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Paseo

18 Saturday Jan 2020

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Paseo, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This is a quick smartphone snap from down on Stephen Avenue in downtown Calgary, just minutes into 2020. This is a pedestrian-only area during the day but normally open to cars after 6 p.m. In the small hours of January 1, 2020, the people of Calgary had clearly decided otherwise.

Abandoned

17 Friday Jan 2020

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Abandonné, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

This building in Montreal’s Griffintown used to house a pizzeria.

da.

16 Thursday Jan 2020

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da., Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Part of a sign on a storefront in Calgary’s Chinatown.

Moody stairs

15 Wednesday Jan 2020

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Escaliers, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

From my very brief visit late last year: A beautiful transition from Montreal’s Underground City up to the ground-level concourse at the Centre de commerce mondial.

Illustration

14 Tuesday Jan 2020

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Illustration, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

It is difficult to appreciate this mural along Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest in Montreal from up close, at street level. I didn’t get to take in its full scope until I saw it last November from one of the upper-floor lounge areas at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

Bank and Baron

13 Monday Jan 2020

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Bank and Baron, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This historical building along Stephen Avenue in downtown Calgary, a former branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia, is now home to a pub.

Watchful gopher

12 Sunday Jan 2020

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Gopher the new year, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

One of the many colourful Richardson’s ground squirrels adorning the retaining walls at Olympic Plaza in downtown Calgary.

Alternative entrance

11 Saturday Jan 2020

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Entrée alternative, St. Lambert, Quebec, Canada

A bit of a trippy print mounted outside a residential building on Victoria Avenue in St. Lambert, Quebec. Spotted on a quick walk down the street last month.

Lots to reading to do

10 Friday Jan 2020

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Lots of reading to do, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A neat sculpture doubling as a door stop outside a Calgary book store.

Extra love for Mom

09 Thursday Jan 2020

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Extra love for Mom, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Someone’s added a tasteful and loving tattoo to the character in this mural, which is painted on the shutter of a shop in Calgary’s Chinatown. The “tattoo” is technically graffiti … but I’m having a hard time calling it that!