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The eyes have it

01 Sunday Jun 2014

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

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Ocular implants

Apparently, the original ones weren’t good enough, so someone did a little … cosmetic surgery. Seen recently in a window display in Calgary.

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Beer and happiness

30 Friday May 2014

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Liquid happiness

Here’s one to kick off your weekend. It appears as if the thought of a nice, icy cold one causes inanimate objects to smile as much as some humans do. This happy sign was seen outside a pub in Calgary’s Kensington neighbourhood earlier this week.

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The paint made me do it

28 Wednesday May 2014

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The paint made me do it

A little piece of sticker art, seen in an alley in Sunnyside a few days ago.

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Splintered

27 Tuesday May 2014

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

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Splintered

A broken fence post, seen in Calgary this week.

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Justice from outrage

26 Monday May 2014

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

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Key to finding justice

Thought attributed to Benjamin Franklin, spotted in Portland last month.

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Pacific Northwest neon

25 Sunday May 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, photowalking, Portland, Seattle, Travel, urban

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Yo!

A selection of neon signage from Seattle and Portland, snapped over my last few visits there.

I don't believe in pessimism

Cinema 21

Free smells!

Super Car Wash

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Double take

24 Saturday May 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Calgary, random, San Diego, Travel, urban

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Plaza refreshed

Digging through some photos from late 2013, I came across this quick snapshot of a poster reproducing an artist’s rendition for a remake of Horton Plaza Park in San Diego, above.
It struck me at the time how much those tall metallic columns really look like the Luminous Crossing towers of light at either end of the Calgary transit mall, below.
There’s no evidence (none I could find, anyway) the same artist is responsible for both, which makes this visual/design coincidence even more striking.

Twist of colour

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A view of Puget Sound

21 Wednesday May 2014

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Sun over Sound

This very blue view of Puget Sound was taken from the elevated portion of Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle.

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Destroying what others create: Calgary street art defaced

20 Tuesday May 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Calgary, photography, photowalking, urban

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Some create, others destroy

Of all the walls in Calgary to tag, why choose this one? (Not that I like this kind of nuisance graffiti anyway.)
I feel terribly for whoever installed the original art on this building and hope that it can somehow be recovered.

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Shadow from light

19 Monday May 2014

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Uptown shadows

Spotted along 17 Ave. S.W. in Calgary.

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