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Old Posted Mar 12, 2019, 5:17 PM
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Is that Tronald Dump's Altantic City getaway? the guy's taste is lower than his IQ.
, Its one of the more trumpian houses I have seen in a while. I swear to god someone needs to start a thread dedicated to these fugly things. Heres another one in New Jersey.
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Old Posted Mar 12, 2019, 5:18 PM
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My wife asked me what I was laughing so hard about. That and the Anus Pounder had me chuckling hysterically.
Same here.
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Old Posted Mar 12, 2019, 5:32 PM
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My least favourite building in Atlantic City is probably the Skyline Tower


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Old Posted Mar 12, 2019, 5:41 PM
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Anyway back to ugly canadian buildings. Brossard is probably Quebecs McMansion Capital.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.44041...7i13312!8i6656
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Old Posted Mar 12, 2019, 5:50 PM
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Calgary has areas like this surrounding the city on the outskirts. Acreages subdivided into McMansion neighbourhoods. They all seem to have abysmal landscaping. That Brossard one is just awful though. Trees grow there much easier than in Calgary, but it's basically just sod with a couple shrubs.

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Old Posted Mar 12, 2019, 6:15 PM
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Old Posted Mar 12, 2019, 6:53 PM
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International uglies

Hey for all those interested I started a thread for ugly buildings around the world.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...95#post8503095
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Old Posted Mar 12, 2019, 9:07 PM
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Walking through the Waterford Valley. The older homes were mostly larger estates, like this one:



They've been divided up into smaller lots since the 1940s so every era has infill along the valley and a lot of it is hideous. Some examples...







And one dishonourable mention. It's not bad - it's just a bland attempt at what it's supposed to imitate.

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Old Posted Mar 12, 2019, 9:24 PM
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Anyway back to ugly canadian buildings. Brossard is probably Quebecs McMansion Capital.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.44041...7i13312!8i6656
https://goo.gl/maps/i9CihTD9Wbk

This is listed as a park. What do you think the likelihood is that anybody uses this as a park as it is between the two directions of traffic on the road.?
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Old Posted Mar 12, 2019, 10:34 PM
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This is listed as a park. What do you think the likelihood is that anybody uses this as a park as it is between the two directions of traffic on the road.?
I'd be curious how many people actually used that park for anything but letting their dogs take a crap on it.
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Old Posted Mar 12, 2019, 10:59 PM
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I'd be curious how many people actually used that park for anything but letting their dogs take a crap on it.
I think it just ticks a box in terms of parkland dedication
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They would be better just to put a small fence around it and using it as a dog park. At least then it would be used.
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They've been divided up into smaller lots since the 1940s so every era has infill along the valley and a lot of it is hideous. Some examples...
Halifax has areas like this too, mostly around the Northwest Arm and deep South End. It's too bad because there are a lot of great old mansions but they're secluded and mixed in with random modern houses of varying levels of quality.

Guess what is here then spin the camera around:
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.6270...7i16384!8i8192

Or:
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.6330...7i13312!8i6656
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Old Posted Mar 13, 2019, 2:29 AM
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This is listed as a park. What do you think the likelihood is that anybody uses this as a park as it is between the two directions of traffic on the road.?

Looks like it is supposed to have a statue in the middle, the steps must lead up to something, perhaps of Justin Trudeau? Nice neighbourhood though.

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Old Posted Mar 13, 2019, 2:42 PM
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This driveway in Varennes fascinates me. Like what was the thought process for the 'design'?

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6933...7i13312!8i6656
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This driveway in Varennes fascinates me. Like what was the thought process for the 'design'?

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Interlock stones that happened to be on special at Réno-Dépôt?
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Varennes has a weird mix of historic and contemporary houses and buildings right next to each other. I cannot figure out if this began as a house and had a commercial extension built off of it, or if it started as a commercial building and had a house tacked on to the back. Either way, I have never seen anything like this before:

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6865...7i13312!8i6656
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Interlock stones that happened to be on special at Réno-Dépôt?
Yes, but they purposely cut out corners of the squares and almost went for a random tetris pattern, but then there's straight lines running through the middle of it. It clearly cost money, but it's terrible.
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Old Posted Mar 13, 2019, 2:55 PM
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More ugly renos from Varennes. Check out the 'historic' garage built behind the chapel:

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6877...7i13312!8i6656

Shutters on shutters on shutters:

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6894...7i13312!8i6656
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That last one in no way belongs in this thread.
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