Ugly Canada 2 (Only architecture, planning and design faux pas) - Page 101

HomeInMyShoes · #**2001** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 4:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

They also tend to have a Montana's nearby.

Ask and you shall receive...

This is actually one of my most freqeunted areas because Chapters (only bookstore in town really) and one of the public library locations is in the mall that stretches on the right of the picture.

O-tacular · #**2002** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 4:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Ask and you shall receive...

This is actually one of my most freqeunted areas because Chapters (only bookstore in town really) and one of the public library locations is in the mall that stretches on the right of the picture.

And an Applebees! There's some fancy dining options in that big box barf.

stevanford1 · #**2003** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 4:59 PM**

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I'd like to share this CIBC in Calgary's Westhills big box centre that looks like a barn.

Streetview:
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.0173...7i13312!8i6656

Toronto used to have a barnlike Hotel but I think they demolished it.

J.OT13 · #**2004** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 5:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Ask and you shall receive...

This is actually one of my most freqeunted areas because Chapters (only bookstore in town really) and one of the public library locations is in the mall that stretches on the right of the picture.

And again.

Slightly further apart, but Chapters can be seen on the far left while Montana's is on the far right.

stevanford1 · #**2005** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 5:01 PM**

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And an Applebees! There's some fancy dining options in that big box barf.

I didn’t even know Canada really had Applebee’s. I went to an Applebee’s in America once and vowed never to eat at Applebee’s again.

O-tacular · #**2006** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 5:01 PM**

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I didn’t even know Canada really had Applebee’s. I went to an Applebee’s in America once and vowed never to eat at Applebee’s again.

We have them out west like you have Crackerbarrel out east.

stevanford1 · #**2007** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 5:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

We have them out west like you have Crackerbarrel out east.

Oh I see. I believe we have an Applebee’s in Waterloo but that’s it. I call them Crapplebee’s.

HomeInMyShoes · #**2008** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 5:07 PM**

^The folks here dream of having a Crackerbarrel. Or a Cheesecake Factory. Many are still eagerly awaiting the opening of Regina's first Olive Garden later this year. Although that isn't guaranteed. Many are going to be dejected and despondent if it doesn't come to fruition.

MolsonExport · #**2009** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 5:59 PM**

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Also in terms of shitty art this thing in Halifax is great.

What happens to a dick after spending a few days on the Judas Chair.

My god that is fugly.

Western University's grounds are strewn with useless, fugly welded crapfart like this:

mcintoshgallery

there are way uglier ones, but no photographs that i could find....probably blinded any photographer with their inherent ugliness.

Matches the revolting metal trees in downtown London. you should see how soul-sucking these things look on a cobalt-grey winter day in London.

wookie

These shots are actually flattering: many of the metal trees have faded to some fugly pastel with flecks of rust. And some nasty yellowish-ooze near the bottoms due to the thousands of dogs that use them as toilets.

someone123 · #**2010** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 6:13 PM**

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What in the holy hell is that?! It looks like a mutilated dick. That wins the ugly art category.

It's called Marine Venus. It was in Expo 67 then was donated to Dalhousie in 1969. I think it's supposed to look like genitals.

Acajack · #**2011** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 6:24 PM**

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We have them out west like you have Crackerbarrel out east.

There are very, very few Cracker Barrel restaurants in central-eastern Canada. Maybe none in fact.

Applebees I thought was in Calgary and a few places in S Ontario, but they're not that common either. Surprised they are in Regina.

stevanford1 · #**2012** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 6:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Matches the revolting metal trees in downtown London. you should see how soul-sucking these things look on a cobalt-grey winter day in London.

wookie

These shots are actually flattering: many of the metal trees have faded to some fugly pastel with flecks of rust. And some nasty yellowish-ooze near the bottoms due to the thousands of dogs that use them as toilets.

Last time I went to London those things really stuck out to me as awful

. I thought they got rid of them.

stevanford1 · #**2013** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 7:00 PM**

MolsonExport · #**2014** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 8:00 PM**

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Last time I went to London those things really stuck out to me as awful

. I thought they got rid of them.

Nope they are still around. Cost a million bucks, I heard. Basically rammed down our throats by then Mayor Anne-Marie de Cicco-Worst

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MolsonExport · #**2015** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 8:05 PM**

^also c/o the Witch Queen of Angmar, the Great Stonehenge of London
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.02233...7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.02233...7i13312!8i6656

This woman had no taste. Her husband (Timothy Best) is a complete knuckleheaded disaster. He owns one of those loansharking "Cash Money" shops.
https://lfpress.com/2013/04/09/alcoh...6-684b9af7d834

MolsonExport · #**2016** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 8:21 PM**

This never looked like a "B" to me. What the fuck is it?

postmediacanadadotcom.

stevanford1 · #**2017** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 8:23 PM**

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This never looked like a "B" to me. What the fuck is it?

postmediacanadadotcom.

Yeah never liked it either. It looks like a crumpled up tissue.

O-tacular · #**2018** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 8:31 PM**

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Yeah never liked it either. It looks like a crumpled up tissue.

That is exactly what I always thought! It also reminded me of a piece of popcorn.

Acajack · #**2019** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 8:43 PM**

I can't say if I liked it or not, but it was one of the more iconic corporate symbols of my youth.

HomeInMyShoes · #**2020** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 8:48 PM**

Does no one know calligraphy? The serif at the top is a little big, but the B is there. You just have to squint and maybe have a second pint.