the portal project

Weathered blue wooden door with rusty hinges set into an opening in a red brick wall above a patch of ground.

Weathered Blue Wooden Door

A white front door with glass panes stands at the top of concrete steps beside a black trash receptacle outside a stucco home with light green brick accents.

Residential Front Entrance with White Door

Glass double doors under a RESTAURANT sign display notices for customer washroom use and an OPEN sign.

Restaurant Glass Entrance Doors

A yellow and red storefront features prominent green signage above an entrance area next to trees.

Longview FasGas Plus Store Front

A red brick cinema building displays a marquee sign above closed entrance doors beside a street lamp.

Wales Movie Theatre Facade

A two-story white brick shop with ice cream parlor signage stands along a wooden sidewalk with people walking nearby.

Vulcan Confectionery Building

A glass entrance door with paper-covered windows is set into a brown brick facade below two upper story windows.

Glass Storefront Entrance in Brown Brick Facade

A DAVIDsTEA storefront framed in vibrant teal stands open to a shopping mall hallway with tiled flooring.

DAVIDsTEA Mall Entrance

A light yellow commercial building features a prominent Hub Hotel sign mounted near a Canadian flag.

Hub Hotel Sign and Building

A glass front door framed by textured concrete blocks stands beside a building sign and a potted plant on the sidewalk.

Glass Entrance to Commercial Building

A prominent staircase rises to the main entrance of a brick building marked with St Jean Baptiste above the doorway.

Entrance to St. Jean Baptiste Building

A white house with a centered front door and concrete steps stands behind a spacious lawn.

Front Entrance of a White House

A white front door with a gabled porch framed by bright magenta house walls sits behind tiered flower planters.

Magenta Gabled Front Porch with Flower Planters

A commercial store entrance displays a prominent green Sobeys sign over glass sliding doors marked with in and out labels.

Sobeys Store Entrance

A recessed glass storefront entrance flanked by decorative white columns and framed by bare vines with a black chandelier hanging above.

Storefront Entrance with Chandelier

A row of closed storefronts with white security shutters stands along a sidewalk under a light sky.

Storefront with Roll-Down Shutters

Glass double doors form the entrance to a store behind a red sale sign supported by a metal frame and buckets.

Storefront Entrance with Sale Sign

A low-angle view of a building corner showing vertical metal siding above glass entrance doors and a concrete pillar with globe lights.

Building Entrance with Pillar Light

Glass entrance door of a shop set into a terracotta wall beside a sidewalk at dusk.

Storefront Entrance at Dusk

A central glass entrance door sits beneath a prominent sign reading Harry's Place Restaraunt and Lounge on a beige stucco building.

Storefront Entrance to Harry's Place

Outdoor wooden benches with blue LED lighting rest in an urban plaza near a brick commercial building.

Urban Plaza Benches at Night

Trees wrapped in warm lights stand beside a wet sidewalk running past shop windows and parked cars at night.

Storefront Sidewalk at Night

Double glass entrance doors feature metal security grilles beneath an illuminated pharmacy sign.

Drug Mart Store Entrance

A lit marquee sign above a movie theatre entrance casts a red glow over the textured exterior wall at night.

Joyland Theatre Entrance at Night

Illuminated commercial storefront entrances lined with glass doors and windows during a heavy snowfall at dusk.

Storefront Entrances in Snow

A convenience store storefront features a glass door, display windows, and a red illuminated sign viewed across a parking lot at night.

Strathmore Convenience Store Front

A giant multi-pointed star decoration glowing with string lights decorates the concourse of an indoor shopping mall.

Illuminated Star Sculpture in a Mall Concourse

A glass restaurant entrance door flanked by yellow food menu decals beneath a brown wall with red signage.

Prairie Donair Storefront Entrance

Front view of an orange pizzeria storefront with a red Wildside Pizzeria sign, glass door, menu windows, and a wooden picnic table.

Wildside Pizzeria Storefront

A dark-painted entrance doorway with sidelights stands framed by red brick pilasters below an engraved stone block.

Brick Building Entrance with Carved Stone Inscription

A vintage teal and white station wagon is parked on the street outside a pub with tiled walls and a sign above the door.

Vintage Station Wagon at King Eddy Pub

A bright yellow metal canopy and matching ramp handrails mark the glass entrance door of a white brick building against a blue sky.

Yellow Canopy Entrance

A grey door and large window are set into the painted block wall of a patrol office below a scalloped roofline.

Alberta Beach Patrol Entrance

A line of tall flagpoles and rectangular stone planters sits along the sidewalk outside an illuminated commercial mall building at dusk.

Shopping Mall Entrance at Dusk

An illuminated yellow sign shaped like a bottle rises above a store door set into purple corrugated siding under a twilight sky.

The Back Door Liquor Store Entrance

A textured orange stucco commercial building features blue signage for a massage business against a clear sky.

Massage Above All Storefront

A grey corrugated metal store building displays Beachside Market signs above glass entrance doors.

Beachside Market Entrance

A low-angle view looking down a paved drive beside a brick-accented building with a wide soffit canopy leading toward utility poles and parked trucks.

Commercial Building Canopy and Alleyway

A yellow restaurant sign reading Wong's Restaurant mounts to a light beige exterior wall beside a recessed entrance.

Wong's Restaurant Sign and Entrance

A wooden greenhouse structure featuring framed glass windows and a white paned door stands on a gravel ground.

Wooden Greenhouse with White Door

A decorative skeleton wearing a denim jacket stands next to a large bright green high heel shoe containing a silver boombox outside a red storefront door.

Storefront Display with Skeleton and Green High Heel

The storefront of Lois + Ani Tea Shop stands beneath white painted brick and dark window trim alongside an adjacent brick building.

Lois + Ani Tea Shop Storefront

Red brick building with a pizza shop on the ground level featuring large window signs, outdoor high chairs, and a front doorway.

Brick Pizza Shop Storefront

An A-frame ice cream shop with a tall orange metal roof sits under a bright blue sky.

A-Frame Ice Cream Stand

Front entrance of a concrete restaurant building featuring a bright yellow sign reading Noodle King, food posters in the window, a reddish door, and upper windows reflecting sky.

Noodle King Storefront Exterior

A weathered white wooden door featuring a Danger Keep Out sign stands next to a blue-framed window on a white siding building.

Weathered Exterior Door with Warning Sign

Commercial building facade features glass entry doors, printed signage, and a concrete sidewalk in black and white.

Insurance Office Entrance

A tall white column stands in the middle of a tiled mall walkway in front of an open department store entrance.

Department Store Mall Entrance

A silver classic sports car is parked on an asphalt lot in front of a commercial dealership building with glass doors.

Silver Sports Car Outside Dealership

Automatic glass doors at the entrance of a Walmart Supercentre store building framed by yellow safety bollards at night.

Walmart Supercentre Entrance at Night