The Ugly Canada Thread - Page 92

O-tacular · #**1821** Posted **Apr 21, 2015, 5:03 PM**

Ah yes, Crappy Tire. I'm not sure if this applies to all of them or not, but the one nearest my place has only 2 single occupant bathrooms (1 M 1 F) in the entire store. It happens to be in the auto repair area. I feel bad for anybody who works there because if you're on break and someone's using it you're fucked.

O-tacular · #**1822** Posted **Apr 21, 2015, 8:28 PM**

This building in Glenmore landing is ugly for a multitude of reasons. First of all Stephen Harper's MP office resides here. More to the point though this is newly renovated. I will admit it is an improvement over the original, but there's just no lipstick that will save this pig. They took the tophat off the clock tower but now it kind of looks like a smokestack.

Photo mine.

This was how it used to look.

http://www.examiner.com/article/brunch-at-1600-world-bier-haus-inspired-attempt-with-uneven-results

esquire · #**1823** Posted **Apr 21, 2015, 8:48 PM**

^ What an f-cluster

MolsonExport · #**1824** Posted **Apr 21, 2015, 9:27 PM**

looks worse now. uglies usually get uglier.

HomeInMyShoes · #**1825** Posted **Apr 21, 2015, 9:58 PM**

What's with the fascination with clocks everywhere these days? We all have cell phones that have the time on them already.

O-tacular · #**1826** Posted **Apr 21, 2015, 10:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

What's with the fascination with clocks everywhere these days? We all have cell phones that have the time on them already.

It's old timey and sophistimacated.

O-tacular · #**1827** Posted **Apr 21, 2015, 10:06 PM**

BTW HIMS did you see the streetview of that horrible barn house???

O-tacular · #**1828** Posted **Apr 21, 2015, 10:10 PM**

This is an otherwise nice design ruined by awful spandrel. The newest tower of Glenmore Gardens in Calgary's SW.

Photo mine.

WhipperSnapper · #**1829** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 1:30 AM**

Improvement?!? They took a cheap but consistent PoMo design and completely bastardized it! Total mess now.

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

This building in Glenmore landing is ugly for a multitude of reasons. First of all Stephen Harper's MP office resides here. More to the point though this is newly renovated. I will admit it is an improvement over the original, but there's just no lipstick that will save this pig. They took the tophat off the clock tower but now it kind of looks like a smokestack.

Photo mine.

This was how it used to look.

http://www.examiner.com/article/brunch-at-1600-world-bier-haus-inspired-attempt-with-uneven-results

red-paladin · #**1830** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 5:50 AM**

Wow it was so 1986 before.

MolsonExport · #**1831** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 12:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by red-paladin

Wow it was so 1986 before.

billboard, people, nerdkey, bfdc.co

HomeInMyShoes · #**1832** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 2:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

BTW HIMS did you see the streetview of that horrible barn house???

I did. I thought it should be transplanted to Newfoundland. It would fit right in with some things.

While Regina doesn't have a lot of commie blocks we do have some great uglies. This one speaks volumes.

esquire · #**1833** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 2:39 PM**

^ Commie blocks generally don't have balconies beyond maybe a tiny platform for clothes-drying. That is a bourgeois extravagance the people simply will not tolerate.

TorontoDrew · #**1834** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 4:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

^ Commie blocks generally don't have balconies beyond maybe a tiny platform for clothes-drying. That is a bourgeois extravagance the people simply will not tolerate.

Plenty of Commie Blocks have massive balconies. But that one in Regina looks pretty decent actually. Nothing really ugly about it.

Commieblocks with big balconies posted on blogto.com

HomeInMyShoes · #**1835** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 4:50 PM**

^Those have retail in the bottom and look clean.

TorontoDrew · #**1836** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 5:32 PM**

Clean, St Jamestown, good one.

O-tacular · #**1837** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 6:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

I did. I thought it should be transplanted to Newfoundland. It would fit right in with some things.

While Regina doesn't have a lot of commie blocks we do have some great uglies. This one speaks volumes.

Volume is right. It's so massive it curves on streetview.

O-tacular · #**1838** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 8:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

Improvement?!? They took a cheap but consistent PoMo design and completely bastardized it! Total mess now.

The original was still awful. I'm just glad they repainted all the faded blue a different colour. I think nixing the hat on the clock tower makes it look much more awkward too.

I wish they hadn't renovated the McDonald's next door though. It was awesome! It had a whole nautical theme with port holes and fake fish and stuff. Now it looks like a run of the mill McHorton's.

vid · #**1839** Posted **Apr 29, 2015, 3:06 AM**

I can't remember if I've shared this or not:

It is easily the ugliest building in this city.

Nouvellecosse · #**1840** Posted **Apr 29, 2015, 3:36 AM**

Does that exoskeleton have a function? It almost looks like there's a helipad on the roof or something.