When wandering, it pays to look up.
Shapes of the city
18 Saturday Jul 2020
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Spanning the eras
30 Saturday Nov 2019
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Calgary’s former Fire Station No. 1, foreground left, and the North-West Travellers Building, foreground right, are dwarfed by their much bigger neighbours The Bow and Telus Sky, as seen a few weeks ago.
Calgary’s tallest towers
15 Friday Nov 2019
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The heart of Calgary’s central business district during the blue hour, seen a few days ago. Clockwise from top right: The Bow office building, the double towers of the Suncor Energy Centre, Brookfield Place, Hanover Place (not one of the tall towers, however) and the under-construction Telus Sky.
Also: wide-angle lenses are fun.
Calgary’s living room
13 Wednesday Nov 2019
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Literary life
24 Tuesday Sep 2019
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Curvature
21 Saturday Sep 2019
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Urban landscape
07 Saturday Sep 2019
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Spanning the decades
05 Thursday Sep 2019
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There are a few places in Calgary where it’s possible to a wide diversity of architectural styles from different eras. This is a view from 9th Avenue west of 1st Street S.W. looking north.
Standing out
11 Sunday Aug 2019
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Telus Sky, seen from 9th Avenue South in downtown Calgary, is framed by surrounding structures. Behind it, you can see a small sliver of the Bow building.
More than books
03 Saturday Aug 2019
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Ricky Leong 