17 Thursday Jan 2013
Posted in Canada, Flickr, fun, photography, photowalking, random, Toronto, Travel, urban
05 Saturday Jan 2013
Posted in Canada, iPhone, montreal, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
11 Tuesday Dec 2012
18 Sunday Nov 2012
Posted in New York, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
I was chatting on Saturday with a friend at work, about his trip to New York this summer.
We learned we are both very fond of the place and each of us would probably be quite happy living there, if it came to it.
Neither of us has fully experienced every part of New York’s five boroughs. I missed great chunks of Central Park, Harlem and the Upper East Side, to name a few neighbourhoods. He never made it to Little Italy and Chinatown.
Of course, trying to see everything at once on any given trip would likely be too much to process.
So I look forward to my next visit to NYC — to go to places I’ve missed before and to see how much things have changed in the parts of town I’ve already been to.
Ah, the joys of life (and visiting) in the big city.
06 Wednesday Jun 2012
Posted in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, iPhone, photography, photowalking, random, urban
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One of the few big, brash signs inside the CrossIron Mills mall in Balzac. This was the last part of the mall to be completed.
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.
Ricky Leong 