Ugly Canada 2 (Only architecture, planning and design faux pas) - Page 191

TorontoDrew · #**3801** Posted **Jan 22, 2020, 5:41 PM**

Thanks, now I want St Hubert, or Swiss Chalet!

stevanford1 · #**3802** Posted **Jan 22, 2020, 5:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

If you painted the top yellow it would look like a St. Hubert apartment building.

. Dear lord, I hate that logo!

O-tacular · #**3803** Posted **Jan 22, 2020, 5:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by stevanford1

. Dear lord, I hate that logo!

It reminds me of Carrot Top.

stevanford1 · #**3804** Posted **Jan 22, 2020, 5:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

It reminds me of Carrot Top.

stevanford1 · #**3805** Posted **Jan 22, 2020, 5:50 PM**

Also from Gatineau

Acajack · #**3806** Posted **Jan 22, 2020, 6:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by stevanford1

The Local Clockstrosity
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4819...7i16384!8i8192

It looks like its wearing a helmet!

Getting too close for comfort! I actually pass by some of these places most every day.

This is the former city hall of the pre-merger Gatineau. Now a local service centre for this district of the city.

Post-merger they designated Hull's old city hall (right downtown near the Museum of History) as the new Gatineau city hall.

Acajack · #**3807** Posted **Jan 22, 2020, 6:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by stevanford1

And of course Place Du Portage. You should see the inside of this beasty!

They say that it's the world's second-largest concentration of public employees in a single place, after the Pentagon. (Not sure if that's actually true.)

The inside of it feels like you've been transported back into a weird 1980s dystopian sci-fi video game.

Acajack · #**3808** Posted **Jan 22, 2020, 6:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by stevanford1

Stucco Crap
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4795...7i13312!8i6656

I actually don't mind this. Our colour palette is way too predominantly brown, reddish-brown and grey, so this adds a bit of variety.

Stucco is also a nice change from brick, stone and vinyl siding which covers most every building here. (We'll see how well it ages, though.)

kwoldtimer · #**3809** Posted **Jan 22, 2020, 6:48 PM**

Yellow card at #3799 ...

le calmar · #**3810** Posted **Jan 22, 2020, 6:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

Getting too close for comfort! I actually pass by some of these places most every day.

I was worried he would show the building I work in. He didn't, but that was close

O-tacular · #**3811** Posted **Jan 22, 2020, 7:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

Yellow card at #3799 ...

??? He said the building in Hull was ‘an absolute unit’ so I posted the source of the original meme.

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.know.../absolute-unit

stevanford1 · #**3812** Posted **Jan 22, 2020, 9:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by le calmar

I was worried he would show the building I work in. He didn't, but that was close

.......I haven’t shown it YET!!!

kwoldtimer · #**3813** Posted **Jan 22, 2020, 10:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

??? He said the building in Hull was ‘an absolute unit’ so I posted the source of the original meme.

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.know.../absolute-unit

I know nothing of "memes". The concern was fat shaming and the history of this thread and its predecessor. Let's not go there.

O-tacular · #**3814** Posted **Jan 22, 2020, 11:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by stevanford1

Also from Gatineau

Does Gatineau have two virtually identical clockplexes?

O-tacular · #**3815** Posted **Jan 22, 2020, 11:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

I know nothing of "memes". The concern was fat shaming and the history of this thread and its predecessor. Let's not go there.

Oh come on. If you post on a forum you are in the environment of memes. Don't even get started on this fat shaming BS. We're talking about a building and someone made reference to a meme to which I posted said meme. Welcome to the internet.

Was it 'ginger shaming' when I posted a pic of Carrot Top? And what 'history' does this thread have of fat shaming? Clockzilla?

O-tacular · #**3816** Posted **Jan 22, 2020, 11:28 PM**

I was looking up a client in Penhold and decided to streetview it. The randomness of this limousine in the middle of nowhere suits this thread.

https://www.google.com/maps/@52.1763...7i13312!8i6656

Acajack · #**3817** Posted **Jan 22, 2020, 11:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Does Gatineau have two virtually identical clockplexes?

That was actually the city hall for Aylmer when it was an independent city.

stevanford1 · #**3818** Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 12:44 AM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Does Gatineau have two virtually identical clockplexes?

Yes. Lavallian isn't it?

GeneralLeeTPHLS · #**3819** Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 1:27 AM**

Was just browsing the internet when I looked up some infrastructure projects near me...a few minutes later I found this;

• Video Link

Just nauseous

How do your communities manage electrical substations?
This is an article of Torontos attempt at making them blend in...not too many ugly examples however;
https://www.blogto.com/city/2010/10/...l_substations/

O-tacular · #**3820** Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 3:33 AM**

I feel bad for Hamilton. All they seem to get for proposals is garbage like this:

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Originally Posted by Hawrylyshyn

Another bleh proposal for us here in Hamilton. Turning a 6 floor plan into 25 - hope it brings affordable housing at least