[bulliver]

Also posted at C2E: http://www.connect2edmonton.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=12442

Went out for a bigger walk on April 10. Tried to time it so I would arrive back downtown at sunset. The weather started quite nice and warm, about 16 degrees C.

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Jasper Ave.
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Self-portrait
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Happened upon a Sri Lankan anti-genocide rally
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Pipes for the High Level Bridge Waterfall
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It seems all the best bars are downtown...
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The weather started turning when I got to the southside.
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Is there anything in nature more perfect than a tree?
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There is no post on this shot, the sky filtered out the colours
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Who says Edmonton isn't dense...
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High Level trolley tracks
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Knox Church
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Strathcona Public Library
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The clouds started overtaking me...
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Time for a new flag
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And then the rain and thunder came...
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I had decided to walk to 109 St and take a bus home, but the clouds broke before I got there. I decided to press on to the University
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Hmmm, Flames?
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What recession? Edmonton Clinic cranes
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Apparently the 7:10pm bird also gets the worm
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The UofA was lousy with hares. This guy was still wet from the rain
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When engineers create art?
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Fantastic reflective glass
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HUB exterior doesn't do the building justice
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And back downtown for sunset
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Icon I and II polking out of the hole where the Arlington should be
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Jasper Ave. again
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Thanks for looking!

[S_B_Russell]

Great photos!

[Robert Pence]

Wonderful detail and light. Edmonton's downtown looks dynamic and growing.

[CMD UW]

Nice shots, so orange!

[skrish]

Nice pics in both threads. Good to see more people from Edmonton posting their pictures.

[bulliver]

Thanks everyone...

Edmonton's downtown looks dynamic and growing.

Not as fast as we would hope but, we're getting their slowly. Other than Stationlands Epcor tower we've not much office constuction, but there is still lots of condo towers on the outskirts of DT u/c or planned. Also, our first significant LRT expansion in ~10 years is about to open, so we are excited about that.

[ue]

^To add, the Edmonton Oliver district just west of downtown is full of high rise residential. It has a population double downtown and has a lot less office towers. It is kinda similar to the Beltline in Calgary but not quite, there are more towers I believe in Oliver. Anyways there has been a lot of construction in the Oliver area. Railtown (though nothing to be too proud of), Meredian (again pretty ugly), Venetian (puke!), Panache Condos, Grant MacEwan Residence, the Parliament, Lessard House, Illuminada, Illuminada II, Serenity, Uptown, as well as small infill and a few other proposals like Pearl and Concert development. That area is growing just as quickly as the downtown.

(commented on C2E:tup: )

[SHOFEAR]

When engineers create art?

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Its primarly used to demonstrate different kinds of structural (steel) connections. Look at it closely, no two connections are the same.

I think it's awesome. And unlike most public art, it didn't take a hundred grand of public funds to become some make work project for an otherwise hemp wearing, shampooless, unemployed artist.

[bulliver]

Thanks for the info SHOFEAR,

I assure you the question was genuine, not a smart-ass remark. I'm not an engineer so I can't speak to its efficacy as a demonstation vehicle, but as art it's not really my cup of tea...

And why you gotta hate on the hemp? I wear hemp and I can assure you I am employed and also wash my hair.

[SHOFEAR]

I'm just cranky cause I'm studying for finals.

You should have wondered around campus more and got some shots of CCIS. Especially the NE side where glass is going up. You don't realize how massive that project is till you wonder around it.

[bulliver]

I'm just cranky cause I'm studying for finals.

You should have wondered around campus more and got some shots of CCIS. Especially the NE side where glass is going up. You don't realize how massive that project is till you wonder around it.

Understandable...

And BTW, I did walk around CCIS and get quite a few shots. I took over 1000 shots this particular day, and couldn't post them all. Perhaps I will post a few CCIS shots to the Edmonton Construction thread.

[ue]

^holy crap ... and people say i take lots of pics when i take 400/day or 2days.

[bulliver]

He he, well I do it for two reasons, first, I subscribe to the 'Boomhauer' school of photography, whereby if you shoot 1000 shots, at least a few will turn out good, and also, I set my shutter release to 'continuous' and take 2-3 pictures for every shot I frame. Generally one of these shots will have that extra something to it...