Enoch Sales Residence (1904-2019)

04 Monday Feb 2019

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This is the last photo I took of the little yellow house once belonging to Enoch Sales.

The building in Calgary’s Victoria Park neighbourhood, long in a state of disrepair, was the last remaining Queen Anne Revival-style home in the city. It had been slated to be part of an area revitalization project called the Rivers District.

The building burned in a two-alarm fire on Feb. 2, 2019, and was subsequently demolished.

Swept to the side

27 Sunday Jan 2019

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Visited Las Vegas for the first time last month. Lots of cool stuff to see, as you would expect, including lots of accessible public art like this piece here along The Strip.

Foyer

16 Friday Nov 2018

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A peek inside the new Central Library in downtown Calgary. It was still so very crowded last weekend … hoping for things to quiet down so I can snap a few more photos without getting in the way. (And get a closer look at the books/maps/documents, of course.)

Colourful features

28 Saturday Jul 2018

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Here’s an office tower with a very funky frontage, just around the corner from St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. Spotted on my visit there a few months ago.

View from the pews at Bath Abbey

15 Friday Jun 2018

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While I was waiting for the clock tower climb and tour at Bath Abbey last month, I took a moment to admire the abbey’s stained glass and fan vault ceiling.

Different types of waterfront properties in Brighton

08 Friday Jun 2018

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Those weird garden-shed-style structures on the boardwalk in the foreground, the stately historic homes and a rather ordinary looking tower block behind them all face the English Channel in Brighton. A quick snap taken toward end-of-day back in mid-May.

Brighton’s Royal Pavilion

31 Thursday May 2018

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The Royal Pavilion in Brighton is an architectural taste of south Asia on the coast of the English Channel. The building was originally constructed as the summer home of George, then Prince of Wales, who would later become King George IV.