05 Thursday Sep 2019
Posted in Alberta, architecture, Calgary, Canada, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
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alberta, architecture, calgary, canada, history, photowalk, preservation, random, urban
There are a few places in Calgary where it’s possible to a wide diversity of architectural styles from different eras. This is a view from 9th Avenue west of 1st Street S.W. looking north.
28 Wednesday Aug 2019
Posted in Alberta, architecture, Calgary, Canada, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
11 Sunday Aug 2019
Posted in Alberta, architecture, Calgary, Canada, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
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alberta, architecture, calgary, canada, history, photowalk, preservation, random, skyscrapers, urban
Telus Sky, seen from 9th Avenue South in downtown Calgary, is framed by surrounding structures. Behind it, you can see a small sliver of the Bow building.
17 Friday May 2019
Posted in England, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
05 Sunday May 2019
Posted in history, London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
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architecture, England, history, London, photography, photowalk, preservation, random, Travel, U.K., United Kingdom, urban
Just a few minutes from the King’s Cross/St. Pancras railway complex in London are the Coal Drop Yards, a former industrial area along the Regents Canal being remade for modern retail/leisure, near other new buildings housing offices and residential spaces. Here is one of the buildings, as it was about a year ago.
03 Friday May 2019
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canada, heritage, history, Ontario, photography, photowalk, preservation, rail, railway, random, Toronto, train, train station, trains, Travel, urban
This stately building on Yonge Street in Toronto used to be home to North Toronto railway station. I had to look up this building in Google to verify its history … but its proximity to train tracks and the lovely clock tower pretty much gave away its heritage. It is currently a (very beautiful) liquor store.
15 Monday Apr 2019
Posted in art, history, Paris, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Travel, urban
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architecture, cathedral, church, France, history, Paris, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban
It was so disheartening to watch the news today and learn of the fire that engulfed the roof at Notre-Dame-de-Paris Cathedral. If there’s any good news to be had, it appears much of the structure remains intact and many of the historic artifacts and artwork were saved from the blaze.
I had the distinct pleasure of visiting the church in September 2012, as millions of visitors did yearly until today. I did not get the chance to scamper up to the top for a city view — next time, I thought then. With hope, this grand place of worship and one of Paris’s jewels will be rebuilt and reopen with renewed splendour.
14 Sunday Apr 2019
Posted in history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Toronto, trains, transit, transportation, Travel, urban
16 Saturday Mar 2019
Posted in history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, trains, Trains & Transit, transportation, Travel, urban
22 Friday Feb 2019
Posted in art, Germany, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
Spent a few hours dodging rain showers while checking out Koblenz, Germany, back in September 2015. Here’s Deutsches Eck — German Corner, at the confluence of the Rhine and Mosel rivers — and its replica monument to Kaiser Wilhelm, not long after an epic downpour.
