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Calgary’s living room

13 Wednesday Nov 2019

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Calgary's living room, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

One of the reading areas of the Calgary Public Library’s central branch, which just celebrated its first anniversary.

Literary life

24 Tuesday Sep 2019

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Literary life

The view from outside the east side of the Calgary Central Library.

Curvature

21 Saturday Sep 2019

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Curvature, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Looking up while standing on the east steps leading to the main entrance of the Calgary Central Library.

Memorial Park Library

29 Thursday Aug 2019

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Memorial Park Library

The flowerbeds outside Memorial Park Library provide some colour to offset a drab sky earlier this month.

Birds

27 Tuesday Aug 2019

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Birds, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A recent snapshot of the public art outside the west side of Calgary’s Central Library.

Lego library

04 Sunday Aug 2019

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Lego library, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A portion of a model made from Lego depicting Calgary’s Central Library. The smaller-scale version can been seen in the Municipal Building (the modern building of Calgary’s city hall complex) near the council chambers.

More than books

03 Saturday Aug 2019

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More than books, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A view of the southwest corner — if you can call it that — of Calgary’s Central Library.

You are not alone

13 Thursday Dec 2018

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

An inspiring reminder in one of the window frames at the new central branch of the Calgary Public Library.

Foyer

16 Friday Nov 2018

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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.)

Between the pages

16 Friday Mar 2018

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The main entry hall/atrium at Quebec’s central library in Montreal, the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. A very busy building on this rainy Sunday afternoon about a month ago.