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Tattered porch

06 Wednesday Feb 2013

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

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Tattered porch from abandoned and condemned home on 19 St. N.W. in Calgary

A closer look at one of the condemned Calgary homes featured in an earlier blog posting.

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Splash of red

06 Wednesday Feb 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, architecture, art, Calgary, Canada, design, Photo galleries, photography, random, urban

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From what I can see, Santiago Calatrava’s pedestrian bridge in Calgary continues to draw non-commuting visitors, especially on weekends, in addition to folks who use the crossing in a functional manner.
Despite the controversial way in which the structure was acquired, I’m happy to see it being embraced by the community.

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Facing outward

05 Tuesday Feb 2013

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

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Facing outward

At The Bow building in downtown Calgary.

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Looking through history

03 Sunday Feb 2013

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

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Patrimoine en verre

Place-des-Arts métro station, Montreal.

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Stairway to nowhere

31 Thursday Jan 2013

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

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Stairway to nowhere

This cool piece of art is installed outside Papineau métro station in Montreal.

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Exposed

28 Monday Jan 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, Calgary, Canada, history, photography, urban

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Exposed

Demolition is underway at the old Calgary Herald building site on 7 Ave. and 1 St. S.W. It’s to make way for a new building whose planned height would best The Bow by several metres, which would make it the tallest office tower in western Canada.

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Two-dimensional animals

26 Saturday Jan 2013

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

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On the prowl in Halifax …
On the prowl

… and in Montreal, too.
Animal en deux dimensions

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Underground junctions

20 Sunday Jan 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in Canada, iPhone, montreal, photography, photowalking, random, transit, Travel, urban

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Tuyaux

Cool electrical connections at Place-des-Arts métro station in Montreal.

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Neon tooth

17 Thursday Jan 2013

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

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Happy tooth

Chalk up another esoteric Flickr group requesting to have an image added to their pool. This one is called “Neon Teeth of the World Unite”.

Neon Winky Tooth

This tooth was spotted in Toronto a few months ago.

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Postal Station H

06 Sunday Jan 2013

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

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Station H

This former Post Office building in Downtown Montreal basks in late afternoon sunlight last month.

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