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> <channel><title>Watawa life &#187; The city 11</title> <atom:link href="http://www.robink.ca/blog/category/the-city-11/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.robink.ca/blog</link> <description>A photo blog set in Ottawa</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 02:24:54 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>The city 11</title><link>http://www.robink.ca/blog/the-city-11/</link> <comments>http://www.robink.ca/blog/the-city-11/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 03:46:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Robin Kelsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[All topics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The city 11]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.robink.ca/blog/the-city-11/</guid> <description><![CDATA[I like the weird artifacts of the city. Some of them are graffiti, but others aren&#8217;t even that intentional. They just kind of happen, like this thing. Courier needs bike Bit of graffiti There&#8217;s my foot. But is it art? Above the door of an office building. That frieze down at the bottom of Kent [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like the weird artifacts of the city. Some of them are graffiti, but others aren&#8217;t even that intentional. They just kind of happen, like this thing.</p><p><img
id="image2516" alt=found1.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/found1.jpg" /></p><p>Courier needs bike</p><p><img
id="image2528" alt=direct.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/direct.jpg" /></p><p>Bit of graffiti</p><p><img
id="image2519" alt=graffiti.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/graffiti.jpg" /></p><p>There&#8217;s my foot. But is it art?</p><p><img
id="image2533" alt=foot1.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/foot1.jpg" /></p><p>Above the door of an office building.</p><p><img
id="image2520" alt=fish.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/fish.jpg" /></p><p>That frieze down at the bottom of Kent St</p><p><img
id="image2534" alt=frieze1.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/frieze1.jpg" /></p><p>Lights in a tree</p><p><img
id="image2522" alt=lights1.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/lights1.jpg" /></p><p>St. Andrew&#8217;s presbyterian church has got this statue of Christ as a beggar. It&#8217;s pretty good. It just sits there in all kinds of weather. People sometimes put coins in its hand. (Of course they could give the coins to an actual beggar. Maybe giving them to the statue is something like putting them in a homeless meter: not so personal.)</p><p><img
id="image2525" alt=hood1.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/hood1.jpg" /></p><p>Here&#8217;s a closeup of the hooded face.</p><p><img
id="image2524" alt=hood.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/hood.jpg" /></p><p>Hand with coins. Too bad it doesn&#8217;t hold a few more.</p><p><img
id="image2526" alt=hand.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/hand.jpg" /></p><p>I don&#8217;t know.</p><p><img
id="image2529" alt=dunno.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/dunno.jpg" /></p><p>And finally, it looks like Somerset House will be saved after all. The building seems to have been stabilized, and the street is open. Here&#8217;s how it looks now.</p><p><img
id="image2532" alt=somerset.jpg src="http://www.robink.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/somerset.jpg" /></p><p>That&#8217;s all! Happy holidays everybody.</p><hr
/>A year ago:<br
/> -<a
href="http://www.robink.ca/blog/xmas-eve-2006-part-1-preston-st/"><strong>Xmas Eve 2006, part 1</strong></a><br
/> -<a
href="http://www.robink.ca/blog/crosses/"><strong>Crosses</strong></a><br
/> -<a
href="http://www.robink.ca/blog/my-life-in-hockey/"><strong>My life in hockey</strong></a><br
/><hr
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