Seeing as I don't see many Calgary photos in this section, I decided to post some of own. While not a sample of my best, these are all from the same day and mostly in chronological order from about a two-hour walk. The weather last weekend when I took these was balmy for March, the light harsh and the scenery brown and dirty, but a nice day is always a good day for snapping some pictures.
I started out downtown, then worked my way east to Calgary's desolate and depressing East Village, which will hopefully see some rejuvenation while I'm still alive. I then crossed the river to Bridgeland, which has seen a lot of construction activity on a former hospital site (it was imploded in '98) and then I ended off the walk with some pictures of downtown atop Crescent Hill.
Enjoy!
The building with the Lennon mural will be demolished soon:
How this house has survived almost a century in downtown Calgary is beyond me:
The arch is remnants from an original 1888 building along with the replacement building that is slated for demolition:
The new Calgary Coutrs Centre:
Recently restored:
Same here:
The police headquarters building will demolished eventually but not for a while yet:
The main library branch is slated for replacement by the end of the decade:
Calgary's ugliest building as far as I'm concerned:
And now we enter the East Village:
This old hotel will likely be renovated
The good ol' St Louis Hotel will be fixed up eventually as well:
City Hall effectively shuts out the East Village from downtown, leading to years of neglect to the neighbourhood:
These lofts, on the left, are a more recent addition to the area but provide much juxtaposition to the lots beside it, which include a few newly demolished run-down houses:
Senior's complex:
One of the city's homeless shelters, bursting at the seams:
Now, we're coming up to Bridgeland:
The site of the former General Hospital:
A reminder of the not so distant past:
And finally, up on Crescent Hill:
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