Calgary, no country music in this thread

[Pavlov]

^ Agreed.

Also, great series of photos. I enjoyed them.

[Modern Design]

Let's see...
1) Great photos!!i love Calgary

2)It hurts me deeply and painfully to see it compared to dallas or any Texan city...Calgary Has no similarities with Dallas Houston or Austin.

3)Comparing Vancouver to Rio , san Francisco is more offending than cursing my mother.


I apologise to the OP since this thread is about his wonderful photos, but i had to post my rant.

[Ruckus]

Wonderful tour, thank you LFTC

[sync]

Originally Posted by Pinion

Now if you excuse me I have to go smoke some weed and murder a few prostitutes.

don't forget your umbrella!

[entheosfog]

Great shots!! Good to see some action shots downtown during the Junos.

[Wooster]

I was in Calgary during Junos. The city did a fantastic job of hosting, and the city was jumpin'.

[kool maudit]

Originally Posted by Top Of The Park

...Calgary has got to be the most cosmopolitan city for it's size in the world.

i don't know - maybe swing by that cult show.



(just kidding...i mean, we have monster truck shows in our olympic stadium. such is north american life.)

[shreddog]

Calgary looks nice.

Looks like a nice place to live.

Maybe I should move there.

Wait a sec, I already did.

Thanks LFTC.

[photophan]

Hey, LFTC, your pictures were amazing! I really enjoyed your use of reflection in some of the images.


For those of us who didn't go anywhere near the Junos, it was fun to have a glimpse inside the limo and to see some of the revelry around the downtown area. Thanks!

[PhilippeMtl]

very dynamic pictures!!

[DLLB]

Great series, as always. I really like the way it gave a feel for what was going on dowtown during the free Juno concert.

[Prosciutto]

Great pics. Enjoyed.

[boden]

Enjoyed your photos. Calgary looks sparkling.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by johnnyc

Calgary has pretty much nothing in common with Dallas. Hoston and Denver maybe, but not Dallas.

Comparing Canadian cities to American is really just silly since Candaian cities are unique, as are American ones. Every city has similarities, but they also have differences.

Now, back to the pictures...

I lived in Dallas for 2 years and Calgary for 22. Appearance wise, they are nothing alike. Dallas is very midwestern influenced while Calgary is undoubtedly western. However, there are some cultural similarities. Both cities are strongly white collar and middle class. They also share a tendency towards brash self-promotion and an obsession with commercial enterprise.


I've only been to Houston a couple of times, but don't see anything in common with Calgary whatsoever. Both cities are big oil and gas corporate headquarters, but the Calgary oilpatch is very different from that in Houston.

[crazyjoeda]

Originally Posted by Pinion

Not so much music but otherwise it's basically Texas North.

The stereotype translation is like this:

Calgary=Dallas
Vancouver=San Francisco
Toronto=New York
Montreal=Paris

Vancouver=Vancouver
The city stands on its own.

[denveraztec]

Wonderful photos and I could see how Calgary can be compared to Denver in this thread and others on SSP. The historic structures mixed in with all the new reminds me of home. Thanks for sharing your pics!

[Rusty van Reddick]

Originally Posted by crazyjoeda

Calgary=Calgary
The city stands on its own.

Fixed that for ya.

[Jimby]

Thanks for your comments.


North Glenmore Park and Glenmore reservoir - the drinking water for south Calgary, part of the Elbow River.




native kids playing at Black Bear Crossing on the Tsuu T'ina Nation next to SW Calgary



Black Bear Crossing was originally called Harvey Barracks and was built as housing for the military on land leased from the Tsuu T'ina. When the military left town, squatters moved in and trashed the place. Most of the housing is condemned now. The federal government is renting apartments in Calgary for band members until new housing can be built on the reserve.




April 10 record snowfall




April 11, the snow is rapidly disappearing and the dandelions are popping up.




we have a small Zimbabwe community here



This cement truck was heading to that building, Xenex condos

[Surrealplaces]

Great pictures Living! I somehow had missed this thread, glad I caught it.

[wild wild west]

Loads of great pictures. Re: the Zimbabwean community, I noticed that in recent years Calgary has seen quite an influx of immigrants from various African countries. Nice to see that we are getting a much more diverse array of immigrants than we used to.