09 Monday Jun 2014
Posted in Calgary, photography, photowalking, random, urban
06 Friday Jun 2014
Take in this view while you can: This block in Calgary’s Kensington area is about to change dramatically. The affected businesses here have either moved away or shuttered for good and the buildings will soon disappear to make way for the Lido condo building, named for the landmark Chinese-Canadian restaurant seen here.
03 Tuesday Jun 2014
Posted in Calgary, photowalking, random, urban
01 Sunday Jun 2014
Posted in Calgary, fun, photography, photowalking, random, urban
30 Friday May 2014
Posted in Calgary, fun, photography, photowalking, random, urban
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.
29 Thursday May 2014
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alberta, calgary, canada, heritage, historical, history, preservation
Very glad to see plaques with historical information pop up on buildings all over the Kensington business district.
And in case you missed it, I wrote about the state of historical preservation in Calgary in my Sun column several weeks ago.
28 Wednesday May 2014
Posted in art, Calgary, photography, photowalking, random, urban
27 Tuesday May 2014
Posted in Calgary, photography, photowalking, random, urban
24 Saturday May 2014
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alberta, art, calgary, california, canada, design, light, photowalk, random, San Diego, Travel, urban
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.
20 Tuesday May 2014
Posted in art, Calgary, photography, photowalking, urban
Ricky Leong 