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Front-row seats

02 Tuesday Jul 2019

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

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Peace Bridge, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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.

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Go wide!

29 Sunday May 2016

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, Calgary, design, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Crisis-cross crossing

I might be going out on a limb here … but wide-angle lenses and Calgary’s Peace Bridge are a match made in heaven.

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Walk and talk

29 Wednesday Jul 2015

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Walk and talk

Just another evening on the Peace Bridge in Calgary. It’s definitely a popular place to be: It was around 10 p.m. that day and I had to wait several minutes for the bridge to clear sufficiently for a decent photo.

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Strolling into town

26 Tuesday Feb 2013

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

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Strolling into town on the Peace Bridge across the Bow River in Calgary, designed by Santiago Calatrava

This bridge was hard on the wallet … thank goodness it’s easy on the eyes.

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Splash of red

06 Wednesday Feb 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, architecture, art, Calgary, Canada, design, Photo galleries, photography, random, urban

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From what I can see, Santiago Calatrava’s pedestrian bridge in Calgary continues to draw non-commuting visitors, especially on weekends, in addition to folks who use the crossing in a functional manner.
Despite the controversial way in which the structure was acquired, I’m happy to see it being embraced by the community.

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Flying over the Bow River

29 Tuesday Jan 2013

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

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Flying over the Bow

A different perspective of Santiago Calatrava’s pedestrian bridge in Calgary.

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Beautiful bridge … bad planning

29 Tuesday May 2012

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Unfinished work

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.

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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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Stretching into the core

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

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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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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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Skeletal structure

06 Friday Apr 2012

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

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Skeletal structure

A really tight, extremely cropped view of the Peace Bridge in Calgary, taken just a few days before it opened.

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