Merge

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Having some fun with painted highway lines. This is Crowchild Trail in northwest Calgary, seen from the pedestrian overpass at Tuscany CTrain station.

Hold on for your safety

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Shadows cast inside Calgary Transit’s venerable U-2 series light rail transit vehicles, snapped on my commute a few days ago.

Trust and distrust

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City Trust, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

To trust or not to trust? Opposing ideas found on the streets of Edmonton recently.

Distrust, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Private parking No. 2

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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Some more hand-painted typography spotted in Edmonton a few weeks ago.

First on your dial

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CKUA, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

One example of the many painted signs that remain on older buildings in Edmonton, something that’s almost impossible to find in Calgary. (Also, CKUA left 580 AM some time ago, so don’t bother looking for it there.)

All heat, no politics

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Alberta legislature building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Last Monday was a warm, summer-like day in Edmonton, with all sorts of people out in the wading pools and seeking shade under the trees on the grounds of Alberta’s legislature building.

Birdie in the window

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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

I find eight-bit-style images created from Post-It notes inexplicably alluring. Spotted this specimen in the window of an office building in Edmonton last week.

Doorway

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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

All that’s left of the old Alberta College building in Edmonton.

Edmonton’s neon nirvana

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Neon Sign Museum, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

104 Street in Edmonton is home to the Neon Sign Museum, featuring restored neon signs representative of what was once seen in Alberta’s capital region.

Neon Sign Museum, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Neon Sign Museum, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Gimme a break!

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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

What would most of us do without coffee? (I would bet we wouldn’t do very much.) This sign greets customers outside a java joint in Edmonton.