Calgary Photo Tour (August 2014)
 

This is a long coming photo thread I wanted to make for the longest time but was too lazy. But I decided to do so now.

Lets start with my trip into town, this was the rockies
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Rest of the pictures have no order

Heres a few from downtown
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I decided to go to the top of the Calgary tower, heres some photos from atop the tower
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The beltline I believe
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Looking towards the skydome
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Towers of downtown, density was incredible
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Looking down from the Calgary Tower
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Heart of downtown
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I was staying in Forrest lawn and took some photos from that area
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The skyline is impressive from a distance
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So I decided to take the C Train
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I thus proceeded to walk around downtown to get a feel of the place
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The C Train in the background, enjoyable ride in and out of town if I do say so myself.
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More street views of the CBD
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The city's skyscrapers are very tall and dense, I was extremely impressed.
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Looking up
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Tall one under construction on the left, don't know it's name but it's girthy.
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This windmill looks pretty interesting at it's location
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The Bow River was a beautiful green colour, made me think of kalamalka lake in the Okanagan but with a deeper green colour.
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I decided to walk across the pedestrian bridge, I cannot remember it's name but it's pretty nonetheless
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Nexen Headquarters
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Living Large
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Husky Headquarters
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Your skyscrapers have fantastic designs
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Native sculpture downtown
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Density FTW
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Near the train station, getting ready to pack it up and head back to the place I'm staying
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Some sunny pictures from the next days journey
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The bow in all her glory
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Calgary Tower
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The bow really is stunning
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More train shots by the Calgary Tower
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The Gorgeous Green Bow River
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Looking south towards the Calgary Tower
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More density
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I went inside a mall by chinatown
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Urban Canyons
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Sky's the limit
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Sky's indeed the limit
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Calgary Cranes
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I quite liked this building in the back
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Quirky public art
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Bow river
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Condo's on the shores of the Bow
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Growing skyline on the shores of the bow
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Skyline from the hill just north of the CBD
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The lush bow river valley
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Green Bow
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Skyline shots from the distance
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Residential highrise neighbourhood
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Ending skyline shot
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Finally my eventual departure

The rockies
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Canmore
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More rockies
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Finally on my way back to Vancouver heading west
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I love your city, very pretty and dense. Sorry I didn't get many shots outside the core.

I'll be back in January and hope to explore more.

Awesome, its nice to get a perspective from an outsider with all the comments. LOL at "skydome" :tup:

Nice set of shots. Appreciate your perspective!

Good to see our city through your POV.

Your comments on the river remind me that most urban rivers are brown - we are lucky to have the bow.

Thanks for the pics.

Thanks for the tour of Calgary from your point of view. Glad to see you stayed in the 'hood, and got the full Calgary experience! Thumbs way up!

Thanks guys, I was really impressed with the city's core and density.

It felt as big as seattle for some reason.

Oops, saddle dome :yes:

They both start with S

Lots of pictures aren't loading for me, probably about 1/3 of them.

Great tour and thanks for posting!

I don't know why the pictures are no longer working as they were working fine before.

Update: from January 10th to 24th I will be in Calgary again. I intend on taking a lot of photos.