26 Thursday Apr 2012
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Field-level view … the cameraphone even knew to detect the face on the plastic player!
25 Wednesday Apr 2012
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The original rolling stock of the Montreal metro, built by Canadian Vickers and dating back to 1966, still plies the tracks under that city’s streets. Here’s a train of such cars entering Viau station a few weekends ago.
These vehicles will be retired within a few years, when the Montreal Transit Corp. receives the first of a new fleet of new Metro cars, built by Bombardier and Alstom.
22 Sunday Apr 2012
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21 Saturday Apr 2012
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… because I find them fascinating to photograph for some reason. This one was taken a couple of days ago in Calgary.
20 Friday Apr 2012
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Place Ville Marie is an icon of Montreal’s landscape. The cruciform skyscraper celebrates its 50 years in 2012. Apart from its footprint, the tower is known for a rotating beacon on its roof.
The view shown above was taken last week from the concert plaza outside Place des Arts.
19 Thursday Apr 2012
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Guided tour of Olympic Stadium in Montreal. It’s way quieter now than I remember it …
18 Wednesday Apr 2012
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Lots of rungs to get to the top … Seen in Montreal this weekend.
17 Tuesday Apr 2012
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16 Monday Apr 2012
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There’s a lot of work going on next to the Monument National on Saint-Laurent in Montreal. Almost the entire block north of the venue looks like it’s being gutted or renovated.
This building, for example, is just a facade when seen from the main street. You have to go around back to see what’s really going on …
14 Saturday Apr 2012
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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.
Ricky Leong 