20 Wednesday Sep 2017
Posted in Berlin, Germany, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
19 Tuesday Sep 2017
Posted in Berlin, Germany, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
16 Saturday Sep 2017
Posted in architecture, history, London, photography, random, Travel, urban
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architecture, England, history, London, photography, random, Travel, urban
A view of the St. Pancras hotel, seen about a year ago (!) from my hostel room in London.
23 Sunday Jul 2017
Posted in art, history, Norway, Oslo, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
17 Monday Jul 2017
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alberta, calgary, Calgary Stampede, canada, cartography, geography, history
One of the more fascinating things for me at the recently wrapped Calgary Stampede was to hang out at the historical exhibits in the Western Oasis at the BMO Centre. Tucked away in the far corner of the exhibition hall was a display of historical photos and old maps, including this one showing Rouleauville, which we know today as Calgary’s Mission neighbourhood.
24 Saturday Jun 2017
Posted in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
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abandoned, alberta, calgary, canada, Firestone, HDR, history, iPhoneography, photowalk, random, urban
This derelict distillation column is one of the very few visual reminders of a long-gone Firestone tire plant, which occupied an industrial site adjacent to the present-day Barlow/Max Bell CTrain station in Calgary.
23 Friday Jun 2017
Posted in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
A fire tore through this bed and breakfast on 10A Street N.W. in Calgary back in April. Since then, a chronicle of its life spanning more than a century has appeared on the plywood covering its front windows. Thanks for the memories, indeed.
11 Sunday Jun 2017
Posted in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
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alberta, calgary, canada, HDR, history, iPhoneography, photography, photowalk, preservation, random, urban
Today, the Rocky Ridge and Tuscany neighbourhoods are just far-flung suburban areas of Calgary. But back in the 1950 and ’60, there was not much around the area, except a lot of open spaces and a service station along the highway to Cochrane.
The Eamon’s Bungalow Camp sign was restored and made part of the Tuscany CTrain station. The garage was put into storage some time ago and purchased for a nominal sum by a group in High River, to be restored and used there.
The photos here were snapped a few days ago.
03 Saturday Jun 2017
Posted in Alberta, Canada, Edmonton, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
02 Friday Jun 2017
Posted in Alberta, Canada, Edmonton, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
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alberta, canada, Edmonton, history, neon, neon signs, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban
104 Street in Edmonton is home to the Neon Sign Museum, featuring restored neon signs representative of what was once seen in Alberta’s capital region.
Ricky Leong 