'New Calgary' highlighted by National Geographic

[troutman]

National Geographic photographer Katie Orlinsky uncovers the best of the Canadian city’s cosmopolitan aesthetic


https://www.nationalgeographic.com/t...lgary-alberta/

A new culture has arisen in the Alberta, Canada, city of Calgary, one that favors healthy lifestyles and bright ideas built directly into its existing fabric. With so much to discover both within the city limits and just beyond—from its mainstay neighborhoods and inventive eats to the four nearby UNESCO World Heritage sites and a horde of both indoor and outdoor adventuring—Calgary acts as a spirited basecamp to Canadian wonders like the Rockies and Badlands and as a destination unto itself. Here are the places and experiences that top our don’t-miss list.

[CroFlames]

*sponsored by the Amazon bid group

[troutman]

Says Kensington has 300 restaurants? I don't think so.

[Bigtime]

Restaurants and shops.

[troutman]

Preview of the New Edmonton article:

[Bigtime]

I don't see near enough sweatpants in that picture.

[Wormius]

Sweat pants hanging from the clothes line. Trans-am parked under the tree. If that's not Edmonton, it should be its sister city.

[Ozy_Flame]

While I like the positive accolades, I hate pieces written by free spirited hipster 20-something backpackers. I have no idea why they're taken as gospel for travel articles. Give me a grizzled middle-aged veteran who doesn't spend half their time doing selfies and SnapChats! And I'm a millennial!

This writer also doesn't even have any pictures of Alberta - let alone Calgary - on her advertised Instagram account, even though she appears to making traveling her career. That is suspect.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

While I like the positive accolades, I hate pieces written by free spirited hipster 20-something backpackers. I have no idea why they're taken as gospel for travel articles. Give me a grizzled middle-aged veteran who doesn't spend half their time doing selfies and SnapChats! And I'm a millennial!

This writer also doesn't even have any pictures of Alberta - let alone Calgary - on her advertised Instagram account, even though she appears to making traveling her career. That is suspect.

Resume looks great to me:

http://www.katieorlinsky.com/about

She has spent over a decade as a photojournalist covering news stories and feature assignments all around the world for major publications like The New York Times, The New Yorker and National Geographic. Katie has recieved numerous photographic awards from institutions such as the Art Director’s Club, PDN30, Visa Pour L’image, Pictures of the Year International, and most recently the 2016 Paris Match Female Photojournalist of the Year Award as well as artist grants from the Magnum Foundation, Getty Images, the Howard Buffet Foundation and the Pulitzer Center.


Katie frequently partners with educational institutions and non-profit organizations to pursue long-term personal work such as “Innocence Assassinated,” an award-winning five-year project about the ignored innocents of the Mexican drug war, “Bought and Sold” a collaboration with anti-slavery organization Caritas and The New York Times about sex trafficking in Nepal, “The Women’s War in Mali” a mixed media documentary project supported by The International Reporting Project, Smithsonian Magazine recently exhibited at Princeton University about women in post-conflict Mali, and “Children do not migrate, they flee” a visual essay produced in collaboration with Humanity United that was exhibited in the United States Senate Rotunda. A chance assignment in the Alaskan wilderness in 2014 led Katie to her current focus- documenting the real, human stories of our warming climate today. “Chasing Winter” is a three-year photographic project in progress exploring how climate change is challenging communities across Alaska, and transforming the relationship between people, animals and the land. The work has been published in National Geographic, The New Republic, The Guardian, Paris Match, Marie Claire, Al Jazeera America, The New York Times, Smithsonian, The New Yorker and The Guardian.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

While I like the positive accolades, I hate pieces written by free spirited hipster 20-something backpackers. I have no idea why they're taken as gospel for travel articles. Give me a grizzled middle-aged veteran who doesn't spend half their time doing selfies and SnapChats! And I'm a millennial!

This writer also doesn't even have any pictures of Alberta - let alone Calgary - on her advertised Instagram account, even though she appears to making traveling her career. That is suspect.

Those guys are at work earning money so their hipster-dufus Millennial kids can bum around the world.

[burn_this_city]

The photographer traveled here and the article was written by another person.

[Wormius]

I am kind of surprised there were so many pictures from around Prince's Island, but no pictures of the Peace Bridge. Maybe it's too cliché now?

[Ozy_Flame]

Don't doubt the photographer's credentials (they look stellar), but there are so many young travel writers with social media accounts that it's all so watered down - and that's no fault of their own, it's just what exists. This writer could be anybody in the world.

Hanna Lott-Schwartz wrote the article though. That's who I'm referring to.

Sorry, I have spent mucho time backpacking myself and all travel writers are basically a blur at this point.

[BurningYears]

Partner content produced by national geographic with destination canada

[Northendzone]

no locals wandering around without clothing - what happened to the national geographic I grew up with

[Puppet Guy]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

no locals wandering around without clothing - what happened to the national geographic I grew up with

never mind that - which neighbourhood did you grow up in?

[CliffFletcher]

The New Calgary, eh? The more things change, the more they stay the same:

https://forums.beyond.ca/threads/373...ic-March-1984?

[Minnie]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

The New Calgary, eh? The more things change, the more they stay the same:

https://forums.beyond.ca/threads/373...ic-March-1984?

Haha, there's some funny stuff in that article. Interesting read too, in a lot of other ways.

Bending the ear of Mayor Ralph Klein is as easy as dialing the phone. During his Saturday morning radio show, Klein often listens to routine complaints about traffic hazards and junked autos. One resident, upset over stray cats, suggested that they be licensed. When told that an English law enacted by Henry II prohibiting the licensing of cats was still on the books, the caller had a simple solution. Since horses are licensed, merely pass a bylaw stating that, in Calgary, cats are horses."

[Swift]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

The New Calgary, eh? The more things change, the more they stay the same:

https://forums.beyond.ca/threads/373...ic-March-1984?

Anybody know where those toblerone houses are in the article? One street sign says Coach Hill Rd, the other says Coach something something. I'm looking around that area but I can't find them on google streetview. Are they already knocked?

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by Cameron Swift

Anybody know where those toblerone houses are in the article? One street sign says Coach Hill Rd, the other says Coach something something. I'm looking around that area but I can't find them on google streetview. Are they already knocked?

They are still there, NE corner of Coach Hill Road and Coach Bluff Crescent SW.