[WIGS]

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*If you missed my first thread from the other day, click here (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=165401)
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2nd time visiting downtown Calgary today.
These pics aren't as good as my first thread, imo.
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anyways, here we go:

we start our journey at the CTrain University station (literally around the corner from where I live):
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/3691/downtowncalgarypart2108js5.jpg

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/6608/downtowncalgarypart2109hn0.jpg

10 minutes is all it takes to get downtown! :tup:

Calgary City Hall (old and new [behind], I think?)
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9331/downtowncalgarypart2023qq0.jpg

Calgary Olympic Plaza
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/8245/downtowncalgarypart2018fw9.jpg

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/6505/downtowncalgarypart2013nm9.jpg

Plaques:
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3948/downtowncalgarypart2022zz1.jpg

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7614/downtowncalgarypart2021ry6.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9017/downtowncalgarypart2019lw4.jpg

Pano!
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/30/calgaryolympicparkpanocaj8.jpg

here's a few sucky ones, imo
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8816/calgarydowntownsuckypanlx8.jpg

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/2034/calgarydowntownsuckypandz6.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8734/calgarydowtownsuckypanowg4.jpg

TD Canada Trust Tower
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/9229/downtowncalgarypart2107kz5.jpg

TD Square (shopping mall connected to other buildings via +15 skywalks)
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7215/downtowncalgarypart2075wq4.jpg

a store I'll never buy anything from :haha:
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/1241/downtowncalgarypart2076xm5.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6528/downtowncalgarypart2077ib8.jpg

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/5814/downtowncalgarypart2078wy9.jpg

which forumer is obsessed with Starbucks? this is for you :D
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2997/downtowncalgarypart2079gu9.jpg

my camera hates your sign!
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6867/downtowncalgarypart2080bz1.jpg

at this point I got stopped by security and just claimed ignorance of being new to Calgary and he let me go with the promise of not taking anymore pictures.

from the +15 skywalk
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3954/downtowncalgarypart2085vj3.jpg

Petro Canada Centre... the windows are grody! :yuck:
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2139/downtowncalgarypart2083fp0.jpg

Stephen Avenue Ped. Mall
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5534/downtowncalgarypart2026rw0.jpg

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/6209/downtowncalgarypart2024nk7.jpg

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1116/downtowncalgarypart2027ca8.jpg

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6108/downtowncalgarypart2030qk2.jpg

Glenbow Museum (I'll have to check it out sometime)
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/9982/downtowncalgarypart2032ln0.jpg

thought this building looked interesting
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5756/downtowncalgarypart2034dv5.jpg

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/3934/downtowncalgarypart2035lg6.jpg

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2572/downtowncalgarypart2049ay9.jpg

Molson has (had) their own bank? :haha:
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2709/downtowncalgarypart2048ve6.jpg

thought the name sounded funny
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/4650/downtowncalgarypart2051hf7.jpg

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5213/downtowncalgarypart2052qz4.jpg

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6796/downtowncalgarypart2055ya3.jpg

This place is flaming :haha: (sorry I'm a Sabres fan. slowly converting to like both teams though)
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/595/downtowncalgarypart2057xe2.jpg

every decent Canadian downtown has an HMV
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/1782/downtowncalgarypart2061nd2.jpg

These look like higher-end restaurants
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/5703/downtowncalgarypart2067zv5.jpg

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1307/downtowncalgarypart2069xu1.jpg

obligatory shot
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9876/downtowncalgarypart2068js2.jpg

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8034/downtowncalgarypart2062aj0.jpg

the road is blocked. grrr :hell: :haha: damn construction!
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4945/downtowncalgarypart2060dx6.jpg

Banking Central
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/377/downtowncalgarypart2065ns1.jpg

tall twins
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/5359/downtowncalgarypart2066fw4.jpg

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/8894/downtowncalgarypart2070ua4.jpg

2 Canadian icons:
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8150/downtowncalgarypart2072tv7.jpg

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/6126/downtowncalgarypart2073bv8.jpg

Toronto has First Canadian Place, Calgary has First Canadian Centre. both have BMO as major tenants. coincidence?
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/1078/downtowncalgarypart2087iv2.jpg

thought the newer building was kinda neat how it juts out
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/379/downtowncalgarypart2096co8.jpg

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3959/downtowncalgarypart2094yt5.jpg

not bad for a new Court building
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2197/downtowncalgarypart2097or9.jpg

Petro Canada Centre shines!
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6915/downtowncalgarypart2047co8.jpg

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Goodbye from Buffalo, NY :D
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/3383/electrictowermediumxj0.jpg

[westcoastperspective]

Pretty nice!
I like the shot showing light rail and buses sharing the road....maybe someday in Buffalo. :shrug:
Lots of trees on the downtown streets, and retail!

[boden]

Good post Wigs!

[Top Of The Park]

very modern

[Babbage]

Nice pictures. Your title should be Calgary: Hart of the New West because Bret Hart is from Calgary.

Get it? Hahaha.

...lame, i know.