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.
05 Thursday Apr 2012
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Ah. 🙂
02 Monday Apr 2012
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Seen in Calgary, yesterday.
25 Sunday Mar 2012
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alberta, bridge, Calatrava, calgary, canada, iPhoneography, neon, night, Peace Bridge, photography, photos, Santiago Calatrava, urban
It was a long three-and-a-half year wait between conception and unveiling, but Calgarians finally got to get up close and personal with the controversial Peace Bridge on Saturday.
Designed by Santiago Calatrava and built at a cost of some $25 million, it was more than a year behind schedule.
I was not able to attend the opening but stopped by later that evening to see what the hubbub was about. Apart from myself, there were still people coming down just for a look.
A few guys I spoke with mentioned that, like myself, they were not pleased with how Calgary got the bridge. (Single-source contract done without the full knowledge of city council, to be brief about it.) Still, that did not stop them from admiring what a piece of work the thing is.
22 Thursday Mar 2012
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Calatrava pedestrian bridge, Calgary, on March 21, 2012, just days shy of its grand opening.
17 Saturday Mar 2012
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… 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.
14 Wednesday Mar 2012
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An unintentional shot, taken with the Hipstamatic app for iPhone, as I was whiling away the hours during a layover at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport about a year ago.
It turned out to be an interesting abstract image, in my humble opinion. 🙂
11 Sunday Mar 2012
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Marché Bonsecours in Old Montreal, this past fall.
It was very pleasant weather for mid-November. The leaves were still turning (as you can see) and there hadn’t been too much snow, if any, by the time I went on this pre-Christmas visit to my birth-city.
The stately marché is currently home to merchants who sell such things as high-end souvenirs, artisanal goods, designer clothes and jewelry. There are also a public spaces for exhibits and concerts, plus a medieval-themed restaurant on the ground floor.
Ricky Leong 