14 Saturday Apr 2012
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alberta, art, calgary, canada, iPhoneography, photography, photos, random, Travel, urban
It pays to look down! sometimes. I’ve never noticed a piece of art depicting Alberta’s history, embedded in the floor of Terminal A at Calgary International Airport until this week … even though it’s been there for seven years. Above is one portion of it.
06 Friday Apr 2012
Posted in Alberta, architecture, art, Calgary, Canada, design, photography, photowalking, urban
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alberta, architecture, art, bridge, Calatrava, calgary, canada, design, night, photography, photos, Santiago Calatrava, urban
A really tight, extremely cropped view of the Peace Bridge in Calgary, taken just a few days before it opened.
21 Wednesday Mar 2012
Posted in architecture, Canada, design, fun, montreal, photography, photowalking, trains, transit, Travel, urban
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architecture, art, canada, design, métro, montreal, photography, photos, photowalk, quebec, rail, railroad, railway, random, stained glass, station, subway, train, trains, urban
Champ-de-Mars métro station in Montreal was recently identified as one of most beautiful subway stations in the world. Surely, the wonderful panes of stained glass has something to do with it.
18 Sunday Mar 2012
17 Saturday Mar 2012
Posted in Alberta, architecture, art, Calgary, design, iPhone, photography, photowalking, transit, urban
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alberta, architecture, art, bridge, Calatrava, calgary, canada, design, iPhoneography, night, photography, photos, photowalk, Santiago Calatrava, urban
… until this Santiago Calatrava creation is accessible to pedestrian and bicycle traffic.
I might not have liked how this bridge came to be and how much the public purse coughed up for it — and I’m unsure if I will ever understand accept how that all happened.
That said, the bridge is there, so we might as well enjoy it for what it is.
This picture was taken last month, not long after the temporary supporting bridge was removed and workers began putting together the finishing touches on the structure.
13 Tuesday Mar 2012
08 Thursday Mar 2012
Posted in Alberta, art, Calgary, photowalking, random
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alberta, art, calgary, canada, CFL, Flames, football, hockey, NHL, photowalk, sports, Stampeders, street art, urban
This chicken is cheering for everyone, it seems.
Back in the fall, dressed up for former Stampeders QB Henry Burris …
… and today, playing the role of Flames net minder Miikka Kiprusoff.
The ultimate bandwagon jumper. In a good way.
25 Thursday Nov 2010
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02 Saturday May 2009
Posted in architecture, art, fun, history, photowalking, Quebec City
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art, canada, mural, Quebec City, random, Travel, urban photowalk
An oldie but a goody, from way back in August 2003.
03 Sunday Aug 2008
Spent my days off taking in some of the shows at the Calgary Fringe Festival, taking place at various venues in Inglewood this year.
My friend and colleague Dave Breakenridge is blogging about the Fringe at the Calgary Sun website. If you’ve got a minute, go see what he thinks of the acts. And if you’ve got a little more time, go down to take in some of the shows.
Serendipity is one of the businesses in Inglewood with extended hours during the Fringe.
From the Ground Up is a furniture store by day but a Fringe venue by night.
Ricky Leong 