24 Tuesday May 2016
Posted in Phoenix, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
19 Thursday May 2016
Posted in art, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Portland, random, Travel, urban
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art, Oregon, photography, photowalk, Portland, random, street art, Travel, urban
The idea of a rodent pointing a firearm at me is unsettling … but happily this is just two-dimensional street art in East Portland.
17 Tuesday May 2016
Posted in art, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Portland, random, Travel, urban
24 Sunday Apr 2016
Posted in Phoenix, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
22 Friday Apr 2016
Posted in architecture, design, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Portland, random, Travel, urban
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architecture, Oregon, photography, photowalk, Portland, random, Travel, urban
The underside of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, seen on a recent visit there at the south end of Waterfront Park.
21 Thursday Apr 2016
Posted in Alberta, art, Calgary, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
Someone is sticking cut-outs of images, reminiscent of eight-bit video games, on walls in parts of the city. I’ve seen two around Kensington Rd. and 10 St. N.W., including the one above, and there was one on a wall on Memorial Dr. under the Centre Street Bridge, briefly anyway. I’m intrigued and will keep an eye out for more of these …
20 Wednesday Apr 2016
Posted in Arizona, Phoenix, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
17 Sunday Apr 2016
Posted in Arizona, art, Phoenix, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel
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arizona, art, iPhoneography, Phoenix, photography, photowalk, random, street art, Travel, urban
Downtown Phoenix can seem a little sterile at times … but slide into an alley here and there and you might find something as bright and colourful as this, which I spotted not too long ago at the (very discreet) entrance to a bicycle maintenance shop.
14 Thursday Apr 2016
Posted in Alberta, Calgary, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
28 Sunday Feb 2016
Posted in montreal, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, trains, Trains & Transit, transit, Travel, urban
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canada, Hipstamatic, iPhoneography, métro, montreal, photography, quebec, rail, railroad, railway, subway, train, trains, transit, Travel, urban
The Montreal Transit Corp. (Société de transport de Montréal, or STM) recently began revenue service of its next-generation métro cars. Dubbed “Azur”, the STM’s MPM-10 rolling stock is being built by a Bombardier-Alstom consortium. The order is for 468 cars, assembled in nine-car train-sets.
As the newer-model trains are gradually delivered, they will replace vintage MR-63 rolling stock, in service since the Montreal métro opened in 1966.
I only got a brief glimpse of the new Azur train at the Mont-Royal métro station on my last trip to Montreal, on its second day of revenue service. Perhaps I’ll be lucky enough to ride one upon my next visit.
Ricky Leong 