The Bizarre Canada Thread

stevanford1 · #1 Posted **Jun 28, 2019, 1:41 PM**

This thread is for posting buildings in Canada that aren’t ugly but are bizarre.

For starters, here’s Toronto’s Greek house

Toronto’s Halfway House

Niagara’s Ripley’s Museum

Toronto’s OCAD

Edmonton’s AGA

And finally Edmonton’s Talus Dome

333609543 · #2 Posted **Jun 28, 2019, 4:04 PM**

Cool thread idea

kwoldtimer · #3 Posted **Jun 28, 2019, 4:24 PM**

Thread might benefit from some suggested criteria for "bizarre".

SHOFEAR · #4 Posted **Jun 28, 2019, 4:40 PM**

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Nicko999 · #5 Posted **Jun 29, 2019, 2:28 AM**

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Toronto’s Halfway House

What the...

Architype · #6 Posted **Jun 29, 2019, 2:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by stevanford1

This thread is for posting buildings in Canada that aren’t ugly but are bizarre.

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Toronto’s Halfway House

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It looks like something went wrong with the camera. Was the other half torn down? Nice idea for a thread.

Innsertnamehere · #7 Posted **Jun 29, 2019, 12:31 PM**

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It looks like something went wrong with the camera. Was the other half torn down? Nice idea for a thread.

Yup. It was originally a semi, a developer bought one half and tore it down to build that apartment next door.

JHikka · #8 Posted **Jun 29, 2019, 2:31 PM**

Always loved the OCAD building in TO.

Calgarian · #9 Posted **Jun 29, 2019, 3:07 PM**

This might be the strangest house in Edmonton.

https://images.dailyhive.com/2019050...on-Castle-.png

dennis · #10 Posted **Jun 29, 2019, 5:21 PM**

Well, a man’s home is his castle.

Stanz · #11 Posted **Jun 29, 2019, 5:59 PM**

If nightmarish qualifies, Saint John, New Brunswick has some of the creepiest Victorians I've ever seen.

By Craigford, on Flickr

rousseau · #12 Posted **Jun 29, 2019, 6:47 PM**

Love those. I wish we had streets and streets full of those, either as rowhousing or detached.

scryer · #13 Posted **Jun 29, 2019, 7:54 PM**

I already like this thread.

Big fan of the Saint John Victorian houses.

TO making me go WTF regarding the half-way house lol.

And that castle house is proof that money can't buy taste.

wave46 · #14 Posted **Jun 29, 2019, 8:00 PM**

The Moonbeam flying saucer. Because, why not?

SignalHillHiker · #15 Posted **Jun 29, 2019, 8:09 PM**

Bizarre but not necessarily ugly... I think our weirdest is the South Beach building.

There's also a random Winnipeg (and presumably elsewhere on the mainland) house in the West End. It's even stucco!

stevanford1 · #16 Posted **Jul 2, 2019, 4:12 PM**

The UFO Restaurant in Niagara Falls Ontario. The food is horrendous but the atmosphere is so tacky ya just gotta love it.

wave46 · #17 Posted **Jul 2, 2019, 7:03 PM**

Ah, Niagara Falls.

We take one of nature's wonders and stick tacky crap next to it. God bless us.

stevanford1 · #18 Posted **Jul 2, 2019, 8:56 PM**

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Ah, Niagara Falls.

We take one of nature's wonders and stick tacky crap next to it. God bless us.

Indeed

Beauty and The Beast

Like the dumb and dumber of architecture (Fallsview and Hellton)

Niagara Fails

J.OT13 · #19 Posted **Jul 2, 2019, 9:36 PM**

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Indeed

What's wrong with the Kelsey's? Very normal looking building and one of the nicest Kelsey's I've ever seen.

stevanford1 · #20 Posted **Jul 2, 2019, 11:19 PM**

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What's wrong with the Kelsey's? Very normal looking building and one of the nicest Kelsey's I've ever seen.

Yeah your right. it’s not that bad. I’ll replace it with this......

TGI Friday’s: Home Of The Worst Appetizers in the known universe which for some reason you are able to heap into your mouth in endless proportions