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It’s just a front

16 Monday Apr 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, Canada, history, iPhone, montreal, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Tenir la façade

There’s a lot of work going on next to the Monument National on Saint-Laurent in Montreal. Almost the entire block north of the venue looks like it’s being gutted or renovated.
This building, for example, is just a facade when seen from the main street. You have to go around back to see what’s really going on …

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Barkeep!

10 Tuesday Apr 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, random, Travel

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Buy you a drink

Something to make the flight go smoother? Calgary International Airport, back in January.

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Halifax on a clear, spring afternoon

07 Saturday Apr 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Calgary, photography, photowalking, Travel

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Chilling out

You can nab some pretty views of Halifax and its harbour from the grounds of the Citadel — as these guys did when I snapped this shot in May 2008.

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Encounter with justice

05 Thursday Apr 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, Canada, history, montreal, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Cour municipale

Montreal municipal court, as seen in January.

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Glowing tower

29 Thursday Mar 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Canada, photography, Travel, urban

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Glowing

Now here’s an oldie, although I doubt if anything’s changed since I was there last. One of Toronto’s numerous skyscrapers, as seen in December 2007.

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Perfect sunrise at 37,000 ft.

28 Wednesday Mar 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Canada, photography, Travel

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Clouded vision

Nothing like flying over puffy clouds at sunrise — especially welcome during a sleepless red-eye flight. This was seen somewhere over Canada, back in the fall.

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Art, to go

21 Wednesday Mar 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, Canada, design, fun, montreal, photography, photowalking, trains, transit, Travel, urban

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Sun where the sun normally don't shine

Champ-de-Mars métro station in Montreal was recently identified as one of most beautiful subway stations in the world. Surely, the wonderful panes of stained glass has something to do with it.

Il fait beau dans l'métro

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Telecommunications

20 Tuesday Mar 2012

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

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Lines of communication

How easy it is to forget that our modern, interconnected world is ultimately held together with long strands of copper and glass fibre. We often don’t think about how important these infrastructures are until they are damaged or otherwise put out of commission.
Above, a chaotic street scene in the Mission in San Francisco. Below, less cluttered views of the same idea in Montreal, Halifax and Calgary.

Confusion at the junction

Standing out

Crossed wires

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Holding things together

19 Monday Mar 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in New York, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Holding things together

I doubt anyone can visit New York without taking a shot that looks a little like this one. And while every picture is similar, none will ever be quite the same. So here’s my contribution to the virtual gallery of images dedicated to the Brooklyn Bridge. And below are a few more.

Strength in numbers Structural fibres Force to be reckoned with Standing in awe Bringing you closer

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Red streak

14 Wednesday Mar 2012

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

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Red streak

An unintentional shot, taken with the Hipstamatic app for iPhone, as I was whiling away the hours during a layover at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport about a year ago.
It turned out to be an interesting abstract image, in my humble opinion. 🙂

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