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Swimming with the sharks

24 Sunday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, photowalk, photowalking, Toronto, Travel, urban

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

So much to see while walking through the giant tank at Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada in Toronto a few weekends ago.

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To Union Station

20 Wednesday Mar 2019

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

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To Union Station

The vanishing point makes it seems like Union Station is so far away! In reality this is just a block or so east of the entrance, along the Sky Walk toward CN Tower and the Toronto convention centre.

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Waterworld adventure

13 Wednesday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in Calgary, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Toronto, Travel, urban

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Waterworld adventure

Visitors take in the colourful underwater view at Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada in Toronto this past weekend.

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Airwalk

03 Monday Dec 2018

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

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

A fun, colourful public art installation spotted in downtown Toronto in April 2013.

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Flowers for sale

24 Friday Nov 2017

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

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Real world blends into a mural at St. Lawrence Market in Toronto. Spotted this in November 2012.

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Gliding right along

17 Friday Nov 2017

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

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

An oldie for y’all today: People enjoying the ice rink at Nathan Phillips Square outside Toronto City Hall. Snapped this on a nighttime stroll about a decade ago.

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Landing

27 Thursday Nov 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in iPhone, random, Toronto, Travel, urban

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Landing

Was going through some images that got overlooked from my summer vacation … and here’s one of them. That was the view out the window as my flight from Amsterdam arrived at Toronto Pearson International Airport, way back in August.

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Toronto’s Eaton Centre

29 Sunday Sep 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, Calgary, iPhone, photography, photowalking, Toronto, Travel, urban

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Shopping

Playing with HDR inside Toronto’s shopping mecca, the Eaton Centre, when I was passing through back in April.

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Nathan Phillips Square

12 Sunday May 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, art, Canada, design, photography, photowalking, random, Toronto, Travel, urban

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Nathan Phillips Square

… including Toronto’s hallmark and iconic City Hall building.

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Rooftop dweller

20 Saturday Apr 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in Canada, fun, photography, photowalking, random, Toronto, Travel, urban

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Something watching over Queen Street West in Toronto

This … whatever this is … lords it over the throngs of shoppers and strollers along Queen Street West it Toronto.

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