In the heart of Prague’s Old Town, fairly early on a Sunday morning.
Narrow street
07 Wednesday Dec 2016
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Inner-city oasis
06 Tuesday Dec 2016
Just a few steps off busy Wenceslas Square in Prague is a tranquil patch of green in the shadow of a church. The paths in the Franciscan Gardens (Františkánská zahrada) are lined with perfectly manicured hedges and inspiring works of art, like the one above. It’s a neat little place to briefly escape the hustle and bustle just a few metres beyond.
Morning at the market
05 Monday Dec 2016
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Christmas come early!
04 Sunday Dec 2016
Mirror universe in Prague
04 Sunday Dec 2016
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This glass façade in Prague seemed out of place to me. At least it’s as stylish as circumstances will allow — and the glass lets you see a reflection of what the space once probably looked like.
Prague’s Old Town Square
03 Saturday Dec 2016
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How to beat the crowds at the tourist-centric Old Town Square in Prague? Get there before the tour groups do.
This was a Sunday morning and the clock tower tells me I shot this photo shortly before 10 a.m. It was nice to enjoy the square in this condition and to take in all the history crowded around this spot.
Visitors aren’t exactly alone here at this hour but there’s enough space to keep people from feeling too claustrophobic. Wandering through the city’s old quarter first thing in the morning means you can occasionally get a bit of street to yourself, if only for a moment. Knowing how busy this part of Prague can get, even fleeting solitude is a treat worth the mental effort required to wake early.
Below, a closer view of the astronomical clock at the town hall.
Art meets advertising: Tesla Radio stained glass
02 Friday Dec 2016
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It’s difficult to imagine this kind of intricate melding of art and advertising being put together nowadays. Spotted in a small shopping plaza on my visit to Prague this fall.
Intriguing figures
01 Thursday Dec 2016
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It’s unclear to me whether it was purposeful, but regardless: this is a neat way to dress up windows in a run-down building. Spotted on my visit to Prague this fall.
Bringing more life to our downtown cores
30 Wednesday Nov 2016
Downtown West, Calgary, Nov. 27, 2016. The neighbourhood is home to a forest of residential towers. (Ricky Leong photo)
But what if our race to the sky was a mistake?
In my newspaper column last week, I shared my thoughts on some of the difficulties facing the City of Calgary as property tax revenues slump due to empty office spaces downtown.
The more time I spent thinking about the subject, the more I wondered about whether the central neighbourhoods in many of our cities were unintentionally set up to fall — and fall hard — with every economic slowdown.
A piece of art to turn your head
29 Tuesday Nov 2016
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