“Yeah! good food, good beer. We have local craft beer on tap, lots of local seasonal beer. It’s great to see people come in and enjoy good food, best part of my day.” Ric Cutillo, Proprietor of Midtown Kitchen & Bar
Category: #Sunnyside365 (Page 30 of 39)
New Edinborough Park, on 3rd ave and 5a Street NW. This mature park is irrigated and consists of a large playground, a large play field area and an ice surface during the winter months. It’s worth noting that this was Calgary’s first pesticide-free park.
Clouds rolling over the Bow River at sunrise on the last morning of Summer, 2015. Commuters into the downtown core have their heads down or focused ahead, not seeing the drama that unfolds in the sky.
First milestone achieved! Three months into #Sunnyside365 project! It’s the first day of Autumn. The leaves are starting to change, emerald leaves shift to gold as the seasons give way for each other and all of a sudden, colour bursts from everywhere in Sunnyside.
“The Roasterie has been in business for thirty years. All the things you see here is from a collection of over three decades, the little coffee grinders, the coffee cans, the mugs… all of it. We’ve seen a lot of customers over the years.
Kensington? Oh, boy. What’s not to like?” Lech Wojakowski, owner of The Roasterie.
Mushrooms have invaded Memorial Drive! over ten-thousand eco-friendly blocks made of organic materials, primarily a mushroom spore, have been setup as part of Beakerhead’s IN/FLUX exhibit. People are invited to come down to the space on Memorial Drive and 11 Street NW to interact with the exhibit and see this fascinating material in real life.
“I’ve been coming here for a long time. It’s one of the few places I’ve been to where you can walk up to stranger, ask them for a light, and then talk to them for an hour. You know what? I’m having one of the longest conversations I’ve had with anybody in over a week. I guess you can say that I don’t have a lot of friends anywhere, but when I come here, I know I can just talk to anybody.” John.
“I’ve got a photo exhibition at the Roasterie right now. I’ve been around as much as I used to be, but it’s nice to come back to have some coffee and see some familiar faces. I really like your project!” Matthew Dupuis.
Member of Parliament and Canadian NDP Leader Tom Mulcair addresses his supporters at a stop-over in the Calgary-Confederation campaign office. The old Money Mart location on 10th Street NW has been converted into the headquarters of Kirk Heuser, the NDP candidate for the newly formed Calgary-Confederation district.
To find more photos of the event, please visit this link to my Flickr gallery.
“I’ve been in menswear for fifty-two years. James and Dickson began in 1992, It was a result of us breaking up with our previous business partner. This location has been here since 2000–and we have had stores in malls around the city, but we closed them down to focus on this one.
We have a master tailor, Vince Novello is his name. He works up front in the store. Many stores have tailors who work behind the scenes or will have your measurements shipped out to an outside location. Vince was born and raised in Italy–he’s the real deal.
This neighbourhood? Oh my… Getting to know my customers has been a truly wonderful experience. I would say that we have quite a loyal core of customers: people who walk here from their homes or job sites in downtown. We feel like our customers have become friends. I guess that’s what happens when you’ve dealt with the same people for forty or fifty years… I would say that it’s really an inter-store relationship. Some of my life-long colleagues run their businesses in and around this store.” Terry James Mullin, Owner, James & Dickson Clothiers.