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The Shard

02 Saturday Feb 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, art, design, iPhone, London, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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England, HDR, iPhoneography, London, photography, photowalk, random, Shard, Travel, urban

Across the Thames

London’s new tallest building, The Shard, was opened to the public this week. This is a view of the landmark as it was back in September October, from the observation platform at St. Paul’s Cathedral.
The Shard itself has an observation deck … I’ll be sure to stop by when I get back to London for my next visit.

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East meets West

01 Friday Feb 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, photowalking, random, San Francisco, Travel, urban

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East meets West

San Francisco’s Chinatown, March 2010.

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Stairway to nowhere

31 Thursday Jan 2013

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

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Stairway to nowhere

This cool piece of art is installed outside Papineau métro station in Montreal.

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Flying over the Bow River

29 Tuesday Jan 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, art, Calgary, design, iPhone, photography, photowalking, random, urban

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Flying over the Bow

A different perspective of Santiago Calatrava’s pedestrian bridge in Calgary.

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Exposed

28 Monday Jan 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, Calgary, Canada, history, photography, urban

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abandoned, alberta, calgary, canada, decay, demolition, history, photowalk, random, urban

Exposed

Demolition is underway at the old Calgary Herald building site on 7 Ave. and 1 St. S.W. It’s to make way for a new building whose planned height would best The Bow by several metres, which would make it the tallest office tower in western Canada.

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Two-dimensional animals

26 Saturday Jan 2013

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

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On the prowl in Halifax …
On the prowl

… and in Montreal, too.
Animal en deux dimensions

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Lighting up our spirits

25 Friday Jan 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, art, history, Paris, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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architecture, art, cathedral, church, France, history, Notre Dame, Paris, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

Illuminer notre esprit

Notre-Dame-de-Paris Cathedral. Never made it to the observation level of the church. Perhaps, if I ever go back to Paris …

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Underground junctions

20 Sunday Jan 2013

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

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Tuyaux

Cool electrical connections at Place-des-Arts métro station in Montreal.

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Neon tooth

17 Thursday Jan 2013

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

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Happy tooth

Chalk up another esoteric Flickr group requesting to have an image added to their pool. This one is called “Neon Teeth of the World Unite”.

Neon Winky Tooth

This tooth was spotted in Toronto a few months ago.

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Perpetual hallway

14 Monday Jan 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, history, photography, photowalking, random, San Francisco, Travel, urban

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Perpetual hallway

Fort Point, San Francisco, seen back in March 2010. Missing that city so very much!

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