the portal project

A black metal door with a round restaurant sticker sits framed by a blue brick wall covered in white graffiti.

Black Door on Blue Brick Wall

A narrow weathered door with peeling white paint stands behind dry brush on an old wooden building.

Weathered Door with Overgrown Brush

A red entrance door with a glass upper panel sits below white columns and a portico, viewed from a steep upward angle toward a bright blue sky.

Red Door Under Portico

A brick church facade stands under a deep blue twilight sky with two illuminated crosses glowing above the main entrance doors.

Church Entrance at Dusk

White Service Door on Green Siding

A wide concrete staircase leads up to white double entrance doors on a multi-story brick building.

Grand Entrance to a Brick Apartment Building

Sliding glass doors form the front entrance of a Home Building Centre retail store beneath a large red canopy.

Main Entrance of Home Building Centre

A weathered light blue wooden door with house numbers attached stands set into a beige stucco wall beneath an overhead lamp.

Light Blue Door Numbered 408

A glass storefront entrance stands below bright pink and green signage for a Vietnamese restaurant.

Pho Minh Storefront Entrance

Concrete steps framed by wooden retaining walls lead to a walkway ascending a grassy lawn toward a home.

Concrete Walkway and Steps to a House Entrance

A concrete walkway curves across a lawn toward the front porch of a white siding house under a cloudy sky.

White House Entrance with Concrete Path

A white recessed shop door decorated with a colorful fall wreath stands centered between large storefront display windows above concrete steps.

Storefront Entrance with Autumn Wreath

A yellow-lettered Alberta Cafe sign extends over a textured stucco building featuring a red-framed glass door and multi-pane window along a town sidewalk.

Alberta Cafe Entrance and Sign

A weathered wooden door with four glass panes is set into a peeling plywood wall surrounded by grass.

Weathered Wooden Door

Glass sliding entrance doors sit at the top of wide concrete stairs beneath a soaring open-air canopy framed by bright red and white building walls.

Modern Building Entrance under High Canopy

Glass double doors and side windows reflect the sky beneath a red sign on a painted blue wall.

Blue Chapel Entrance

A black door marked with the text WATCH YOUR STEP sits at the top of wooden steps outside a red brick tavern building.

Tavern Entrance with Wooden Steps

A reddish-pink metal door with white graffiti reading STAY True is framed by a light grey brick wall and crossed by a diagonal rainbow flare.

Red Metal Door with Graffiti

A white entrance door set into a stone facade features a window panel and is framed by two wooden barrels under glowing string lights.

Four Sisters Entrance Under String Lights

A grey metal door framed in yellow trim stands next to a gas meter and signs for yoga and private parking.

Grey Door and Yoga Sign

A red house features a covered front porch, white-trimmed windows with brown shutters, and a concrete walkway running through a green lawn under a blue sky.

Red Two-Story House with Front Lawn

A glass front door sits under a zigzag canopy roof along a paneled building exterior.

Glass Entrance with Zigzag Canopy

A glass commercial doorway sits beneath a cracked yellow sign and peeling blue and white paint.

Auto Parts Store Entrance

Glass double doors set in a red brick wall sit next to a window with a rental sign.

Brick Storefront Entrance with Signs

A graffiti-covered concrete wall with a vacant doorway frame stands in a snow-covered landscape near evergreen trees.

Graffiti Covered Concrete Wall Ruin

A white wooden door with heavily peeling paint features a glass window panel and a small metal Ladies sign above a weathered wooden railing.

Peeling White Door with Ladies Sign

Black double doors set between glass block windows stand under a business marquee with Now Open signs on each panel.

X-Static Entrance

A commercial building facade features glass entrance doors and windows beneath a large blue metal awning.

Commercial Building Entrance with Blue Canopy

A commercial storefront door with red trim is set back between two angled glass windows.

Storefront Entrance with Red Trim

A concrete walkway extends toward the illuminated entrance of a building surrounded by lush trees under a dusk sky.

Walkway to Building Entrance at Dusk

A light green front door sits above wooden porch steps on a pale yellow house, framed by a pine tree and a white picket fence.

Green Door on a Yellow House

Glass doors form the main entrance at the corner of a building clad in corrugated metal siding.

Fringe Theatre Building Corner

Glass double doors frame the corner entrance of a textured masonry commercial building underneath illuminated green and blue signage at twilight.

Commercial Building Corner Entrance

A metal-framed entrance door boarded up with OSB plywood sits framed by a textured stucco wall and overgrown weeds.

Boarded-Up Entrance Door

A white door with a square window is flanked by recessed red metal panels beneath a Kirriemuir General Store sign.

Kirriemuir General Store Entrance

Grey double doors with glass panes are set into a light beige building facade above a concrete step.

Grey Double Doors on Light Exterior Wall

A small white wooden church with a cross atop its steeple stands on a grassy lawn near tall trees.

Small White Church Entrance

Brightly painted red, yellow, and blue steel columns frame a covered concrete walkway leading to green entrance doors.

Covered Walkway to Building Entrance

A white clapboard church with double doors stands behind concrete steps with handrails on a snowy ground.

Wooden Church Front Entrance

Glowing candy cane light stakes line a paved walkway leading to the front door of a house decorated with red string lights at night.

Illuminated House Entrance with Holiday Lights

A two-story beige building with a dark entrance door stands behind a wide expanse of cracked concrete under a blue sky.

Entrance to Vulcan Country Inn

A brown wooden outhouse with white trim sits on a grassy lawn with dandelions under a blue sky, its two doors open to show white interior walls.

Wooden Outhouse with Open Doors

A dark-framed glass door is set into a pale corrugated metal building wall next to waiting chairs on a concrete surface.

Glass Door and Corrugated Wall Entrance

A red brick church with a tall central spire features wide grey concrete steps leading up to double red entrance doors.

Red Brick Church with Steeple

A paved walkway lit by street lamps leads past light poles toward a distant building entrance with a tall bell tower structure.

Illuminated Building Entrance at Night

The glass entrance of a barber shop features illuminated signs, brick pillars, and large display windows at night.

Barber Shop Front Entrance

A bright yellow washroom door and a blue storage closet door stand side by side on a concrete exterior wall in bright sunlight.

Yellow Washroom and Blue Storage Doors

A weathered wooden door stands at the corner of a light-colored stucco building with a flock of birds flying across the sky.

Weathered Building Corner with Birds Flying Overhead

A boarded-up doorway covered in black paneling sits between blue-painted brick columns against a dirt ground.

Boarded Entrance with Blue Paint

A white fire exit door with a sign reading Fire Exit No Parking Within 3M sits framed by wood in a beige and grey wall.

White Fire Exit Door