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Old Posted Apr 25, 2017, 1:13 AM
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It was imploded in 2005, but still...
The Ogilvie Mill in Winnipeg looked like this for a decade before it was demolished.

http://barraclou.com/memorial/ogilvie/index.html
     
     
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Me and Leonardozilla from two years ago:

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So I went through my photos of the trip and found this one I had my wife snap while we were driving by the spawn of the clocktower.
     
     
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Old Posted Apr 25, 2017, 3:07 AM
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It took some time but I found the first mention of les Residences Soleil Laval in this thread. Shockingly it wasn't Molson Export.
Check page 7 for all the gory details.

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Presenting Laval's tallest building - the 25 floor Residences Soleil. It is visible everywhere in Laval!

http://www.mtlurb.com/forums/showthread....n-de-l-ann%C3%A9e-%28r%C3%A9vis%C3%A9%29

I almost forgot about its sibling in St. Leonard!

http://www.mtlurb.com/forums/showthread....nt-Carmel-15-%C3%A9tages?p=7104#post7104
     
     
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Let the battle begin. Cue the music (Nickelback of course: LOOK AT THIS FRODO-GRAPH!!!). I've got my money on the ugliest one of all.
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These apartment buildings built into a ditch. They remind me of squished sea cucumbers, or some fat slug-like thing sticking its tongue out to touch the road.



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Old Posted Apr 25, 2017, 11:01 PM
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Those red accents are baaaaaaaaad.
     
     
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Old Posted Apr 26, 2017, 1:58 AM
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That wins for the worst entrance to a building we've seen on here yet. I see potential for a future Clockzilla challenger.
     
     
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It's a giant tongue.

I get what they are trying to mimic. The same scheme as the fishing buildings in Bonavista, but just no.
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Don't even notice the red accents. I guess that sort if thing is just background noise to me now lol. When I redo my house I'm going with purple clapboard, teal accents, and an orange door.
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The bridge at least has function given the slope of the site.

This is decorative and unnecessary.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.713362,-7...DPFMNVDhC6tkA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

Toronto is full of these too.
     
     
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Wouldn't that be a wheelchair ramp? Although one would figure you could have done a little more site analysis before you started building and not needed it.
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Old Posted Apr 26, 2017, 2:27 PM
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the ramp is definitely original and no one cared about wheelchairs access when this tower was built.

The site is a steep slope/cliff before construction. Maybe they were playing off of that.
     
     
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Another example of a walkway going to a house: https://goo.gl/maps/gf4JNXhcgK52

In this case I believe it's because a former stream runs at the back of the property and it would have been very difficult to backfill.
     
     
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Another example of a walkway going to a house: https://goo.gl/maps/gf4JNXhcgK52

In this case I believe it's because a former stream runs at the back of the property and it would have been very difficult to backfill.
It also avoids the potential pitfalls of having a steep driveway down to a basement garage. Pretty clever, istm.
     
     
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Another example of a walkway going to a house: https://goo.gl/maps/gf4JNXhcgK52

In this case I believe it's because a former stream runs at the back of the property and it would have been very difficult to backfill.
what an improvement

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.6704253,-...hUg!2e0!5s20140701T000000!7i13312!8i6656
     
     
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These apartment buildings built into a ditch. They remind me of squished sea cucumbers, or some fat slug-like thing sticking its tongue out to touch the road.
In a hilly city like Sherbrooke QC, we see this all the time.

This,
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.3978916,...itch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

with the bridge to their parking lot, is the same building as you see on the right side of this view (note the parkings even further below, on the left side):
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.3974019,...89TrRuiOZmXCFVo8NiIGw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
     
     
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Another example of a walkway going to a house: https://goo.gl/maps/gf4JNXhcgK52

In this case I believe it's because a former stream runs at the back of the property and it would have been very difficult to backfill.
I actually don't mind that example.
     
     
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Whoa! What a bizarre building! Amazing what some paint can do. How did you get the old streetview?
     
     
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