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Different perspective

24 Saturday Mar 2018

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

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Some time to reflect … thanks to this piece of public art at 150 9 Ave. S.W. in downtown Calgary. In the mirror is the Calgary Tower, while Brookfield Place looms over the Hudson’s Bay building in the background.

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Catching Up

14 Wednesday Mar 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Canada, montreal, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Quebec, random, urban

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The man in this sculpture on rue Sherbrooke Ouest in Westmount is reading the editorial page in a replica edition of the Montreal Gazette from July 4, 1985.

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Tree of Life

22 Thursday Feb 2018

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

I can’t tell you how many times I might have walked past the piece of public art called “L’arbre de vie” (Tree of Life) at the Lionel-Groulx métro station in Montreal … but only this week did I notice the faces etched into the tree trunk.

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Bovine bench

29 Friday Dec 2017

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

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This piece of functional public art near Eau Claire Market in Calgary has been around for a long as I can remember. Snapped this just after last week’s big snowfall.

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Door to nowhere

10 Sunday Sep 2017

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Spotted in downtown Calgary last month.

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Mass of spheres

09 Saturday Sep 2017

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A piece of modern-looking public art on the edge of Calgary’s Chinatown.

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Subway map

31 Thursday Aug 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, New York, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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New York City

Some public art built into the walls of the New York City subway. From a visit to the Big Apple way back in February 2011.

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Tenderness

26 Wednesday Jul 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Helsinki, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel

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Tenderness

Another throwback to my trip to northern Europe back in August 2014. This is one example of the many pieces of the public art in Helsinki, Finland.

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By the Banks of the Bow

14 Friday Jul 2017

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

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Calgary Stampede, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Part of a permanent piece of public art called “By the Banks of the Bow” at Stampede Park in Calgary.

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Yellow ground squirrel

12 Wednesday Jul 2017

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Olympic Plaza, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The ground squirrels are back at Calgary’s Olympic Plaza. Spotted this one and its friends on Monday.

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