, calgary, canada, Chinatown, Chinese New Year, ice sculpture, lunar new year, photowalk, sculpture, urban, Year of the Ox
This ice sculpture is one of several installed in Calgary’s Chinatown neighbourhood, part of this year’s extremely muted recognition of the lunar new year.
12 Friday Feb 2021
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11 Thursday Feb 2021
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A view of the Sunnyside neighbourhood, looking across the tip of Prince’s Island and the Bow River to downtown Calgary. The Centre Street Bridge is visible in the shadows, centre left. The picture was taken from McHugh Bluff in early January.
10 Wednesday Feb 2021
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Calgary has so few of these painted signs, finding one new to me brings a little bit of irrational excitement. I came across this one while wandering down an alley in downtown Calgary, not far from where I found the mural whose image I shared yesterday.
09 Tuesday Feb 2021
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08 Monday Feb 2021
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Winter has returned with a vengeance in my part of the world. After a significant snowfall last week, we’re now dealing with arctic temperatures until the end of the week. The scene above is from last Wednesday, when it was still relatively safe to be outside!
01 Friday Jan 2021
Posted in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Christmas, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
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alberta, calgary, canada, decorations, lights, new year's eve, night, photowalk, random, urban
It was a quieter evening than usual on Thursday night at Calgary’s Olympic Plaza, typically home to the city’s new year’s eve celebrations. With the public health emergency still ongoing, there was no big party and no official fireworks display to ring in 2021. Seen here are some of the Christmas lights at Olympic Plaza in the foreground, with Calgary’s Historic City Hall in seasonal colours in the background.
25 Friday Dec 2020
Posted in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Christmas, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
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alberta, architecture, calgary, canada, christmas, christmas tree, cityscape, downtown, photowalk, random, skating, skyscrapers, urban
Skaters enjoy the view of a giant Christmas tree and the surrounding cityscape at Olympic Plaza in downtown Calgary, earlier this month. Best wishes of the season to all!
Ricky Leong 