January 20 - Leg. Building

I am posting twice on the 20th as I didn't post on the 18th because of SOPA and have been running a day late since. After this post, I will be caught up again.

This was also taken from my car window after taking the January 19 photo.  It is of the Provinical Legislative building at sunset.  Because it snowed earlier this week and because it has been so cold, the snow in the gardens is pristine and untouched. No one is outside walking over it because they don't want to be outside.

However, it is supposed to warm up to a balmy -10C tomorrow. Looking forward to it.

January 19-Skyscrapers across Regina's skyline

This was taken from my car (as it is still -40C with the windchill during the day). In the distance, across Wascana Lake, you can see the faint outline of a crane building the next skyscraper in Regina's downtown core.

Regina is different from other cities I've lived in. Their idea of a skyscraper is 20 storeys. Calgary's idea of a skyscraper is 50 storeys. But regardless of how you define a skyscraper, Regina is building another one. It will be interesting to see how it changes our skyline once it is completed.

January 18 - SOPA

I agree with the SOPA movement, spearheaded by Wikipedia. Would we be able to take photographs of statues and monuments in our town freely, or would we have to get the permission of the artist or owner of the work first? Could blogs like this even exist?

That's why there is no photo for this date.

January 17 - Climbing the walls

This is a photo I took in the summer of 2010. The store has since relocated, but I enjoyed the double-take when I first saw their "worker" hanging off the side of their building. It certainly caught my eye...He was certainly a dedicated "worker" patiently fixing that one spot, regardless of rain, sleet or snow.

January 16 - Memories of warmer times...

I took this photo last summer of one of the best burger joints in town...the original Burger Baron. They make the best, juiciest burgers in Regina.

Something to remind us that summer will return as we shiver in -30 C weather.

January 15 - Training Centre for the Regina Fire Department

I snapped this photo yesterday before the snow started to fall as I will not be at my computer after this morning.
This is a picture of the Education and Training Centre for the RFD. The building looks a bit boring, but off to the left-side is a cement tower. (I was driving too fast and missed catching it in the shot.)
The RFD fills that cement tower with combustable material and burn so recruits learn how to enter buildings and conduct search patterns.  I've never seen them training in that building, but you can see the soot marks on the outside as you drive by.

January 14 - Victoria Park today

You will see that I am submitting three posts in one day; it is because I wasn't able to get to a computer until this moment to download the pictures in my camera. (I'm going to see about changing the settings on my smart phone so I can upload and blog on the run.)
This photo is of Victoria Park from 11th Avenue and Lorne Street.  City Council (why, I will never know) decided to change the free-flowing traffic in the downtown core to create a 'festival place' beside Victoria Park. They promised they would have traffic going down 11th once it was completed. They said it would be done in a year.
Well, after spending millions of dollars, this is what we got. Metal structures that look like the fence of a concentration camp. The lamp poles look like light sabres out of Star Wars. No one goes downtown because the traffic is so screwed. And no one goes to the festival place to hang out. (Do you see anyone in that picture? It was taken at 4 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon when the temperature was -5C [that's warm for Regina in January.])
What a colossal waste of money. I hope people remember that when it comes time to the election. Wasting that much money during tough economic times is a shame.

January 13 - Plains Hotel today

Here is the vacant lot where the Plains Hotel used to sit (I blogged about it earlier this week and around this same time in 2010.) Sorry about all the poles, but I was behind some cars and couldn't make it to the front of the intersection to take the photo.
The empty lot makes the intersection look bare and uninviting. I hope they begin construction soon.