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Nod to history

29 Thursday May 2014

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alberta, calgary, canada, heritage, historical, history, preservation

Hillhurst Block

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.

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The paint made me do it

28 Wednesday May 2014

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The paint made me do it

A little piece of sticker art, seen in an alley in Sunnyside a few days ago.

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Splintered

27 Tuesday May 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in Calgary, photography, photowalking, random, urban

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Splintered

A broken fence post, seen in Calgary this week.

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Double take

24 Saturday May 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Calgary, random, San Diego, Travel, urban

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Plaza refreshed

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.

Twist of colour

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Destroying what others create: Calgary street art defaced

20 Tuesday May 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Calgary, photography, photowalking, urban

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Some create, others destroy

Of all the walls in Calgary to tag, why choose this one? (Not that I like this kind of nuisance graffiti anyway.)
I feel terribly for whoever installed the original art on this building and hope that it can somehow be recovered.

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Shadow from light

19 Monday May 2014

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Uptown shadows

Spotted along 17 Ave. S.W. in Calgary.

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Art on caffeine

09 Friday May 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Calgary, food, photography, random

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Art on caffeine

Some of the baristas at this Calgary coffee shop have drizzle skillz.

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Spring in Calgary … Really!

04 Sunday May 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in Calgary, photowalking, random, urban

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Winter makes comeback

Nothing unusual about this scene happening in May, I swear. Captured on my smartphone Saturday morning.

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Expo potpourri

28 Monday Apr 2014

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Calgary Expo 2014

As promised, a few more photos to mark the closing of the 2014 Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo.

Skeletal chic

Splinter cellphone

Explicit instructions

Hi-ho, Kermit the Frog here

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Creating new realities

27 Sunday Apr 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Calgary, fun, random

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Artist at work

Sure, comic/fantasy/sci-fi conventions are often about star attractions and awesome costumes … but there’s much more.
Here’s a nod to the dozens of artists who toil on site and sell their creations, including Doug Nhung, seen sketching in this photo captured at the 2014 Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo on Sunday.

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