City Scene: Gift Shop, Ngong Ping

Wherever there is a buck to be made in China, someone is trying to make it.  This is a gift shop outside of a monastery and shrine in Ngong Ping in the New Territories of China.  It is well equipped to handle the needs of anyone who forgot to bring their sacrifices, or perhaps realized too late that their sacrifices pale in comparison to their neighbors sacrifices.

City Scene: Explosive Fishing, Hong Kong

This sign at Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong warns against using electricity, poison, or explosives while fishing.  You have to wonder about the kind of society that warrants this sort of warning.

City Scene: Breaking News, Toronto

A television live truck crashes through the wall of a building in downtown Toronto.  The truck is a work of art placed there by CITY Television back when this was the CHUM-CITY Building.  Later, as stations were bought and sold in the market, the truck was repainted with the CityPulse24 logo.  The media companies have since vacated this building.  Last we heard, it was undecided if the truck would stay.  Some consider it a great piece of folk art and a landmark of the neighborhood.

City Scene: Christ the Redeemer, Ischia Porto

A statue of Christ the Redeemer looks out over the harbor of Ischia Porto on the island of Ischia in Italy.  Over the decades it has welcomes countless sailors, tourists, and others to the sheltering waters of the calm harbor.

City Scene: Chopin Plaque, Prague

A plaque on a wall in Prague honors the great composer, Frederic Chopin.

City Scene: Brussels Metro

The yellow and blue trams of the Brussels Metro sail into Brussels Midi station.

City Scene: Brompton Road, London

The dazzling lights of Harrod's department store illuminate this twilight scene of Brompton Road in London.

City Scene: BP Pedestrian Bridge, Chicago

The BP Pedestrian Bridge snakes across Columbus Drive in Chicago.  The sun glints off its stainless steel scales as the serpentine structure carries pedestrians between Millennium Park and Grant Park.