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Shuttered shoppe

16 Wednesday May 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Apple, architecture, Calgary, Canada, history, photography, photowalking, urban

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abandoned, alberta, calgary, canada, decay, history, photography, photowalk, urban

Marty's Gourmet Hotdog Shoppe

Another one of the abandoned businesses along Macleod Tr. in Calgary’s Victoria Park neighbourhood, across of the Stampede grounds.

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Stretching into the core

15 Tuesday May 2012

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

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alberta, architecture, art, bridge, Calatrava, calgary, canada, design, night, Peace Bridge, photography, photowalk, random, Santiago Calatrava, urban

Stretching into the core

What can I say, except that the Peace Bridge is surprisingly photogenic.

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Swing along

14 Monday May 2012

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

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Swing along

Something added to the side of a mailbox on 17 Ave S.W. in Calgary.

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Virtual visit with Mr. Cash

12 Saturday May 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, art, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalking, random, urban

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Take a seat, next to Mr. Cash

This lovely mural is painted outside a music/movie/poster shop in southwest Calgary.

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Editing on the fly

11 Friday May 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, iPhone, photography, photowalking, random, urban

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alberta, calgary, canada, graffiti, iPhoneography, photography, photowalk, random, urban

Editing on the fly

A helpful passerby makes this graffiti a little more family-friendly than it otherwise would have been …

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Riding north

10 Thursday May 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, architecture, Calgary, design, iPhone, photography, photowalking, transit, urban

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alberta, architecture, art, bridge, Calatrava, calgary, canada, design, iPhoneography, photography, photos, photowalk, random, Santiago Calatrava, urban

Riding over the Bow

People (including me, I suppose) are still going to the Peace Bridge to look at it … but many like this cyclist are using the bridge for its intended purpose.

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Supermoon

07 Monday May 2012

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astronomy, moon, night, photography, photos, supermoon

Supermoon

Same old moon, but 12% more of it! And she looks just as pretty in her close-up.

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You are the light

05 Saturday May 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, iPhone, photography, photowalking, random, urban

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You are the light

An uplifting thought on the community message board on 10 St. N.W. in Kensington Village.

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Globe of light

03 Thursday May 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, iPhone, photography, random

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alberta, calgary, canada, Hipstamatic, iPhoneography, photography, random

Globe of light

Just fooling around with the cameraphone while out for dinner the other day.

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Ripples in time

02 Wednesday May 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, iPhone, photography, photowalking, random, urban

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Ripples in time

Monday was kind of dreary in Calgary … but it wasn’t too wet to go out and snap a photo or two.

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Welcome to rickyleong.com and thanks for stopping by. Pictured in the header above is Calgary’s skyline seen from McHugh Bluff.

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Journalist by trade, photographer for fun. I help make multi-platform content at Postmedia in Calgary. Opinions expressed here are my own.

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