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Fireball on wheels

17 Sunday Apr 2016

Posted by Ricky Leong in Arizona, art, Phoenix, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel

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Fireball on wheels

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.

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Ever-changing skyline

14 Thursday Apr 2016

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

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Ever-changing skyline

Here’s a look toward Calgary’s downtown core, from the south end of the bridge linking Inglewood with St. Patrick’s Island. It seems as if there’s a new building to see every time I make it here to capture a skyline photo.

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Azur

28 Sunday Feb 2016

Posted by Ricky Leong in montreal, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, trains, Trains & Transit, transit, Travel, urban

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Azur

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.

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Narrow lane

26 Friday Feb 2016

Posted by Ricky Leong in Germany, Munich, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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19:40 uhr

This passageway isn’t far from the Viktualienmarkt market square in Munich. This image was snapped on my visit there back in September.

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Lady’s best friend

25 Thursday Feb 2016

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

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Lady's best friend

Reaching back to the vat of photos shot in Phoenix back in November … and found this picture of a neat piece of street art off Central Ave. just north of the central library.

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History fading

17 Wednesday Feb 2016

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

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La sauvegarde, assurance vie

When I visit older cities, I love looking out for old painted signs and advertisements, much like this one in Old Montreal. This is something definitely hard to come by in Calgary, where many older buildings have vanished to make way for modern structures.

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Artistic rodent

16 Tuesday Feb 2016

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

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Souris, artiste

While wandering around Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal district last week, I came across a very busy-looking mouse crafting some street art.

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Just chillin’ in the alley

15 Monday Feb 2016

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

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Hommage à Fido

Some very happy-looking characters on this garage door, hidden away in a back alley in Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal neighbourhood.

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Under moonlight

14 Sunday Feb 2016

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

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Au clair de la lune

Some more cool street art spotted on my recent trip to Montreal.

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Outside your comfort zone

13 Saturday Feb 2016

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

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Outside your comfort zone

Here’s a suggestion to could make your day more interesting. Spotted in Calgary’s Kensington commercial area.

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