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Thunder Bat

11 Monday Mar 2019

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

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sticker/wall art from Toronto, seen somewhere along Queen Street West (IIRC) on a short stopover between trains in April 2013.

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Game of cat and mouse

09 Saturday Mar 2019

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

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

A fun piece of street art spotted in Montreal back in February 2016.

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A different kind of snow

28 Thursday Feb 2019

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

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Flocons sous les pieds

Someone who left a comment under this photo on my Flickr feed said this was in fact their *favourite* kind of snow. He’s not a winter sports type, I take it. Spotted in Montreal back in late 2012.

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Plus 4.8 metres

25 Monday Feb 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

From last month: A view of the pedestrian walkway linking the Brookfield Place office tower with the retail plaza at Stephen Avenue Square in downtown Calgary.

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Enoch Sales Residence (1904-2019)

04 Monday Feb 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, architecture, Calgary, Canada, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This is the last photo I took of the little yellow house once belonging to Enoch Sales.

The building in Calgary’s Victoria Park neighbourhood, long in a state of disrepair, was the last remaining Queen Anne Revival-style home in the city. It had been slated to be part of an area revitalization project called the Rivers District.

The building burned in a two-alarm fire on Feb. 2, 2019, and was subsequently demolished.

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Eight-pointed star

22 Saturday Dec 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Christmas, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A lovely ornament hangs from a Christmas Tree at The Core shopping centre in downtown Calgary.

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Frosty’s domain

21 Friday Dec 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Christmas, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Frosty the Snowman chills out on the branches of a shopping mall Christmas tree in Calgary’s central business district.

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Beary Merry Christmas

20 Thursday Dec 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in British Columbia, Canada, Christmas, random, Travel, Vancouver

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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This cheerful fella graces the U.S./transborder concourse at Vancouver International Airport.

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Vitrerie Raymond

15 Saturday Dec 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Canada, montreal, photowalk, photowalking, Quebec, random, Travel, urban

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Just some random signage pointing to an out-of-the-way glass/window shop, spotted on a street in Montreal last winter.

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You are not alone

13 Thursday Dec 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, architecture, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

An inspiring reminder in one of the window frames at the new central branch of the Calgary Public Library.

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Journalist by trade, photographer for fun. I help make multi-platform content at Postmedia in Calgary. Opinions expressed here are my own.

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