The Ugly Canada Thread

[O-tacular]

This muslim school in NE Calgary in a converted office / commercial building:

https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.0885069,-...Q5fyaQFqeI2sw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.0887489,-...T-obuSkhxBtIw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

One wall is made to look like a mosque with the turrets. The other sides all look like a generic office building.

And check out that beautiful dead grass waste of space in what I assume is a ROW for Barlow Trail. Note the complete lack of a sidewalk. City planning at its finest.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.0876258,-...S-9v9fRKYyHuw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

[O-tacular]

The cathouse. A strip club with fake ruins for no reason. I can't remember what this used to be but I think it's a holdover from the former business. Also in Calgary's beautiful NE.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.0799243,-...kluCCNRFtW7Uz3W1bwHFg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.0797374,-...PxWXpF35a6Bog!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

[O-tacular]

Not too much further from there I found another interesting nugget. The Four Points Sheraton looks like it's roof has pools of blood on it. Either that or there's some Ghostbusters 2 shit going on!

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

[lio45]

Just noticed (by pure happenstance -- my eye just caught his username as the latest post in a thread in a section of the forum I never visit) that Chad is back. Will MolsonEx follow?

[Rollerstud98]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Not too much further from there I found another interesting nugget. The Four Points Sheraton looks like it's roof has pools of blood on it. Either that or there's some Ghostbusters 2 shit going on!

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

Knew without looking that it must have the white membrane roof. Always turns red where there is standing water.

[TorontoDrew]

The sad thing here is this isn't even in Greek town.
[IMG]Neighbor, really into Greek architecture by Sean Rasmussen, on Flickr[/IMG]

[esquire]

^ My word

[kwoldtimer]

Ugly is the least of it. One really wants to know more. Am I correct in thinking that the inscription over the archway on the side means "tempation to sin"?

[matthew6]

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

The sad thing here is this isn't even in Greek town.
[IMG]Neighbor, really into Greek architecture by Sean Rasmussen, on Flickr[/IMG]

Well at least its got some ....er character.

The building on the right is worst. A shitty 80s reno on what probably was a pretty building.

[TorontoDrew]

And not to be out done from Leslieville.

[IMG]I wonder what the neighbours think. by Sally Hunter, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Toy House by Charles Bodi, on Flickr[/IMG]

[TorontoDrew]

Originally Posted by matthew6

Well at least its got some ....er character.

The building on the right is worst. A shitty 80s reno on what probably was a pretty building.

Agreed, the area north of Bloor and the Danforth is littered with ugly ass homes like that.

[Echoes]

I wonder how the neighbours get along in these instances.

[niwell]

Originally Posted by matthew6

Well at least its got some ....er character.

The building on the right is worst. A shitty 80s reno on what probably was a pretty building.

That one is definitely older with a reno, but there's also somewhat similar looking shitty 1940s/50s infills scattered throughout the old city. It's hard to find an authoritative source, but I believe most of them were built after the city assessed and condemned "unfit dwellings".


One-offs:
https://goo.gl/maps/EJPuzNt92YB2
https://goo.gl/maps/ZLaZQ64XosN2
https://goo.gl/maps/ELLTDp4fTJq

And he most egregious example (I checked and this row was originally older housing): https://goo.gl/maps/rjRxv8diz722


Somewhat more attractive example: https://goo.gl/maps/Q8ndANv3dXS2

[WhipperSnapper]

I've always known them as Italian houses. Solid brick structure too unlike most others from their era that were framed in wood studs.

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by Echoes

I wonder how the neighbours get along in these instances.

The neighbours, in particular the doll house, must support it. I see no reason one call wouldn't get a city work order on the house.

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

I've always known them as Italian houses. Solid brick structure too unlike most others from their era that were framed in wood studs.

"Mediterranean" would be less ethno-specific, but still largely accurate.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

"Mediterranean" would be less ethno-specific, but still largely accurate.

In a country where most Italian restaurants seem to be owned by people of Greek origin, sure... that makes perfect sense!

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Rollerstud98

Knew without looking that it must have the white membrane roof. Always turns red where there is standing water.

Interesting effect. I wonder if that ever came up in product testing?

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

The sad thing here is this isn't even in Greek town.
[IMG]Neighbor, really into Greek architecture by Sean Rasmussen, on Flickr[/IMG]

My Big Fat Greek Wedding. LOL!

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

And not to be out done from Leslieville.

[IMG]I wonder what the neighbours think. by Sally Hunter, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Toy House by Charles Bodi, on Flickr[/IMG]

Every city has hoarders. At least this one likes to display it nicely. There's a farm house just outside the city I should try and grab a picture of one of these days. It has hundreds of stuffed animals hung from a tree in the yard. It looks straight out of a horror movie. I imagine there's one for every child who wandered onto the property never to be seen again...