Neighbourhood

I took a little stroll in our Calgary neighbourhood today, camera in hand. Ours is an inner city neighbourhood, a mixture of residential and commercial, old and new, traditional and unusual. I’m including photos of a few interesting buildings in this post; descriptions follow the photos. All of the locations posted are within a 5 minute walk of our house.

Despite its appearance, Rubaiyat is a very high end gift shop on 17th Avenue. Renowned for their window displays at Christmas time.

A very good restaurant. Interesting location, “sandwiched” between a Starbucks and a Subway.

Located across the street from Brava Bistro. The other end of the culinary scale. Nonetheless, an interesting photo subject.

Located on 7th Street, needs a little paint to live up to the grandeur suggested by its name.

New high rise condominium, located at 7th street and 15th Avenue. A little pricier than the Mount Royal Apartments.

Located on 17th Avenue. A sports bar, Melrose was the centre of festivities during the Flames’ 2004 Stanley Cup run.

Not pretty but pretty convenient. May be finding it tougher to compete now with a shiny new Shoppers across the street, also selling convenience articles. At least Shoppers doesn’t cut keys.

The best stationery store I’ve ever seen. Oddly, they also offer an eclectic mix of other items (as you might have guessed from their window display). Perhaps they’re trying to outdo Rubaiyat, a few doors down 17th Avenue.

From its original purpose as a so-called bachelors hotel to serving as a backdrop to a local pop diva’s music video; Anderson Estates, more commonly known as the Anderson continues to be one of Calgary’s most beloved historical buildings.

Built in 1912 for a cost of $150,000 the Anderson Apartments (804-18 Ave. S.W) was from its inception a unique building on Calgary’s cityscape.

I concluded my walk here.

All the photos were shot three times each, at different exposures (1-1/3 f-stops apart). Each final photo was created by blending the 3 exposures to create a high dynamic range image. Wider dynamic range allows HDR images to more accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes.