Rays from the setting sun pass low over the Peace Bridge in Calgary.
Kiss of sunshine
08 Saturday Aug 2020
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Nice evening for a wander
25 Saturday Jul 2020
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The evening sun does works its visual magic on the esthetics of the Peace Bridge in Calgary.
Taking in the view
20 Monday Jul 2020
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The scene from a bench on the Bow River Pathway near north side of the Peace Bridge in Calgary.
Front-row seats
02 Tuesday Jul 2019
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From a mid-spring wander along the Bow River in Calgary, found some new(ish) chairs scattered about the shore in the West Eau Claire area with a wonderful view of the Peace Bridge.
Beautiful bridge … bad planning
29 Tuesday May 2012
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As you may have heard in the news in the last few weeks, Calgary’s West LRT came up short for funding because someone at city hall forgot to factor in more than $8 million for the mandatory public art component of the project.
Nothing new, sadly. As you can see above, previous budget errors means the south end of the Peace Bridge remains free of landscaping, until the city can scrape up some money to take care of it.
This lack of foresight it shameful. We should be able to do better.
Stretching into the core
15 Tuesday May 2012
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What can I say, except that the Peace Bridge is surprisingly photogenic.
It’s finally here
25 Sunday Mar 2012
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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 