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A beacon of light across the Bow is the only light visible from an otherwise dark Kensington.
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During the early morning hours of June 21, 2013, a beautifully eerie landscape emerges as the city prepares for the eventual overflow of the Bow River's banks. The strong smell of an unknown gas permeates the air, as the murky waters of the Bow flow at a rate I had never seen before.
Shot between 1:00 and 3:30 am, Friday, June 21, 2013
A shot from the balcony of where I was staying on a recent trip to Calgary, Alberta. The Tower is the vocal point with what I believe is the Telus Convention Center below it. A C-Train can also be seen entering Centre Street station.
With angle parking on main street, you'd think this was taken a hundred kilometres outside of Calgary in Alberta's gorgeous prairie region, but it's not. Bowness used to be an independent town until it agreed to be annexed in 1964. Now, it's considered to be on the fringe of the inner-city, about 13 km's from the Calgary Tower.
Calgary Transit 1996 New Flyer D40LF #7618 seen on route 3 at 5 Avenue Southwest and 1 Street Southwest.
This was the 5th annual Send-off for Calgary area students. Alumni and current students gathered together to celebrate the success of the incoming students to the program and to welcome them to the U of T Skule community.
Calgary Transit 2008 New Flyer D60LFR #6026 seen on route 301 on 5 Avenue Southwest near Centre Street Southwest.
This heavily used bridge crosses the Bow River, from Calgary’s Chinatown on the south bank to the community of Crescent Heights at the north end. Centre Street runs through the heart of downtown Calgary and many of our most recognizable office towers buildings can be seen from this vantage point, including the recently completed Bow Building (presently the tallest office building in the city).
The bridge was built in 1916 for $375,000, replacing an earlier bridge that was destroyed by a flood in 1915. The Centre Street Bridge structure features upper and lower decks, and large cast concrete lions on four massive plinths, two at each end of the bridge. The original lions were cast by Scottish mason James L. Thompson, and were modeled after the brass lions at the base of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London. The upper deck, a reinforced concrete arch structure, spans 178 meters (584 ft) and is 15 meters (49 ft) wide. The lower deck, an "I" girders structure, runs for 150 meters (490 ft) and is 5.5 meters (18 ft) wide.
The bridge went through extensive restoration in 2001, when it was closed for one year. The lower deck was re-configured with reversible lanes, to help ease traffic congestion during rush hour. After much debate, the original lions were replaced with replicas at considerable expense.
In 2006, I created a waymark for one of the original lions (now located at City Hall) -
www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMXH2_Centre_Street_Bridge_Li...
There were very few vehicles travelling the bridge at 5:45 in the morning, but I timed it just right to get a few tail lights in this photo.
Calgary Transit 2002 New Flyer D40LF #7802 seen on route 3 on Centre Street Southwest near 6 Avenue South.