The Ugly Canada Thread - Page 51

VIce · #**1001** Posted **Jan 30, 2015, 6:44 AM**

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Originally Posted by lio45

I noticed that and was like "that's either the address or construction year... it's the address. Next level indeed

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And later I noticed there's a redundant "1108" on the front property line wall (with my laptop's screen resolution, I see the MCVIII above the door but only see the 1108 if I scroll to the right). Lame.

The fire department upon seeing the house number in numerals:

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Stryker · #**1002** Posted **Jan 30, 2015, 1:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

The ugliest building in St. John's (The Rooms) from street level on Military Road. Straight ahead is Harvey Road, downhill is Garrison Hill, uphill is Bonaventure Avenue.

Beyond ugly a colossial waste of money.

I`m hard pressed to understand the need for that building, or why it needs full time staff for security.

HomeInMyShoes · #**1003** Posted **Jan 30, 2015, 3:09 PM**

Actually, what raises it to the next level is the bars on all of the windows. Welcome to Calgary's newest medium-security correctional facility.

O-tacular · #**1004** Posted **Jan 30, 2015, 4:04 PM**

Since posting about the house numbers the ad banner on SSP is now advertising specialty house number vendors.

king10 · #**1005** Posted **Jan 30, 2015, 4:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

University campuses that expanded in the 1970s are saddled with a plethora of fugly brutalist structures. Western's campus is generally very beautiful and most of the buildings have stone surfaces and elegant neo-gothic architecture, and then you've got the extremely fugly Social Science Centre and Weldon Library building, which ruin the whole thing.

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lmao. Weldon Library looks like a great military command post for the cold war. Was it supposed to double as that when it was built?

TorontoDrew · #**1006** Posted **Jan 30, 2015, 4:44 PM**

With the right landscaping that could actually look pretty nice.

HomeInMyShoes · #**1007** Posted **Jan 30, 2015, 5:23 PM**

^Or look like a Doom deathmatch level. One of the two.

MTLskyline · #**1008** Posted **Jan 31, 2015, 3:37 AM**

Former Towers/Bonimart, Greenfield Park (Longueuil), Quebec, 1991 by Vintage Canadian Supermarkets and Discount Stores, on Flickr

csbvan · #**1009** Posted **Jan 31, 2015, 3:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

On the SFH front I see your centurion statued garden Brossard and raise you with this Dr. Seuss castle in Calgary.

If they really wanted to keep potential robbers away, wouldn't a moat have been more apt?

SkahHigh · #**1010** Posted **Jan 31, 2015, 3:39 PM**

^still can't get over the atrociousness of that thing...

SignalHillHiker · #**1011** Posted **Jan 31, 2015, 5:48 PM**

SignalHillHiker · #**1012** Posted **Jan 31, 2015, 5:54 PM**

Also... my street.

It's only one block long...

but it boasts all of these beauties...

The skinny house goes back a mile, fuck.

It's depressing how many Townies were willing to give up their living rooms for off-street parking in the 70s.

There are dozens and dozens of homes like this peppered around the city.

As much as I hate it... it is nice living in a neighbourhood where old tires are front "garden" worthy. And the gardens are paved.

MolsonExport · #**1013** Posted **Feb 1, 2015, 3:54 AM**

^better lookin' homes, IMO, than the barred mansion pictured before your post. The barred mansion must be Mafia-don/Hell's Angels' Nomad or whatnot.

LeTravailleur · #**1014** Posted **Feb 1, 2015, 5:44 PM**

I was having too much fun with Street View and then I saw this :

Nobody can hide from the Evil Eye of Sauron... not even you and your family.

(This is on Cartier Blvd, over the railway : https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.553447,-7...h0CVz8CHJkFQ!2e0!5s20140801T000000?hl=fr)

MolsonExport · #**1015** Posted **Feb 2, 2015, 2:11 PM**

Oh my god. That would terrify me. Just install the searchlight from PVM, and presto, the eye of Sauron, err, Laval. It will get you, my precious.

manny_santos · #**1016** Posted **Feb 2, 2015, 2:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by king10

lmao. Weldon Library looks like a great military command post for the cold war. Was it supposed to double as that when it was built?

It does have a large underground basement, and it has a now-closed tunnel connecting it to Somerville House. So, it's possible.

O-tacular · #**1017** Posted **Feb 2, 2015, 4:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by LeTravailleur

I was having too much fun with Street View and then I saw this :

Nobody can hide from the Evil Eye of Sauron... not even you and your family.

(This is on Cartier Blvd, over the railway : https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.553447,-7...h0CVz8CHJkFQ!2e0!5s20140801T000000?hl=fr)

That oddly shaped tree to its right is kind of unnerving also. If the clocktower is the eye of Sauron could the tree be Saruman's tower?

O-tacular · #**1018** Posted **Feb 2, 2015, 4:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by MTLskyline

Former Towers/Bonimart, Greenfield Park (Longueuil), Quebec, 1991 by Vintage Canadian Supermarkets and Discount Stores, on Flickr

Like a true Elvis Gratton!

O-tacular · #**1019** Posted **Feb 2, 2015, 5:11 PM**

One of the most heinous art pieces in our city. Just outside Bow Valley Square.

O-tacular · #**1020** Posted **Feb 2, 2015, 5:16 PM**

I actually don't mind this art piece which is situated on a new overpass linking Airport Trail with 96th Ave. In Calgary there is a law that any new public infrastructure has to allocate 1% of the budget to public art. Consequently this overpass had to have a piece of art attached. Due to the limitations of incorporating art into a car oriented environment which is very isolated, I think they did not bad. 9 out of 10 Calgarians will tell you otherwise though. People make a big deal out of the fact that it is so simple and that it should not have cost $400k. I'll let you guys be the judge.