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Amur Cherry Tree in Calgary

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St. Patrick's Island Bridge opening day photo. Photo Credit : JEREMY KLASZUS, Oct 20, 2014.

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St. Patrick's Island Bridge opening day photo. Photo Credit: JEREMY KLASZUS, Oct 20, 2014

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Mountain Ash in Calgary

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Mountain Ash in Calgary

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Nice to see red among all the yellow and orange

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Pick me, pick me!! ;D

Looks like it’s giveaway time again!

We’ve got four packs of cameras to give away this time. 

Winners packs are pictured 1st to 4th place!

All you have to do to be entered in this giveaway is:

-Like this post

-Reblog this post

-Follow YYCSTREET

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We will announce the winners on the 31st!

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Lane housing and other single-dwelling tiny houses built within established communities - and therefore using established infrastructure such as transit, fire halls, sewer systems -- is such a great way of increasing density. Wish #yyc woukd get on it, maybe the likes of me would have a hope of home ownership befire I retire.

Picture this: you own a house on a big lot that's getting too much to handle as you're getting on in yrs. Add to that property tax increases that are getting too much to handle. You want to 'age in place' and dread the thought of moving.

The solution: sell a chunk of your yard for a 600-800 sq ft house to be built on. Benefits to you: a lump sum of cash from sale, smaller yard to care for, someone to share shoveling and other such property chores, no need to move, etc etc. For the buyer - a chance to own a house for around $150,000. Dare I dream?

UK Trailhouse Tiny House

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I ♡ yyc!

Calgary at night

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I want these!

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I don’t want to be a sweetheart. I want to be the fucking love of your life.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah (via kvvvte)

Yup!

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My first reaction:

The twentieth century? I could pick a better century out of hat, blindfolded, and get a better one!

(Quote from Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart’s Sabrina, 1954. One of my favorite movies.)

Let’s make the twenty-first century better, guys.

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Which city quotes inspire you? Share them with us and we might include them in this series!

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Creating walkable cities is tough when we’ve built an infrastructure that discourages walking. But it’s worth it. 

Our latest post looks at the future of the walkable neighborhood.