Ugly Canada 2 (Only architecture, planning and design faux pas) - Page 214

MolsonExport · #**4261** Posted **Jul 13, 2020, 9:31 PM**

does it really matter who owns the fugly mansion?

whatnext · #**4262** Posted **Jul 13, 2020, 9:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

does it really matter who owns the fugly mansion?

Apparently it does to CivicBlues.

CivicBlues · #**4263** Posted **Jul 13, 2020, 9:57 PM**

Hey I'm not the one trying to pigeonhole a 4 year old news story to suit an agenda.

yaletown_fella · #**4264** Posted **Jul 14, 2020, 1:24 AM**

They couldnt even be bothered to interlock the driveway?

It looks like it has the aesthetics of a banquet hall.

stevanford1 · #**4265** Posted **Jul 14, 2020, 1:59 AM**

Both of you are wrong, it's owned by this guy.

grattonlandia.ca

MolsonExport · #**4266** Posted **Jul 14, 2020, 2:23 AM**

Elvis Gratton! Pierre Falardeau's "masterpiece"

stevanford1 · #**4267** Posted **Jul 14, 2020, 2:30 AM**

And....

The "grand" tour.

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Edit: Is it just me or is the house wearing a helmet? Reminds of Tony Sopranos house.

O-tacular · #**4268** Posted **Jul 14, 2020, 4:22 AM**

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Both of you are wrong, it's owned by this guy.

grattonlandia.ca

Ben oui!

https://imgur.com/a/jLzh7J4

lio45 · #**4269** Posted **Jul 14, 2020, 7:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by CivicBlues

House was built in 2018, is that too hard for you to grasp?

The finishing touches to the construction might have been done only in 2018 (what's yet another loophole...?) resulting in that year for official completion on the record, but the building existed in near-complete form in the fall of 2016, because 9431 No. 6 Road, Richmond, BC, V6W 1E5, is absolutely undeniably the same house that existed in 2016, on 9.9 "agricultural" acres, ex-blueberry farm, owned by Wenli Shan and Liqiu Leng, and bordering the property of bee farmer Bob Fisher.

(I had no preexisting bias, I read whatnext's article and looked at your REW link, and that's clearly the one and only correct conclusion.)

MolsonExport · #**4270** Posted **Jul 14, 2020, 1:54 PM**

I could care less who owns the house, unless it is someone relatively well known.

stevanford1 · #**4271** Posted **Jul 14, 2020, 4:25 PM**

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Ben oui!

https://imgur.com/a/jLzh7J4

I have always found Bonhomme extremely creepy so I really like this one

stevanford1 · #**4272** Posted **Jul 14, 2020, 4:27 PM**

A quick Google search for "Bonhomme Creepy" brings this up.

carnavalofhorrors.com

lio45 · #**4273** Posted **Jul 14, 2020, 5:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

I could care less who owns the house, unless it is someone relatively well known.

In a thread that's supposed to be in part about discussing how deplorable it is that Canada is tirelessly building tasteless and soul-sucking sprawl all the time over what used to be prime agricultural land, loopholes that allow real estate speculators with zero social conscience to build barely-taxed multi-million dollar mansions in the ALR by officially deeming them "the one farm house allowed on the green-zoned parcel" is kind of on topic though.

O-tacular · #**4274** Posted **Jul 15, 2020, 8:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by stevanford1

A quick Google search for "Bonhomme Creepy" brings this up.

carnavalofhorrors.com

Hahahaha! I suppose Bonhomme does have a certain cold appearance resembling Michael Myers. It's that dead white complexion with the black eyes. Also possibly the bloated Shatneresque face.

Slide · #**4275** Posted **Jul 15, 2020, 8:21 PM**

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And....

What is the statue?

kwoldtimer · #**4276** Posted **Jul 15, 2020, 9:27 PM**

Roman centurion?

Architype · #**4277** Posted **Jul 15, 2020, 11:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by stevanford1

Both of you are wrong, it's owned by this guy.

grattonlandia.ca

^An interesting look, I'm considering adopting it for my retirement years.

Is it possible for tackiness to be well executed? Perhaps we could call it haute kitsch, or roughly interpreted; "expensive garbage".

Here, Little Hong Kong meets Southfork Ranch:

https://604now.com/richmond-mega-man...ost-expensive/

Proof Sheet · #**4278** Posted **Jul 16, 2020, 1:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by Architype

^An interesting look, I'm considering adopting it for my retirement years.

Is it possible for tackiness to be well executed? Perhaps we could call it haute kitsch, or roughly interpreted; "expensive garbage".

Here, Little Hong Kong meets Southfork Ranch:

https://604now.com/richmond-mega-man...ost-expensive/

Looks like a standard agricultural house to me...not sure why people are so disgusted

MolsonExport · #**4279** Posted **Jul 16, 2020, 2:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Hahahaha! I suppose Bonhomme does have a certain cold appearance resembling Michael Myers. It's that dead white complexion with the black eyes. Also possibly the bloated Shatneresque face.

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O-tacular · #**4280** Posted **Jul 17, 2020, 6:08 PM**

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