The Ugly Canada Thread - Page 510

O-tacular · #**10181** Posted **Jun 29, 2017, 8:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Whoever did this gives as much of a 🞵🞵🞵🞵 about it as I do.

TorontoDrew · #**10182** Posted **Jun 29, 2017, 8:45 PM**

Wow they really went all out.

SignalHillHiker · #**10183** Posted **Jun 29, 2017, 8:56 PM**

It gets better. The flag combo on buddy's shirt is even displaying on electronic building-side signs around the city. This week is going to do me in. I'm going to end up arrested for arson or something a la http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2...ments-monument-lasted-less-than-24-hours

MolsonExport · #**10184** Posted **Jun 29, 2017, 8:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

It might not be your preferred style, but Robarts (along with many other 1960s/70s educational buildings) is one of the best Brutalist buildings in the country.

It's disappointing to see such a low level of architectural knowledge and appreciation that a work like that is brought up alongside tacky stucco piles of 🞵🞵🞵🞵 like the Clocktower and Venetian in an "ugly" thread. Then again I did just see a thread full of "my kid could draw better than that"-type comments on a Basquiat painting, so...

ahh. well I wasn't aware that architectural knowledge was a prerequisite for posting opinions in this thread. I thought beauty was in the eye of the beholder.

I stand corrected. Thanks for shaming me into submission. I suppose that I should also refrain from posting political opinions, since I don't have a degree in Political Science.

I did want to be an architect for much of my young life. Somehow got side-tracked into an academic career instead.

Let's say I had a really high level of architectural knowledge. Would that automatically mean that I should like the building?

I am no musician, but I dislike Nickelback. Is that opinion valid?

lio45 · #**10185** Posted **Jun 29, 2017, 9:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Haha. Yes. It's an art college of all things.

Here's some streetviews:

https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.0612899,-...2LDZRCFh7Q8jylHjp7mT5Q!2e0!7i3328!8i1664

https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.0621314,-...vJej3-U-Mim3Gyj4JySMw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

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

Yeah, no, I hadn't refreshed the page for a few minutes before posting, but I was talking about that UofT Scarborough campus.

lio45 · #**10186** Posted **Jun 29, 2017, 9:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

I am no musician, but I dislike Nickelback. Is that opinion valid?

Where do you guys set the bar for being a musician? I went to special music schools all the way to college... (still occasionally play the piano, my favorite instrument) ... and I've got some paperwork to prove these credentials. (Plus, I happen to have absolute ear pitch, probably due to growing up in a musician family / young age exposure.)

If I can get a official SSP greenlight to express an educated opinion, I'll let you use it in my stead and you can cast my vote against Nickelback

How does that sound?

SignalHillHiker · #**10187** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 10:31 AM**

So a few days ago, 12 (!) council housing units burned down in St. John's. It was major fire, smoke went across the whole city, etc.

The families lost everything and one person had to go to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. Since then, so many donations have poured in that the local community centre is no longer accepting donations. So a silver lining type of story.

Until now, the truth comes out. Residents of the area went to the media to explain...

People were literally saying "Let it burn!", "It's only social housing.", "Nothing lives there.", etc. It's not even that bad a neighbourhood - the grounds are generally kept, the units had nice interiors, it's not intimidating or uncomfortable to walk through, lots of young families, etc.

There was a crackhouse on my street that burned down a couple of years ago and all the neighbours standing around watching were saying things like, "Thank Christ!", etc. In that situation, I can understand it. But in this one, it's just cruelty. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that neighbourhood except that its council housing. That's literally the only reason to be a 🞵🞵🞵🞵 about it - the people in there are best kind.

And in this city it's not like they're sad about the wide open spaces and lack of urbanity in that area. They just wants a Shoppers or Winners parking lot there. People are awful.

O-tacular · #**10188** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 2:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

So a few days ago, 12 (!) council housing units burned down in St. John's. It was major fire, smoke went across the whole city, etc.

The families lost everything and one person had to go to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. Since then, so many donations have poured in that the local community centre is no longer accepting donations. So a silver lining type of story.

Until now, the truth comes out. Residents of the area went to the media to explain...

People were literally saying "Let it burn!", "It's only social housing.", "Nothing lives there.", etc. It's not even that bad a neighbourhood - the grounds are generally kept, the units had nice interiors, it's not intimidating or uncomfortable to walk through, lots of young families, etc.

There was a crackhouse on my street that burned down a couple of years ago and all the neighbours standing around watching were saying things like, "Thank Christ!", etc. In that situation, I can understand it. But in this one, it's just cruelty. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that neighbourhood except that its council housing. That's literally the only reason to be a 🞵🞵🞵🞵 about it - the people in there are best kind.

And in this city it's not like they're sad about the wide open spaces and lack of urbanity in that area. They just wants a Shoppers or Winners parking lot there. People are awful.

We're living in an age of unbridled selfishness, apathy and contempt for 'others'. Reminds me of when an abandoned hotel was trying to be converted to assisted living facilities for the homeless in NE Calgary. This town hall meeting was the result:

Echoes · #**10189** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 2:50 PM**

The Robarts Library at U of T is fantastic. Looking for a brutalist library on a Canadian campus that really stinks? Look no further than the Murray Library at the U of S:

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I think the windows they punched through the top floor about 10 years ago actually make it worse. Before:

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O-tacular · #**10190** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 2:55 PM**

Ya those new windows definitely make it look worse.

TorontoDrew · #**10191** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 2:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by niwell

Since we are on the topic, I just noticed this news about the expansion of Robarts: http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2017/06/u-t-robarts-common-breaking-ground-summer

Urbantoronto.ca

I saw this as well. Not a fan at all. Do they really need to ad more space here? The library is already HUGE. The only thing I'd like to see them do to it would be a better landscaping of the grounds. Maybe a water feature.

SignalHillHiker · #**10192** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 4:00 PM**

Scrolling through FB when...

Now, I hate setbacks and detached houses. If my house isn't touching the neighboring ones, and my front door doesnt open to sidewalk, I might as well be camping for how not urban it feels to me personally.

But if you're going to have detached houses... Maybe push them far enough apart to fit a vehicle AND a tree. This looks like a moonscape.

WhipperSnapper · #**10193** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 4:02 PM**

makes you appreciate 1960s commie blocks even more

http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/imp...corp-26s-onespace-unlimited.20796/page-7

MolsonExport · #**10194** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 4:03 PM**

I will admit to loving the interior of said library. I also enjoy the interior of Bonaventure Metro Station in Montreal, a brutalist gem and my favorite station. plus it has these wicked access tunnels:

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niwell · #**10195** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 4:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

makes you appreciate 1960s commie blocks even more

http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/imp...corp-26s-onespace-unlimited.20796/page-7

Ugh. That's atrocious.

I'm glad they saved (forced to?) the original Imperial Plaza through conversion but even still they ruined the top of it with the tacked on addition.

O-tacular · #**10196** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 4:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Scrolling through FB when...

Now, I hate setbacks and detached houses. If my house isn't touching the neighboring ones, and my front door doesnt open to sidewalk, I might as well be camping for how not urban it feels to me personally.

But if you're going to have detached houses... Maybe push them far enough apart to fit a vehicle AND a tree. This looks like a moonscape.

That kitchen...

WhipperSnapper · #**10197** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 4:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

That kitchen...

I'll give it credit. It all works together.

MolsonExport · #**10198** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 4:34 PM**

via Imgflip Meme Generator

O-tacular · #**10199** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 4:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

I'll give it credit. It all works together.

Much like the polished barf lobby of Trump Tower NY?

Proof Sheet · #**10200** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 5:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

It gets better. The flag combo on buddy's shirt is even displaying on electronic building-side signs around the city. This week is going to do me in. I'm going to end up arrested for arson or something a la http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2...ments-monument-lasted-less-than-24-hours

What is the big issue here to cause you to want to cause some civic damage. Maybe I'm missing something but it looks like a comedian wearing a t-shirt with a flag....nothing to get your knickers in a twist about.