Last week, I walked from the East Village over to Bridgeland on the other side of the river. Before I crossed the bridge, I noticed this (I later stole this photo, which was posted here on Twitter):
Meanwhile, some noted Calgary observers were discussing this same subject on Twitter:
Jeremy Klaszus @klaszus The weird East Village decals of people in water are being removed—on this pier at least #yyc
Zoey Duncan @zoeywrites @klaszus Looking forward to whatever replaces them. They weren't terrible, but certainly weird.
Aaron Stayner @BigtimeYYC @zoeywrites @klaszus Thank goodness, never cared for those.
Aaron Stayner @BigtimeYYC @zoeywrites @klaszus Besides we need something colourful under those bridges. Grey and white didn't cut it.
Jeremy Klaszus @klaszus @BigtimeYYC @zoeywrites They were, uh, different. I agree — something with colours would be good there!
Well, I kept on walking over the Langevin Bridge. And when I got to the other side, I found myself underneath the enormous grey concrete flyover. Here's how it looks:
Jeremy Klaszus @klaszus The weird East Village decals of people in water are being removed—on this pier at least #yyc
Zoey Duncan @zoeywrites @klaszus Looking forward to whatever replaces them. They weren't terrible, but certainly weird.
Aaron Stayner @BigtimeYYC @zoeywrites @klaszus Thank goodness, never cared for those.
Aaron Stayner @BigtimeYYC @zoeywrites @klaszus Besides we need something colourful under those bridges. Grey and white didn't cut it.
Jeremy Klaszus @klaszus @BigtimeYYC @zoeywrites They were, uh, different. I agree — something with colours would be good there!
Well, I kept on walking over the Langevin Bridge. And when I got to the other side, I found myself underneath the enormous grey concrete flyover. Here's how it looks:
Thousands of people drive under it every day, and numerous Calgarians also walk, jog, bike, wait for the lights to change, stop at Starbucks, and fill up their cars... UNDER IT.
| I used to live in Bridgeland, and I still have the same whimsical thought I had then: THIS is the spot that's crying out for a mural!!! Just take a look at the flyover, and then imagine all that grey concrete covered with something like Dean Stanton's fabulous colourful Sunalta School mural (right). I'm looking forward to the new RiverWalk public art. But if I can ever figure out a safe way to do it, I'd love to propose a colourful facelift to the underside of the flyover. | 
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And this has nothing to do with the flyover, but it's just something else I noticed as I walked along McDougall Road in Bridgeland. A house with a lovely frosted-glass pattern on its window... and a garden-implement-inspired gargoyle keeping watch. Whatever happens along the RiverWalk, I think public art... of one variety or another... is alive and well in Calgary's inner city.
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