The Ugly Canada Thread - Page 413

niwell · #**8241** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 5:59 PM**

For Calgary mine would probably be this strip along 6th: https://goo.gl/maps/pc7pMQvaXoG2

View from another angle: https://goo.gl/maps/ktRi6BzJi7P2

Or just the entirety of the west end as built by Pointe of View and La Caille.

O-tacular · #**8242** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 6:05 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

The green paint is awful. It's in deplorable condition. Still, I don't know how anyone can find it the ugliest building in Calgary. Those twin towers just to the left off screen are much much uglier. That brick commercial building with the curved corner is hideous too.

Yes those twin commie blocks are part of an area with the highest density of commie blocks (mostly twins) in the city. They still aren't quite comparable to Toronto and Montreal's commie block ghettos in the park though.

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Calgary...b652b63a!8m2!3d51.0486151!4d-114.0708459

O-tacular · #**8243** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 6:08 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by niwell

For Calgary mine would probably be this strip along 6th: https://goo.gl/maps/pc7pMQvaXoG2

View from another angle: https://goo.gl/maps/ktRi6BzJi7P2

Or just the entirety of the west end as built by Pointe of View and La Caille.

Yeah that whole area with the faux chateaux towers is a vertical suburb of bad taste. Lacaille and POS are the worst offenders. Shockingly enough Vogue has turned out better than I expected though.

O-tacular · #**8244** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 6:09 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acajack

A clone of the Château Champlain in Montreal?

Yeah it definitely has that vibe. Less cheese graterish though.

WhipperSnapper · #**8245** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 9:01 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by niwell

For Calgary mine would probably be this strip along 6th: https://goo.gl/maps/pc7pMQvaXoG2

View from another angle: https://goo.gl/maps/ktRi6BzJi7P2

Or just the entirety of the west end as built by Pointe of View and La Caille.

Just so much bad built between 1997 to 2007. There's some awful apartment buildings from the 1970s in the Beltline too.

O-tacular · #**8246** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 10:46 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

Just so much bad built between 1997 to 2007. There's some awful apartment buildings from the 1970s in the Beltline too.

Yes I agree. The best periods of construction seem to be the 80's (only for office towers though) and mid 00's to present. I hesitate to say anything prior to 07 was crap as the Bow was unveiled in '06 iirc. The area we've been slowest to improve on has been condos but thankfully that seems to be trending in a better direction, though Lacaille is still around dragging the general level of design downward by default. The biggest difference seems to be more Vancouver and Toronto based developers replacing shitty local ones like Lake Placid Group and Pointe of View / Carlisle Group.

franktko · #**8247** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 10:55 PM**

lol, O'Leary posted himself shooting guns on Twitter just before the funeral for the Quebec massacre victims was starting...

https://vimeo.com/202252874

He has since removed the message. Bravo Champion!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/oleary-gun-range-shooting-thursday-1.3963724

O-tacular · #**8248** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 10:56 PM**

One of the most awful blocks in the whole Beltline.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.0424384,-...LZSuXAGsYQvdQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

The other side:

https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.0414331,-...UqDUhf70A9jeg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

Most hostile to pedestrians and least inviting building.

O-tacular · #**8249** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 10:59 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by franktko

lol, O'Leary posted himself shooting guns on Twitter just before the funeral for the Quebec massacre victims was starting...

https://vimeo.com/202252874

He has since removed the message. Bravo Champion!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/oleary-gun-range-shooting-thursday-1.3963724

What a fucking loser. Look how tough I am! I'm a balding middle aged venture capitalist but watch how macho I can be! The fact he's using the massacre as publicity for himself is disgusting.

Fucking hell I just swore off following the train wreck south of the Border and now I'm in for this circus sideshow that's going to take place here. Fuck Kevin O'Leary!

niwell · #**8250** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 11:18 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by O-tacular

One of the most awful blocks in the whole Beltline.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.0424384,-...LZSuXAGsYQvdQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

The other side:

https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.0414331,-...UqDUhf70A9jeg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

Most hostile to pedestrians and least inviting building.

I wouldn't say ugly so much as just terribly anti-urban, and as you mention, pedestrian hostile. Like it would be fine in a suburban office park but completely unsuited for its current location.

WhipperSnapper · #**8251** Posted **Feb 3, 2017, 12:58 AM**

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.6547016,-...itch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

detox centre but, c'mon, build a podium and put the high wall and outdoor area on the second floor or, on the ground in the rear of the property.

WhipperSnapper · #**8252** Posted **Feb 3, 2017, 1:01 AM**

lots that continue to live on.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.6534253,-...itch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

Paris in Toronto!

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.6528563,-...2aeo1mra46e_whcCrdqUQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

LeftCoaster · #**8253** Posted **Feb 3, 2017, 1:03 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

Paris in Toronto!

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.6528563,-...2aeo1mra46e_whcCrdqUQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Haha I didn't even have to click on your link to know exactly what building that was going to be. So out of place.

WhipperSnapper · #**8254** Posted **Feb 3, 2017, 1:12 AM**

wow

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.7390466,-...yFuGfS2LvXHw0YgTKvJSg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

even better

Video Link

GeneralLea · #**8255** Posted **Feb 3, 2017, 3:01 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Haha I didn't even have to click on your link to know exactly what building that was going to be. So out of place.

When was that building built? I honestly like it because it has a good amount of density and a francais look, and that it wraps around the curve on Jarvis, although I can't seem to find any info on the building itself.

EDIT: Not Jarvis, I wish I could blame my drinking habit on that error, but I don't drink booze

O-tacular · #**8256** Posted **Feb 3, 2017, 3:20 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

wow

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.7390466,-...yFuGfS2LvXHw0YgTKvJSg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

even better

Video Link

It feels like I'm right in Versailles!

Rollerstud98 · #**8257** Posted **Feb 3, 2017, 4:34 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by O-tacular

It feels like I'm right in Versailles!

Have you ever been?

Mister F · #**8258** Posted **Feb 3, 2017, 6:20 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

You just can't get over that hump. You see how many overhead wires remain along streets in Toronto compared to others and formulate a crude conclusion the city isn't burying them as quickly as those other communities. That is simply not true and also implies you want them buried overnight. Of course you interpreted that as every single last wire too.

The things you say that I'm thinking are on a different plane of reality from what I've actually posted. Try responding to what I actually say and not what you think is going on in my head.

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

The "major" cities in Europe have being destroyed and rebuilt long after Toronto had a large overhead power grid along its streets. The majority buried any destroyed above ground infrastructure 70 years ago for reasons that include defense and not just aesthetics. It's definitely not a valid comparison to use those to highlight Toronto's current situation.

Most of Europe was in fact not destroyed in WWII. Not every major city shared the fate of Dresden. Huge numbers of pre-war buildings still exist all over the continent. The destruction was devastating to be sure, but Europe is a big place. Large parts of it weren't even in the war. In neutral countries like Switzerland and Sweden, cities today have about the same amount of overhead wires as the cities that were heavily bombed in the war. That is to say, almost none. In short, war destruction has very little to do with it.

And looking to our own country, Montreal was obviously not destroyed in the war. That city has done a great job of hiding its wires.

Acajack · #**8259** Posted **Feb 3, 2017, 2:24 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by O-tacular

What a fucking loser. Look how tough I am! I'm a balding middle aged venture capitalist but watch how macho I can be! The fact he's using the massacre as publicity for himself is disgusting.

Fucking hell I just swore off following the train wreck south of the Border and now I'm in for this circus sideshow that's going to take place here. Fuck Kevin O'Leary!

Shows how disconnected he is from the daily affairs of his home country. The stories about this on Radio-Canada had confused messaging. His comms guy - in English only on a francophone station - said that O'Leary was aware that the funeral was going on in Montreal at around the same time. And that also O'Leary approved the posting of the video. And that he admitted it was a mistake. And then expressed his condolences to the victims.

Does it remind anyone of anything?

What's freaky is that shit like this doesn't necessarily prevent someone from winning a leadership race. Or even going further than that.

The cynic in me tells me that in spite of everything pointing in the other direction, that this might possibly even be a strategic calculation.

These are the times we live in.

niwell · #**8260** Posted **Feb 3, 2017, 2:30 PM**

After Rob Ford and now Donald Trump nothing will surprise me anymore. I have a few people on my facebook who seem to think O'Leary is just the best for "telling it like it is". Maybe this is a thing we have to go through. It would be nice if this was happened if I were either a lot younger or older though.