The Ugly Canada Thread - Page 113

kwoldtimer · #**2241** Posted **Jul 17, 2015, 3:00 PM**

I feel obliged to give folks a pass on that look IF the sandals are Birkenstocks, but otherwise it's just too Bulgarian displaced person for my tastes.

esquire · #**2242** Posted **Jul 17, 2015, 3:11 PM**

Don't the socks defeat the purpose of the sandals? I don't get it.

O-tacular · #**2243** Posted **Jul 17, 2015, 3:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

I feel obliged to give folks a pass on that look IF the sandals are Birkenstocks, but otherwise it's just too Bulgarian displaced person for my tastes.

Why? That's just as ugly.

SkahHigh · #**2244** Posted **Jul 17, 2015, 4:21 PM**

From Ahuntsic AMT station

It's... Always... Watching

O-tacular · #**2245** Posted **Jul 17, 2015, 4:24 PM**

Fuck that thing is a behemoth!

O-tacular · #**2246** Posted **Jul 17, 2015, 4:53 PM**

The monster from above:

https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.5631404,-73.7232148,328a,20y,90h/data=!3m1!1e3

O-tacular · #**2247** Posted **Jul 17, 2015, 11:32 PM**

Took a tour through Calgary's Quarry Park this afternoon and snapped some shots.

A failed restaurant called Colonial Fusion being renovated for whatever it's replacement will be. The poetic symbolism in this one is off the charts.

"Luxury" condos. I took this in the most flattering light of a grey and stormy day. On sunny days the mustard stucco and the tin hat roof will blind you.

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Empty lot behind it.

Dollarama.

O-tacular · #**2248** Posted **Jul 19, 2015, 11:50 PM**

Happened to see this house flying the Confederate flag in Bowness this afternoon. No big deal...

Acajack · #**2249** Posted **Jul 20, 2015, 1:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

The monster from above:

https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.5631404,-73.7232148,328a,20y,90h/data=!3m1!1e3

Looks like it's tilting and will eventually topple over!

HomeInMyShoes · #**2250** Posted **Jul 20, 2015, 1:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

Looks like it's tilting and will eventually topple over!

We can only hope.

O-tacular · #**2251** Posted **Jul 20, 2015, 4:49 PM**

Discussing this in the proposals thread as an example of a development ruined by NIMBY's. Thought it was worth a re-post in here. St. John's on 10th was named after a church that formerly occupied the sight but burned down (iirc). It sat as a gravel lot for years. It is across the street from a Safeway and an lrt station in one of the most visible corners in the community. What a terrible disappointment.

http://everydaytourist.ca/blog/2014/9/3/calgarys-nobow-jane-jacobs-could-live-here

Xelebes · #**2252** Posted **Jul 20, 2015, 4:53 PM**

Nothing says luxury condo like a Dollarama.

O-tacular · #**2253** Posted **Jul 20, 2015, 5:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Xelebes

Nothing says luxury condo like a Dollarama.

That Dollarama is actually situated in a separate strip mall elsewhere in Quarry Park. That tin hatted POS doesn't have retail in the podium. Not sure what now occupies the retail bays of St. John's on 10th in Kensington though.

HomeInMyShoes · #**2254** Posted **Jul 20, 2015, 5:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Xelebes

Nothing says luxury condo like a Dollarama.

It's a gigantic step up from Payday Loans.

MolsonExport · #**2255** Posted **Jul 29, 2015, 1:32 AM**

Has this one been posted yet? The gaping maw at the top will eat up all the hammers from Reno-Depot. It will get you.

Sauron'sRectum

Check out the fugly entrance overhang. The cyclops-clock-eye. The incredibly broad shoulders, NFL style. As big as life and twice (Thrice?) as Ugly.

ssiguy · #**2256** Posted **Jul 29, 2015, 4:10 AM**

You know the REALLY scary thing about that monstrosity is ............an architect actually got paid to design it.

O-tacular · #**2257** Posted **Jul 29, 2015, 4:44 AM**

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Originally Posted by ssiguy

You know the REALLY scary thing about that monstrosity is ............an architect actually got paid to design it.

That's what you think. In reality it was designed by Zul from Ghostbusters to harvest the souls of the living and help him return to earth.

HomeInMyShoes · #**2258** Posted **Jul 29, 2015, 2:48 PM**

My morning is now complete with a Ghostbusters reference.

SkahHigh · #**2259** Posted **Jul 29, 2015, 2:57 PM**

I believe they will be filming the finale for the new Ghostbusters movie atop the Résidences Soleil in Laval. Great choice!

MolsonExport · #**2260** Posted **Jul 29, 2015, 4:51 PM**

Is the Laval clock tower the Nickelback of architecture?