The Ugly Canada Thread - Page 22

matthew6 · #**421** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 6:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by big T

i actually find this building interesting as it looks very "1990s european" to me. there are tons of buildings from that era scattered around french cities that look like (usually just slightly less offensive) siblings to this, um, thing. down to the color pattern and, in some cases, tiles.

Plus there's a groovy tunnel connecting it to the Hall Building. Shoulda built a tunnel to Guy metro too. Speaking of ugly - Guy metro station is up there with the ugliest metro stations in Montreal - as a bonus it looks like its going to collapse any moment.

matthew6 · #**422** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 6:53 AM**

Also worth noting about the McConnell Library is the 'preserved' east section

http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Concordia's+McConnell+Library+Building&hl=en&ll=45.496947,-73.577156&spn=0.009551,0.022724&num=10&safe=off&hq=Concordia's+McConnell+Library+Building&radius=15000&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=45.497053,-73.577386&panoid=vHnun1CikLZOGNrmBREmmg&cbp=12,253,,0,-26.86

The_Architect · #**423** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 10:03 AM**

^ Dear Lord.. I haven't seen a more tacked-on facade since One Bedford's use of the John Lyle studio:

Rico Rommheim · #**424** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 11:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by matthew6

Plus there's a groovy tunnel connecting it to the Hall Building. Shoulda built a tunnel to Guy metro too. Speaking of ugly - Guy metro station is up there with the ugliest metro stations in Montreal - as a bonus it looks like its going to collapse any moment.

Actually for over a year now, there is a tunnel connecting the library building to guy metro!

O-tacular · #**425** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 2:40 PM**

As usual Montreal has a strong showing in this thread. I wonder why? Is it because the city is so beautiful that the uglies stand out more?

P.S. I'm amazed Longoeuil hasn't reared its ugly head yet.

O-tacular · #**426** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 2:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by The_Architect

^ Dear Lord.. I haven't seen a more tacked-on facade since One Bedford's use of the John Lyle studio:

Hahaha! That's got to be the most blatant, disrespectful F.U. to heritage preservation I've ever seen! Wow, that trumps any preserved heritage facades from Calgary. Funny enough, we bulldoze so many heritage structures that when they are kept they tend to do a good job of it (Think Stephen Ave.).

MTLskyline · #**427** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 3:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

As usual Montreal has a strong showing in this thread. I wonder why? Is it because the city is so beautiful that the uglies stand out more?

P.S. I'm amazed Longoeuil hasn't reared its ugly head yet.

I live pretty much in Longueuil (neighbouring city). It is most well known for the ugly area around the Metro/bus terminal, but it actually has a historic downtown to the east on St-Charles Street. Of course being a thread emphasizing the ugly, that is what I will post.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/axelrd/4338136722/sizes/z/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39087969@N07/5959660089/sizes/z/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39087969@N07/5960224054/sizes/z/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/axelrd/4338136152/sizes/z/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/le_guiz/623127133/sizes/l/in/photostream/

http://www.del.longueuil.ca/

The most offensive building in Longueuil (and perhaps Canada):

Longueuil, apartment building by O.Cosma, on Flickr

The opposite side:

Centre-ville de Longueuil by -AX- (off until may... or june... or july...), on Flickr

MTLskyline · #**428** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 3:29 PM**

Here is the main commercial artery (Taschereau Blvd.) in Saint-Hubert and Greenfield Park boroughs of Longueuil.

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Gfpk_taschereau.jpg

matthew6 · #**429** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 3:36 PM**

Laval is just as bad as Longueuil

Start with St Martin

http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=+laval&hl=e...zzF4g0ItJbNSDUfS4A&cbp=12,247.22,,0,5.95

O-tacular · #**430** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 3:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by MTLskyline

Here is the main commercial artery (Taschereau Blvd.) in Saint-Hubert and Greenfield Park boroughs of Longueuil.

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Gfpk_taschereau.jpg

Somehow that motel with the barn on the front is so distinctively small town Quebec. All it needs is a St. Hubert to complete the strip. Besides Pizza Hut I don't think there's another restaurant chain with as distinctive and ugly of a roofline.

Symz · #**431** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 4:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by MTLskyline

The most offensive building in Longueuil (and perhaps Canada):

Longueuil, apartment building by O.Cosma, on Flickr

The opposite side:

Centre-ville de Longueuil by -AX- (off until may... or june... or july...), on Flickr

Wow, what a big monstrosity!

MolsonExport · #**432** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 4:05 PM**

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Stop posting pictures of Irkutsk.

MolsonExport · #**433** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 4:09 PM**

cover your eyes for Laval's clock tower condos. ahhhhghg!!!

Posted on SSP by the snaredrum face: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=5446339&postcount=3705

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Originally Posted by MTLskyline

Laval has got to be one of the ugliest cities in Canada. Who in their right mind would choose to live there? I honestly can't think of one attractive building in Laval that has been built since the 1950s. The developments that are being constructed there are pure garbage from an architectural perspective. The only good thing about Laval is that their mayor is good at getting what he wants (Metro extension, A-25 Bridge, etc.)

Longueuil is pretty ugly itself, but I'd take it any day of the week over Laval. At least it is somewhat urban and has an actual downtown.

Malek's hometown is ugly? But he routinely derides Ontario/the West Island as being urban wastelands! I can see why, stacked against the architectural feast that is Laval.

I think Malek lives just under the clock:

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francely57 at ssp

MolsonExport · #**434** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 4:14 PM**

Lost and found. Behold the original Ugly Canada thread: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=187464

MolsonExport · #**435** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 4:16 PM**

bumped for posterity.

O-tacular · #**436** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 4:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Stop posting pictures of Irkutsk.

My favourite territory on the Risk board!

O-tacular · #**437** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 4:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

cover your eyes for Laval's clock tower condos. ahhhhghg!!!

Posted on SSP by the snaredrum face: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=5446339&postcount=3705

Malek's hometown is ugly? But he routinely derides Ontario/the West Island as being urban wastelands! I can see why, stacked against the architectural feast that is Laval.

Could someone please explain the Snaredrum face inside joke already?

O-tacular · #**438** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 4:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by matthew6

Laval is just as bad as Longueuil

Start with St Martin

http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=+laval&hl=e...zzF4g0ItJbNSDUfS4A&cbp=12,247.22,,0,5.95

Okay, okay! Laval wins over everything else! Even Edmonton's Venetian / Edmonton in general. That concrete bunker in the middle of an empty field combined with the empty concrete planters on the median, combined with the general absence of ANYTHING does it for me!!! Dear God Laval is awful! So glad I've only ever seen the south shore of Montreal.

O-tacular · #**439** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 4:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Lost and found. Behold the original Ugly Canada thread: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=187464

I thought it was you that created it! Back then you had a bit of a tan though. Well cheers to you for inspiring this new batch of ugly!

MolsonExport · #**440** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 4:24 PM**

Also, what is the horror astriding Sherbrooke Metro station? Some Godawful Hôtel de la societe de institute de regie de la gouvernement de Quebec. The only buildings uglier than government of Canada buildings in Quebec (e.g., terrasses in Hull, complex guy-favreau) are government of Quebec buildings. If only to outdo their federal counterparts.