The Soul-Sucking Canada Thread

[HomeInMyShoes]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Brick buildings are seldomly ugly.

Unless they build them here with that brick veneer crap. Even if it was all-brick, it would still be ugly.

Albert Street and 11th Avenue

[Proof Sheet]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

There was a massive cheapening of this project including flattening of the facade. Besides the colours the other hideous element is the cheap easy trim along the seams of the panels. Without matching trim that form of hardy paneling always looks like a temporary structure.

Here's an example of that material done well:

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.0378...7i16384!8i8192

Hey that image from October 2020 has snow on the ground in Calgary. I didn't think it snowed much and was wall to wall sunshine in Calgary based on this forum.

[Proof Sheet]

https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-t...sauga-ontario/

https://www.google.com/maps/place/42...2!4d-79.665547

Looking at the imagery over time you can see the life being sucked out of a snout house

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by Proof Sheet

https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-t...sauga-ontario/

https://www.google.com/maps/place/42...2!4d-79.665547

Looking at the imagery over time you can see the life being sucked out of a snout house

Good grief! Even the car started getting packed with papers and crap. I feel bad for the house, but the mental illness that spawned the mess saddens me more.

No wonder the neighbours put up that fence.

[megadude]

Damn! When I saw the pic of the house I said that looks just like that one house I looked at in 2015. This street is two over from that.

The house I looked at was decent. And at that time, I didn't care about things like the soul sucking amount of traffic there so I really would have considered it except the neighbour had all kinds of junk stored along the side of his house and you could tell it had been there for a while. It was neatly tucked up against his wall, but you can see how narrow the space is between houses there. I said I don't want to live beside this guy. Is there a theme in this neighbourhood?

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

the Great Wall of Grimsby. I was shocked when I drove past that monstrously ugly building a few months ago.

if only this kept out the GTA folks from driving up our housing prices in Niagara

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

A classic that I rediscovered on my desktop that I thought merited a repost.

"Clockzillim belched 100 gallons of dark roast on me, and I'm still tired! Gord, where do I roll up the rim?"

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Wigs

"Clockzillim belched 100 gallons of dark roast on me, and I'm still tired! Gord, where do I roll up the rim?"

For some reason this made me think of the scene in Rawhead Rex where the vicar is 'baptized' in the monster's urine. Maybe Clockzilla baptizes its new prisoners with regurgitated Tim Horton's?

Edit: I could use 100 gallons of dark roast. Caffeine is every parent's best friend.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Proof Sheet

https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-t...sauga-ontario/

https://www.google.com/maps/place/42...2!4d-79.665547

Looking at the imagery over time you can see the life being sucked out of a snout house

That black mold inside is scary! Hopefully no one was living there with it. Looks straight out of Hoarders.

Speaking of hoarders would the person who hung all the stuffed animals from this tree qualify?



The current streetview doesn't show it but if you go back to 2018 you can see it in all its serial killer glory.

This property is just East of Calgary off Glenmore Trail. I think they sold the house and the new owners took down all the teddies.

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.9796...7i16384!8i8192

[O-tacular]

Does this sidewalk / pedestrian realm qualify as soul sucking? It starts off level and turns into a steep incline that would be impossible to use in winter or for anyone with mobility issues:

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.9940...7i13312!8i6656

Here's where it gets insane:

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.9940...7i16384!8i8192

Until someone in the Calgary forum pointed out that this is in fact a sidewalk I had no clue.

[MolsonExport]

soul sucking for sure. And the post for the electric highway signage blocks much of the sidewalk, making it even more dangerous.

[Loco101]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Does this sidewalk / pedestrian realm qualify as soul sucking? It starts off level and turns into a steep incline that would be impossible to use in winter or for anyone with mobility issues:

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.9940...7i13312!8i6656

Here's where it gets insane:

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.9940...7i16384!8i8192

Until someone in the Calgary forum pointed out that this is in fact a sidewalk I had no clue.

Wow, a true sign of being pedestrian-unfriendly.

I'm sure that we can all imaging the mentality of those involved in designing that.

[esquire]

A sidewalk in a theoretical sense as opposed to one in practical fact.

[Pavlov]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Does this sidewalk / pedestrian realm qualify as soul sucking? It starts off level and turns into a steep incline that would be impossible to use in winter or for anyone with mobility issues:

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.9940...7i13312!8i6656

Here's where it gets insane:

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.9940...7i16384!8i8192

Until someone in the Calgary forum pointed out that this is in fact a sidewalk I had no clue.

I looked at the streetview carefully. There is no way that was ever intended to be a sidewalk. Maybe that makes the pedestrian realm even sadder, but the fact remains: that is not a sidewalk.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Pavlov

I looked at the streetview carefully. There is no way that was ever intended to be a sidewalk. Maybe that makes the pedestrian realm even sadder, but the fact remains: that is not a sidewalk.

That's what I always thought but it actually is a continuation of the sidewalk here:

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.9940...7i16384!8i8192

The slant starts right after this bombed out looking parkade:

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.9940...7i16384!8i8192

[Pavlov]

Maybe you're right. Difficult to say one way or another.

Anyway, its a soul-sucking landscape either way.

[niwell]

That Glenmore Trail example is wild, and from what I recall is not even that old. Maybe 15 years or so since reconstruction? Well past the time we started caring about pedestrian realms again at least.

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

That's what I always thought but it actually is a continuation of the sidewalk here:

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.9940...7i16384!8i8192

The slant starts right after this bombed out looking parkade:

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.9940...7i16384!8i8192

one of the most horrible pedestrian environments ever. It blows my mind that this is actually a sidewalk!

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by niwell

That Glenmore Trail example is wild, and from what I recall is not even that old. Maybe 15 years or so since reconstruction? Well past the time we started caring about pedestrian realms again at least.

That's what I thought as well with the massive trenched portion of Glenmore that was done in the 00's but that section of sidewalk predates it and wasn't touched during construction. It's beside the original underpass that goes beneath Macleod and sits beside a former car dealership. I think there's a new residential development proposed on that site so hopefully they address that sidewalk as part of the project.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

one of the most horrible pedestrian environments ever. It blows my mind that this is actually a sidewalk!

I know. Until another forumer pointed it out as a sidewalk I always assumed it was a pseudo retaining wall or something.