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Old Posted Aug 11, 2015, 12:17 AM
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Here's a proposed development from Vancouver I think merits a spot on here. It looks like a cross between elephant cankles and the cruiseship that Richard Simmons filmed Sweatin' to the Oldies on. No curves or light colours can hide the sheer girth of this beast. It's the mama June of skyscrapers.






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Here's a proposed development from Vancouver I think merits a spot on here. It looks like a cross between elephant cankles and the cruiseship that Richard Simmons filmed Sweatin' to the Oldies on. No curves or light colours can hide the sheer girth of this beast. It's the mama June of skyscrapers.






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I am quite sure that Richard Simmons would have loved to sweat with the oldies living in Laval's Clocktower.
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Old Posted Aug 11, 2015, 12:51 AM
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In honour of another oversized ugly bastard!

All that is missing is a quote bubble: "I am very, very, very proud of myself today!"
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The Vancouver proposal looks like a cross between the Watergate and the Vdara in Las Vegas.

I wonder how it got through planning? Vancouver is supposed to be allergic to slabs.
     
     
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The Vancouver proposal looks like a cross between the Watergate and the Vdara in Las Vegas.

I wonder how it got through planning? Vancouver is supposed to be allergic to slabs.
That's probably why they put a hole in the centre of it. Voila! Not a slab anymore.

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Consciously noticed this building for the first time today, coming back from mudder's place.



That faux stone is a standalone accent wall. There's nothing behind it. It just juts off the building.
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That building was ugly if mostly plain until you revealed that useless wall. Now it's just wtf?! It's one of those mysteries we shall never solve.

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Kind of amazed this one didn't have truck nuts.

     
     
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Fits the building. A shithead on a tub of shit.
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That faux stone is a standalone accent wall. There's nothing behind it. It just juts off the building.
This is what 90% of Longueuil used to look like back in its biker heyday. Ugly-ass autoshop-type buildings. Now it's mostly ugly-ass strip-mall type buildings.
     
     
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This is what 90% of Longueuil used to look like back in its biker heyday. Ugly-ass autoshop-type buildings. Now it's mostly ugly-ass strip-mall type buildings.
I'd like Ekos or someone to do a survey and see if mullets really are that common in Longueuil. For that matter I'd like them to do a survey nation wide to see which city has the most mullets per capita. Would Edmonton figure predominantly?
     
     
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I'd like Ekos or someone to do a survey and see if mullets really are that common in Longueuil. For that matter I'd like them to do a survey nation wide to see which city has the most mullets per capita. Would Edmonton figure predominantly?
I've only ever seen one person with a mullet here in Montreal. I was on my way to Piknic electronik by metro on a Sunday afternoon. He didn't get off at Jean Drapeau station...
     
     
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I've only ever seen one person with a mullet here in Montreal. I was on my way to Piknic electronik by metro on a Sunday afternoon. He didn't get off at Jean Drapeau station...
And the next station on that line is... ?
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Consciously noticed this building for the first time today, coming back from mudder's place.



That faux stone is a standalone accent wall. There's nothing behind it. It just juts off the building.
Probably the most soul-sucking places in the universe are found in distribution and B2B land.

e.g., Thiemens Boulevard in St. Laurent
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Bouleva...!1s0x4cc922aeabc0809b:0xb4b52e51c6590e3c

Brunswick Boulevard in Dollard des Ormeaux
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Bouleva...!1s0x4cc922aeabc0809b:0xb4b52e51c6590e3c

Also wherever auto body shops are clustered, for example, in sunset mountain land
https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.2187381,-...w%3D103.04927%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656
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