The Ugly Canada Thread - Page 598

MolsonExport · #**11941** Posted **Jan 18, 2018, 4:39 AM**

This guy was once charged with indecent exposure for masturbating in some woman's bathroom:

yeah, dmitri the masturbator

pathetic little weenie

consumed with hate, medical license revoked

but nothing more than a despicable loser that hates women, jews, muslims, blacks, gays, liberals, ...., ...., ....., ....., ......., ...., ....., ....., ....., ....., ....., ...., ...., ....., ....., ......., ...., ....., ....., ....., ....., ....., ...., ...., ....., ....., ......., ...., ....., ....., ....., ....., .....,
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lio45 · #**11942** Posted **Jan 18, 2018, 5:19 AM**

That yellow building is actually the nicest thing in the pic -- what's thread-fittingly ugly is those soul-sucking one story commercial shitholes on Queen we can see right next to it, given that the urban fabric there almost certainly used to look like what's visible in the 1964 picture WhipperSnapper linked to. What a shame.

CoffeeBreak · #**11943** Posted **Jan 18, 2018, 9:50 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by hipster duck

Queen and Church used to be a really interesting part of town before the invention of digital photography. It was where all the camera and photo equipment stores were.

On the whole Toronto is a much better city than it was in the 90s, but the loss of all those quirky districts where certain types of stores congregated - e.g. computers around College and Spadina, record stores on Yonge, outdoorsy stores along King West, all the fabric stores along Queen west, the leather jacket and fur coat stores near Adelaide and Spadina - is kind of a shame. Ah well, if it wasn't for gentrification a lot of these places would have just been victims of changing technology.

I have to agree. While I sometimes miss the "grit" of certain Toronto neighbourhoods, nevertheless, on the whole, this city is a much more exciting and vibrant place to be today as compared to 20 or 30 years ago. I guess that cheap yellow siding simply had me reminiscing a bit about some of the "lost Toronto", but it's still a cheap cover-up that's in desperate need of a power-wash.

TorontoDrew · #**11944** Posted **Jan 18, 2018, 11:24 PM**

Thanks for the link. So there is brick behind that terrible siding. Who knows, maybe somebody will come along and save it.

source: https://chuckmantorontonostalgia.files.wordpress.com

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Shwarma's King by Jack Brittain, on Flickr[/IMG]

kwoldtimer · #**11945** Posted **Jan 19, 2018, 1:34 AM**

Question about the yellow place - is that roof made of slate, or some other material?

yaletown_fella · #**11946** Posted **Jan 19, 2018, 4:20 AM**

As if the yellow siding isnt bad enough, it's also got that awful faux "stacked stone" on the storefront level.

srperrycgy · #**11947** Posted **Jan 20, 2018, 2:31 AM**

One of O-tac's Calgary favourites is for sale:

https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Singl...Calgary-Alberta-T2T1L6-Upper-Mount-Royal

Anyone have a spare $1.75 million lying around?

O-tacular · #**11948** Posted **Jan 20, 2018, 6:46 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by srperrycgy

One of O-tac's Calgary favourites is for sale:

https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Singl...Calgary-Alberta-T2T1L6-Upper-Mount-Royal

Anyone have a spare $1.75 million lying around?

The inside of that house looks like a Wolfenstein level. WTF?!

Thanks for that srperry!

O-tacular · #**11949** Posted **Jan 20, 2018, 7:18 PM**

Have builders gone colour blind? This is a new condo going up near my house and if it weren’t for the colours it might be ok. But this is just awful:

To make matters worse it’s called STILE with an I.

MolsonExport · #**11950** Posted **Jan 21, 2018, 1:44 AM**

Mustardy

GeneralLea · #**11951** Posted **Jan 21, 2018, 2:38 AM**

What the hell is that ground balcony?? I feel like they're are going to be many cases of those "balconies" breaking from many different things. Also, love how the form of the building is just so generic....

Acajack · #**11952** Posted **Jan 21, 2018, 2:54 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Thanks for the link. So there is brick behind that terrible siding. Who knows, maybe somebody will come along and save it.

source: https://chuckmantorontonostalgia.files.wordpress.com

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Shwarma's King by Jack Brittain, on Flickr[/IMG]

The 'S on the word SHAWARMA is also ugly to anyone who likes proper English.

MrBigStuff · #**11953** Posted **Jan 22, 2018, 6:30 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Have builders gone colour blind? This is a new condo going up near my house and if it weren’t for the colours it might be ok. But this is just awful:

To make matters worse it’s called STILE with an I.

Orange yellow is definatly not one of my favourite colours - make it a nice lemon yellow - that would be more appealing

MrBigStuff · #**11954** Posted **Jan 22, 2018, 6:33 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Thanks for the link. So there is brick behind that terrible siding. Who knows, maybe somebody will come along and save it.

I would be nice to get rid of the siding and paint the original brick some nice appealing colour ( I would think some nice loud colour ) and leave it at that.

source: https://chuckmantorontonostalgia.files.wordpress.com

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Shwarma's King by Jack Brittain, on Flickr[/IMG]

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HomeInMyShoes · #**11955** Posted **Jan 22, 2018, 10:09 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by srperrycgy

One of O-tac's Calgary favourites is for sale:

https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Singl...Calgary-Alberta-T2T1L6-Upper-Mount-Royal

Anyone have a spare $1.75 million lying around?

It's made the CBC News.

Apparently Calgary doesn't have many castles.

Some quality lines from the article:
"luxury fortress"
"replete with '70s decadence, with parquet floors, wood-panelled walls and brightly-patterned carpets"
"There's a Tudor rose, and the building's number in Roman numerals on the tower's exterior."

Nothing says castle like Roman numerals. Yes, that's why the Super Bowl is fancy.

O-tacular · #**11956** Posted **Jan 22, 2018, 10:26 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

It's made the CBC News.

Apparently Calgary doesn't have many castles.

Some quality lines from the article:
"luxury fortress"
"replete with '70s decadence, with parquet floors, wood-panelled walls and brightly-patterned carpets"
"There's a Tudor rose, and the building's number in Roman numerals on the tower's exterior."

Nothing says castle like Roman numerals. Yes, that's why the Super Bowl is fancy.

They lost me when they described the stucco as “stone walls”.

Looks like even the furniture is authentic 70’s schlock. My guess is the owners are Transylvanian or Russian.

MolsonExport · #**11957** Posted **Jan 22, 2018, 10:31 PM**

• Video Link

O-tacular · #**11958** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 12:26 AM**

James Sears seems like the type of character Donald Trump would appoint to be head of Human Resources.

milomilo · #**11959** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 12:43 AM**

NIMBYs are NIMBYing in Calgary. A 20 floor tower is proposed in an industrial wasteland, and this is the response of the local community association representative:

Quote:

Originally Posted by planning director for the Inglewood Community Association

It's basically putting a large phallic symbol in the middle of a historic community

Inglewood pushes back against 20-storey tower

It is a bit big, but it's right on a future BRT line, and well connected to roads plus doesn't overshadow anyone.

WhipperSnapper · #**11960** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 1:01 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by srperrycgy

One of O-tac's Calgary favourites is for sale:

https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Singl...Calgary-Alberta-T2T1L6-Upper-Mount-Royal

Anyone have a spare $1.75 million lying around?

It's so bad and so dated that it's awesome. It's a time capsule for crazy. Nothing has been refreshed in 25 years.