Ahh yes, Westwinds Industrial. The Indian food & sweets (that I can't have anymore ) are decent in these places though. Spent a few years at Nortel/Flextronics nearby which is now the Calgary Police Service HQ fortress.
So you know the ugliness of that part of town then. Notice any of the DIY renovations inside any of those shops? 2 X 4 reception desks, holes in ceilings with pipes exposed and random walls.
Did I post this already? I forget, but if I did it's ugly enough to deserve posting again.
This reminded me of something that I assume has been posted by someone before, the first large structure anyone travelling up the west coast sees when entering Canada. So horrible.
pacificinn.com
Even their own website avoids posting exterior shots.
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It wouldn't be the worst looking building if they didn't decide that mustard and salmon was somehow okay.
I don't know about that. The faux cornices, columns and stone are pretty awful too. So's the shape. So are the windows and the blue awnings. Basically everything about it.
This reminded me of something that I assume has been posted by someone before, the first large structure anyone travelling up the west coast sees when entering Canada. So horrible.
pacificinn.com
Even their own website avoids posting exterior shots.
Is it meant to remind travellers from California of their fake Mediteranean villas?
Additions to houses can sometimes make for some pretty ugly buildings. Here's one from my parent's neighbourhood that has always bugged me. The extra space above the garage makes it look like an uglier version of the Amittyville Horror house.
It's a seniors home. Too bad too because it was a reasonable 1950s light industrial warehouse which could have been made pretty cool.
Speaking of terrible house infill. I'm sure I've posted this one before on Princess Street in Regina. As far as contextual insensitivity goes it might be in its own class. Even The Rooms in St. John's doesn't seem so out of scale in comparison to this. Apparently this even violates the height restriction for the zone, but the city has allowed it to exist.
If a witch doesn't live there I would be shocked.
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It's a seniors home. Too bad too because it was a reasonable 1950s light industrial warehouse which could have been made pretty cool.
Not sure which would be a worse retirement home, that or les Residences Soleil? It looks like they literally just built a warehouse to store old people in then tacked on some bright colours to make it look 'happy'.
Soleil hands down. The diverse urban fabric with the Regina option (Robin's Donut about 2.5 blocks and the Cornwall Centre Shopping Mall within four blocks) makes the one in Regina way better to live in.
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-- “We heal each other with kindness, gentleness and respect.” -- Richard Wagamese
-- “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not.” -- Dr. Seuss
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell). Sweet Loretta fart thought she was a cleaner, but she was a frying pan. (John Lennon)
Valois Shopping Centre, Pointe Claire (QC)
montrealgazette; jottingalong.
In that last shot above, you can see the remnants of the Dominon signage (Supermarket store logo with that funny looking D)
This angle features the famous Quebec concrete blocks:
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell). Sweet Loretta fart thought she was a cleaner, but she was a frying pan. (John Lennon)
I don't know about that. The faux cornices, columns and stone are pretty awful too. So's the shape. So are the windows and the blue awnings. Basically everything about it.
To add insult to injury they also refused to have a sidewalk in front of it, so you're walking down the street and suddenly the sidewalk is replaced with coarse gravel. (Or at least that's what they had when I visited. It seems so bizarre I hope it was a temporary thing.)
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) are decent in these places though. Spent a few years at Nortel/Flextronics nearby which is now the Calgary Police Service HQ fortress.
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