Esplanade Riel

09 Thursday May 2013

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This beautiful pedestrian bridge in Winnipeg, Manitoba, links the Forks area just off Union Station with the city’s traditionally francophone area, St. Boniface.
(The photo above was captured with an SLR; the bottom one was snapped with my iPhone.)

Unseen musician

03 Friday May 2013

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Part of a mural at a music venue in Vancouver, spotted last month.

Worrying about the future

27 Saturday Apr 2013

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A couple of photos taken in Montreal recently, reflecting some slightly pessimistic views of the future.

Above is a polar bear displayed as you’d see in a museum … as if it’s gone extinct. Part of artwork in a campaign against global warming.
Below is some sticky graffiti on St. Laurent Boulevard.

Under the rotunda

23 Tuesday Apr 2013

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This is the beautiful ceiling in the main hall of Winnipeg Union Station.

The weather is much nicer in the mural …

18 Thursday Apr 2013

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A story of contrasting seasons at the Via Rail train station in Drummondville, Quebec, last weekend.

Primary streaks

15 Monday Apr 2013

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Unexpected find along the sidewalk adjacent to the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD University) in Halifax.

Pretend business

14 Sunday Apr 2013

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Lovely trompe-l’oeil murals along the outside of the old Alexander Keith’s brewery in Halifax, now turned into a once-a-week farmer’s market, among other things.

Red signal

06 Saturday Apr 2013

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Whoever designed this signal and decided on its placement probably didn’t intend XB200 to be a piece of public art … but I think it fills this function just fine. Spotted in the New York Subway back in 2011.