Commie-block (slabsville) capital of Canada - Page 8

Nouvellecosse · #**141** Posted **Feb 11, 2015, 5:32 PM**

Well the poll has been open for more than 4 years which is plenty of time to find our answer. And the answer is... London! Congratulations on being the official Commie-block Capital of Canada!

You can pick up your prize at the door.

esquire · #**142** Posted **Feb 11, 2015, 5:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

Well the poll has been open for more than 4 years which is plenty of time to find our answer. And the answer is... London! Congratulations on being the official Commie-block Capital of Canada!

You can pick up your prize at the door.

As a prize, maybe we can all chip in and get one of these for a random London apartment block forecourt.

Source: wikipedia

J.OT13 · #**143** Posted **Feb 12, 2015, 5:48 PM**

Better yet, please take our "National Victims of Communism" memorial. We don't want it. It's pointless and will take away one of the Fed's best pieces of land.

http://www.macleans.ca/politics/otta...est-memorials/

1overcosc · #**144** Posted **Feb 13, 2015, 3:18 AM**

Kingston's got a pretty large number of commie blocks considering its size. There's at least 30 high-rise rental towers in this city, most of which are commie block style and built in the 1960s and 1970s. They're almost entirely in the suburbs, as heritage rules in the inner city prevented their development.

Mister F · #**145** Posted **Feb 13, 2015, 4:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

Better yet, please take our "National Victims of Communism" memorial. We don't want it. It's pointless and will take away one of the Fed's best pieces of land.

Wow that's awful. The design of the monument is irrelevant; that block is supposed to be for a new federal building that would be the third building framing the Supreme Court lawn, mirroring the same arrangement at Parliament. Way to ruin a century of planning for your personal legacy, Harper.

Hmm, going by that Macleans article that's a pretty popular sentiment.

MolsonExport · #**146** Posted **Feb 13, 2015, 1:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

As a prize, maybe we can all chip in and get one of these for a random London apartment block forecourt.

Source: wikipedia

Looks a bit like Jack Layton.

London may be slabsville central, but at least we don't have the eye of Sauron.

MolsonExport · #**147** Posted **Feb 13, 2015, 1:55 PM**

Any word on weather the Liberals will commission a "National Victims of Harperism" memorial? Something dull, cold, grey and soiled.

SignalHillHiker · #**148** Posted **Feb 13, 2015, 1:56 PM**

There already is one. Rural Atlantic Canada.

SkydivePilot · #**149** Posted **Feb 16, 2015, 11:17 PM**

Saskatoon. (The Saskatchewan chapter of the Soviet Union.)

J.OT13 · #**150** Posted **Feb 21, 2015, 1:11 AM**

Part of the old West End of Ottawa.

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Britannia Bay in Ottawa:

Balões sobre Ottawa by Kiko Naccarato, on Flickr

HomeInMyShoes · #**151** Posted **Feb 23, 2015, 3:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

Well the poll has been open for more than 4 years which is plenty of time to find our answer. And the answer is... London! Congratulations on being the official Commie-block Capital of Canada!

You can pick up your prize at the door.

As long as other cities keep designing and approving them this title is far from safe.

Trans Canada · #**152** Posted **Apr 25, 2015, 8:04 PM**

St. James Town, Toronto

Peak Aerials / Stock Aerial Photos, http://www.stockaerialphotos.com/med...s-town-toronto

11a2b3 · #**153** Posted **Apr 25, 2015, 8:12 PM**

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St. James Town, Toronto

Cool pic, looks like something out of simcity.

Klazu · #**154** Posted **Jun 7, 2015, 3:31 AM**

Lougheed Town Centre is the biggest concentration of commie towers in Metro Vancouver. The new plan for this area will see 30 new 10-60 floor towers being added in the next 30 years, transforming Lougheed completely. Lougheed is where the new Evergreen Line meets Millennium Line.

MolsonExport · #**155** Posted **Sep 1, 2015, 2:11 AM**

so proud to live in slabsville city

MolsonExport · #**156** Posted **Feb 3, 2016, 1:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

so proud to live in slabsville city

Ontario is the King of Commie Blocks. Only Russia and perhaps some former Soviet republics can come close. Oh yeah, and China.

MolsonExport · #**157** Posted **Jan 18, 2022, 10:27 PM**

recently posted in the statistics canada page: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2564...7i13312!8i6656

Hamilton made second place in the poll, just behind (yup, you guessed it) London.

MolsonExport · #**158** Posted **Jan 18, 2022, 10:34 PM**

Montreal represent!
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4936...7i16384!8i8192
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4948...7i16384!8i8192
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4635...7i16384!8i8192
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5256...7i16384!8i8192

O-tacular · #**159** Posted **Jan 18, 2022, 10:36 PM**

It's no Hamilton but Calgary's West End and Beltline have a few doozies.

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.0480...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.0460...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.0488...7i13312!8i6656

Some uglies from the Beltline:

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.0433...7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.0432...7i13312!8i6656

Though my personal favourite dystopian commie block is situated outside the core near Westbrook mall.

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.0372...7i16384!8i8192

O-tacular · #**160** Posted **Jan 18, 2022, 10:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Montreal represent!
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4936...7i16384!8i8192
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4948...7i16384!8i8192
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4635...7i16384!8i8192
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5256...7i16384!8i8192

It horrifies me to think of what was razed to build those. Except for Longueuil of course.