A photo tour through New Westminster, BC - Royal City - 49°12′25″N 122°54′40″W

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Leap!

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With this picture, New Westminster Daily Photo will be on hiatus for a couple of weeks until the craziness with work settles down and I can spend some quality time photographing this great city.

Monday, February 27, 2012

History

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It's probably gone now, but this old show sign was exposed after the hideous building next to it was demolished. All that will stay of this building is the Art Deco front. The rest is to replaced by...condos.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Vancity

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I remember being 12 years old and taking SkyTrain for the first time. I thought it was so cool that the tracks went directly under the buildings.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Stretch

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Part of the new Plaza 88 monstrosity. Grey with the tiniest splash of colour.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Monday, February 20, 2012

Inside-Out

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Reverse of yesterday's shot, as I stood inside the Queen Elizabeth Theatre and shot across the courtyard, capturing the Vancouver CBC building across the road. That's the Vancouver Library kitty corner to the theatre.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Modernism

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View from the balcony level of Queen Elizabeth Theatre, prior to seeing National Ballet of Cuba's presentation of Don Quixote.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Monday, February 13, 2012

Bizarre

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How does this even make sense? Not only that, the zigzag doesn't even join properly so someone on wheels would find themselves in a slightly dangerous situation. Another example of catering to cars and not giving that much attention to pedestrians, etc.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Overcast

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Pitt Lake and the surrounding mountains obscured by low cloud early today.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Small World

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Permit me the indulgence of this shot. While at an outdoor education workshop I was using a 10X magnification loupe to investigate the smaller side of nature. This is a photograph I took while studying the bark of a tree. Fantastic!

Friday, February 10, 2012

Nesting

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These metal poles at the Surrey Nature Centre were also photographed back in November, but until today I had no idea what they were about. Apparently, they are a teaching tool that shows students (sort of) how birds nests are constructed.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Mason

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How many times have I passed this street but never noticed the Freemasons Hall standing there?!

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Makeover

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This building was featured last summer when still covered in scaffolding. It was given a makeover from an ugly 1970s style facade to this one, of the "old is new" style. Much better.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Expired

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Plaque at Admiralty Point for a lease on the land in Belcarra that expired last year after a 99-year term. On the trail leading to this point are bricks and foundations, remnants of squatters' cabins of yore.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Beautiful Day

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All the bits of the Quay previously photographed individually, now in one great picture.

Friday, February 3, 2012