Ugly Canada 2 (Only architecture, planning and design faux pas) - Page 3

O-tacular · #1 Posted **Oct 23, 2018, 6:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by Xelebes

So Jasper Place Log Cabins type failure.

Care to share pictures?

Xelebes · #2 Posted **Oct 23, 2018, 6:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Care to share pictures?

Shared previously in the old thread. Will have to go find it.

This bad boy: https://www.google.ca/maps/@53.53955...7i13312!8i6656

DizzyEdge · #3 Posted **Oct 23, 2018, 7:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by Xelebes

Shared previously in the old thread. Will have to go find it.

This bad boy: https://www.google.ca/maps/@53.53955...7i13312!8i6656

Damn, it's like it's right out of a history book

O-tacular · #4 Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 2:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by Xelebes

Shared previously in the old thread. Will have to go find it.

This bad boy: https://www.google.ca/maps/@53.53955...7i13312!8i6656

Oh right! I saw that on my last trip to Edmonchuck. I think I was actually the one who posted a picture. Was it a historic house at some point?

DizzyEdge · #5 Posted **Oct 22, 2018, 4:10 PM**

All that said, I will admit that this house isn't on the city's inventory, as there is a huge backlog of evaluating potential historic properties in Calgary, probably easily several hundred behind, so as far as the owner is concerned it was just an old house. Nor would they know it is either the, or one of the handful of pre-1910 boom houses left in that community.

Rollerstud98 · #6 Posted **Oct 22, 2018, 8:50 PM**

The huge balcony was removed from the other house too.

DizzyEdge · #7 Posted **Oct 23, 2018, 4:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by Rollerstud98

The huge balcony was removed from the other house too.

I totally didn't notice that. Looks like the balcony was part of the original design:

Anyway, back to the topic

Rollerstud98 · #8 Posted **Oct 23, 2018, 4:57 AM**

I would kill for a yard that size! Look at all the space between houses

HomeInMyShoes · #9 Posted **Oct 23, 2018, 2:55 PM**

Office with a view: Space in controversial 4-storey building at Wascana up for lease

Our provincial government needs to stop selling the park. So irritated. I remember proud proclamations of the biggest urban park and a public resource. Just sell the park and pave the rest of it and then we can be the biggest city without a spine.

TorontoDrew · #10 Posted **Oct 23, 2018, 3:04 PM**

Why would you not want that balcony?

Rollerstud98 · #11 Posted **Oct 23, 2018, 3:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Why would you not want that balcony?

Source of leaks, structure was rotted back in to the house, probably something like that. Couldn’t afford to fix and replace so just remove and patch up.

TorontoDrew · #12 Posted **Oct 23, 2018, 3:47 PM**

Ya most likely, still though. I think that balcony would have been one of my favorite aspects of the house and replacing it would be a must. If I ever owned an older home I would want one with a covered porch like that.

DizzyEdge · #13 Posted **Oct 23, 2018, 5:38 PM**

I believe the house on the left is not a private residence, but some sort of group home, so they may have had other reasons to not replace it.

SignalHillHiker · #14 Posted **Oct 23, 2018, 7:50 PM**

Just a friendly reminder of the ugliest house in St. John's... the monster of Boncloddy Street.

For added hilarity, the owner of the attached green house bought the empty lot created when the house attached to the ugly one on the other side burned down. So now the neighbour's driveway looks like it should be the ugly house's backyard.

If I owned it, every Halloween I'd put witches legs where the first and second floors meet.

O-tacular · #15 Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 3:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Just a friendly reminder of the ugliest house in St. John's... the monster of Boncloddy Street.

For added hilarity, the owner of the attached green house bought the empty lot created when the house attached to the ugly one on the other side burned down. So now the neighbour's driveway looks like it should be the ugly house's backyard.

If I owned it, every Halloween I'd put witches legs where the first and second floors meet.

How have you withheld this monstrosity for all these years?!

Nashe · #16 Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 11:44 AM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

JIf I owned it, every Halloween I'd put witches legs where the first and second floors meet.

Yeah, it looks like a Kansas tornado dropped one ugly house on top of another ugly house.

suburbanite · #17 Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 8:47 PM**

Check out this $12.5 million mansion in Ottawa. The headquarters of a copper-obsessed super villain I have to assume.

Edit: Turns out it's Michael Cowpland's place (founder of Corel)

From: http://www.tpcrawford.ca/roof.htm

Acajack · #18 Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 8:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by suburbanite

Check out this $12.5 million mansion in Ottawa. The headquarters of a copper-obsessed super villain I have to assume.

From: http://www.tpcrawford.ca/roof.htm

I believe it's the house of Michael Cowpland, the founder of software company Corel.

Proof Sheet · #19 Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 8:56 PM**

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I believe it's the house of Michael Cowpland, the founder of software company Corel.

Yes, it is .....We never hear about him much these days or his wife.

The Cowpland house isn't quite as fugly as some of those houses near Dix/30

TorontoDrew · #20 Posted **Oct 23, 2018, 8:24 PM**

St John's reminds me a lot of South Boston. Where cladding is king.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@42.32032...7i13312!8i6656