The Ugly Canada Thread - Page 599

WhipperSnapper · #**11961** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 1:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by GeneralLeeTPHLS

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....

The balconies are shelter a bit from the setback . It's actually a pretty common form in suburban Calgary.

WhipperSnapper · #**11962** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 1:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by milomilo

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:

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.

It's not NIMBYism. The concerns in plopping a 20 storey tower in a low to mid rise community are valid. It seldom works out. A BRT shouldn't be reason enough to throw local planning out the window either. 10 to 12 is reasonable in consideration of the BRT. 20 is not.

milomilo · #**11963** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 1:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

It's not NIMBYism. The concerns in plopping a 20 storey tower in a low to mid rise community are valid. It seldom works out. A BRT shouldn't be reason enough to throw local planning out the window either. 10 to 12 is reasonable in consideration of the BRT. 20 is not.

I don't disagree, but the reasons given by the locals aren't the reasons you gave.

WhipperSnapper · #**11964** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 1:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by milomilo

I don't disagree, but the reasons given by the locals aren't the reasons you gave.

I'm the last to hold them against there colourful concerns. I don't mind being hypocritical but even I have limits. They have more at stake than I do. What they say doesn't really matter. The point is the tower is inappropriate. It is not bad enough to be good like the castle or some of Toronto's planning choices.

O-tacular · #**11965** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 4:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by milomilo

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:

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.

What are you doing having an opinion when you don’t live in that community?! Don’t you know that the Blackfoot truckstop is the heart and soul of Inglewood?!?

O-tacular · #**11966** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 4:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

It's not NIMBYism. The concerns in plopping a 20 storey tower in a low to mid rise community are valid. It seldom works out. A BRT shouldn't be reason enough to throw local planning out the window either. 10 to 12 is reasonable in consideration of the BRT. 20 is not.

It sounds like a strategy to get more than the usually allowable 6 stories. I doubt it will end up this tall. Also this area is likely to densify quite a bit in the future as it is currently a big waste of space near the city centre.

niwell · #**11967** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 1:56 PM**

The tower itself looks like it's from the 1980s...

MolsonExport · #**11968** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 2:13 PM**

looks pretty awful, whatever the height. no-man's land industrial doom.

O-tacular · #**11969** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 4:58 PM**

Dimitri the Lover:

Check out his Twitter page:

https://twitter.com/dimitrithelover?lang=en

Third post down you'll see his idol Patrick Bateman.

Proof Sheet · #**11970** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 5:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Dimitri the Lover:

Check out his Twitter page:

https://twitter.com/dimitrithelover?lang=en

According to this

http://www.ncparty.ca/leader.html

he is a retired captain in the Canadian armed forces. Lord help us.

That excerpt of his voice mail message to the women who he is interested in with a time limit to it is priceless.

MolsonExport · #**11971** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 7:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Dimitri the Lover:

Check out his Twitter page:

https://twitter.com/dimitrithelover?lang=en

Revolting hate-filled shithead with severe narcissistic personality disorder. Kind of like that odious orange man south of the border.

why are we tolerating hate speech in this country?

milomilo · #**11972** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 11:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

What are you doing having an opinion when you don’t live in that community?! Don’t you know that the Blackfoot truckstop is the heart and soul of Inglewood?!?

I know right. The annoying thing is I actually don't think it's a great proposal, just the reasons some people have given against it are the worst kind of NIMBYism. For such a bland project it's really brought out the worst in people.

O-tacular · #**11973** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 11:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by milomilo

I know right. The annoying thing is I actually don't think it's a great proposal, just the reasons some people have given against it are the worst kind of NIMBYism. For such a bland project it's really brought out the worst in people.

Agreed. Frankly I hope it doesn't get built in its' current form. It's just a shock to the system of many I think to go straight out the gates to a 20 story building in such a current wasteland. Long term I see the potential but this might be too much to swallow right off the bat.

WhipperSnapper · #**11974** Posted **Jan 24, 2018, 1:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

It sounds like a strategy to get more than the usually allowable 6 stories. I doubt it will end up this tall. Also this area is likely to densify quite a bit in the future as it is currently a big waste of space near the city centre.

I get that with the crude rendering and the developer maintaining anonymity. What sort of strategy is it to propose something so absurd to a community that opposes large scale development? You're just aggravating people instead of actually working with thme. (Which the rep says is their intention with this pathetic rendering ... sure ) you're creating NIMBYism. I can't blame locals for acting irrational over this either.

Blader · #**11975** Posted **Jan 24, 2018, 1:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

I get that with the crude rendering and the developer maintaining anonymity. What sort of strategy is it to propose something so absurd to a community that opposes large scale development? You're just aggravating people instead of actually working with thme. (Which the rep says is their intention with this pathetic rendering ... sure ) you're creating NIMBYism. I can't blame locals for acting irrational over this either.

Agreed, they need to be spanked, repeatedly, with a Forbes magazine. The rendering would have communities in arms. How stupid, considering that they need to garner support.

O-tacular · #**11976** Posted **Jan 24, 2018, 10:45 PM**

Mr. Wonderful is trying to pay back the half a million dollars he still owes from his Conservative Party leadership run.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/kevin-o-...-to-pay-off-500k-campaign-debt-1.3772692

https://globalnews.ca/news/3984252/kevin-oleary-conservative-election-debt/

MolsonExport · #**11977** Posted **Jan 24, 2018, 11:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Mr. Wonderful is trying to pay back the half a million dollars he still owes from his Conservative Party leadership run.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/kevin-o-...-to-pay-off-500k-campaign-debt-1.3772692

https://globalnews.ca/news/3984252/kevin-oleary-conservative-election-debt/

isn't $500K a trivial amount for Mr. Wonderful? Who would pay 5 cents to listen to this baldy's bullshit?

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“We’re taking over Casa Loma and we’re going to have one heck of a night,” O’Leary said Tuesday.

The favorite song of Kudetah conservatives.

Selfie socks required.

Rollerstud98 · #**11978** Posted **Jan 24, 2018, 11:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Selfie socks required.

Ask and you shall receive:
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/lifestyle/styl...tootsies-this-year/ar-AAv4sOH?li=AAggxAX

GeneralLea · #**11979** Posted **Jan 24, 2018, 11:53 PM**

Jeesh, some of those socks

O-tacular · #**11980** Posted **Jan 24, 2018, 11:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

isn't $500K a trivial amount for Mr. Wonderful? Who would pay 5 cents to listen to this baldy's bullshit?

The favorite song of Kudetah conservatives.

Selfie socks required.

Didn't he always proclaim himself to be a Billionaire? The article says he's only worth a paltry $400 million.