Obituary for a century home

23 Friday Jun 2017

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A fire tore through this bed and breakfast on 10A Street N.W. in Calgary back in April. Since then, a chronicle of its life spanning more than a century has appeared on the plywood covering its front windows. Thanks for the memories, indeed.

All about lines

22 Thursday Jun 2017

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Looking through a skylight in downtown Edmonton, under a bright afternoon sun. Snapped on a recent visit to Alberta’s capital city.

Scenic slope

21 Wednesday Jun 2017

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This is a great place for a park bench, if you ask me! This view of downtown Calgary is from Houndsfield Heights/Briar Hill.

Smooth glass, unsettled sky

20 Tuesday Jun 2017

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From one of the gloomier weather days in Calgary last week.

Homesteaders

18 Sunday Jun 2017

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Two of several engravings with an agricultural/homesteading theme on a building in downtown Edmonton, snapped a few weeks ago.

Cool shades

17 Saturday Jun 2017

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A random sticker affixed to a railing outside the Bow building in downtown Calgary, spotted back in the winter.

Hold my hand

16 Friday Jun 2017

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Some of the public art in the walls at the Barlow/Max Bell CTrain station in Calgary.

Old Bow River bridge

15 Thursday Jun 2017

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Digging (somewhat) deep into the archives for this 2008 image of the 12th Street Bridge in Calgary’s Inglewood neighbourhood … or I should say the old bridge, as this structure was removed from its pilings last month. The bridge, which connected Inglewood with the Calgary Zoo, was damaged in the 2013 flood and a replacement is in the process of being built.