Ugly Canada 2 (Only architecture, planning and design faux pas) - Page 168

s211 · #**3341** Posted **Sep 7, 2019, 2:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by stevanford1

I raise you with one of the ugliest buildings I have ever laid eyes on. It also takes up a whole block.

The thought that people PAY to live in that thing makes me weep for humanity, or what there used to be left of it. How spectacularly soul-crushing.

s211 · #**3342** Posted **Sep 7, 2019, 2:37 AM**

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

No, it really doesn't. It's a shitty suburban-looking, parking-surrounded, mostly stucco clad stripmall plopped in a central area. The only way it could be worse is if it were painted in the same colour pallet as the Venetian.

High five, and

stevanford1 · #**3343** Posted **Sep 7, 2019, 3:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by s211

The thought that people PAY to live in that thing makes me weep for humanity, or what there used to be left of it. How spectacularly soul-crushing.

If anything it reminds me of half the buildings in Bulgaria.

O-tacular · #**3344** Posted **Sep 7, 2019, 3:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by stevanford1

That hurts my brain. It takes effort to make something that disproportionate. The longer you look the worse it gets. Not even the roofline is even.

O-tacular · #**3345** Posted **Sep 7, 2019, 3:40 PM**

Hideous. A hotel that looks like it’s from an office park from the 80’s.

https://images.app.goo.gl/fVDB7X9NTSSwVA779

https://www.bisnow.com/toronto/news/...york-58451#ath

stevanford1 · #**3346** Posted **Sep 7, 2019, 3:53 PM**

This building in Mississauga reminds me of Balleria and Clockzilla

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stevanford1 · #**3347** Posted **Sep 7, 2019, 3:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Hideous. A hotel that looks like it’s from an office park from the 80’s.

https://images.app.goo.gl/fVDB7X9NTSSwVA779

https://www.bisnow.com/toronto/news/...york-58451#ath

That is bad, we have enough office parks from the 80s already without people building new ones!

stevanford1 · #**3348** Posted **Sep 7, 2019, 6:01 PM**

How on earth is Winners so popular? From the awful lighting to the constant beeping alarm and loud PA System (CASHIER #4 PLEASE) it reminds me of Bed Bath And Beyond if anything.

O-tacular · #**3349** Posted **Sep 7, 2019, 6:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by stevanford1

That is bad, we have enough office parks from the 80s already without people building new ones!

The weird part is it’s a hotel that looks like an office building.

stevanford1 · #**3350** Posted **Sep 7, 2019, 6:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

The weird part is it’s a hotel that looks like an office building.

Yes that’s odd indeed, reminds me of those lousy Keynote twins in Calgary.

vid · #**3351** Posted **Sep 8, 2019, 3:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by stevanford1

How on earth is Winners so popular? From the awful lighting to the constant beeping alarm and loud PA System (CASHIER #4 PLEASE) it reminds me of Bed Bath And Beyond if anything.

I've shared it before, I will share it again:

Years ago on the bus, I was heading uptown, and we passed the mall which at the time was anchored by a Zellers. And a woman from Ottawa sitting a few rows behind me saw the Zellers and exclaimed "Oh my god! You have a Zellers!! That means you have a Winners!!" and I have never heard anyone so excited about the mere potential of going to Winners as that woman was.

They weren't even owned by the same company???

stevanford1 · #**3352** Posted **Sep 8, 2019, 12:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by vid

I've shared it before, I will share it again:

Years ago on the bus, I was heading uptown, and we passed the mall which at the time was anchored by a Zellers. And a woman from Ottawa sitting a few rows behind me saw the Zellers and exclaimed "Oh my god! You have a Zellers!! That means you have a Winners!!" and I have never heard anyone so excited about the mere potential of going to Winners as that woman was.

They weren't even owned by the same company???

, How one can get excited by Zellers or Winners is beyond me.