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<title>blogTO Recent Comments: The Pugly Awards</title>
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<title>Tdot</title>
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This award smells like an ill-conceived marketing/smear campaign for Gary Berman et al. Making derogatory and unhelpful comments about various buildings does not help our city in the least. 
I also find it fishy that 3 out of 20 buildings nominated were built by Plazacorp.  I'm shaking my head over the Wellington Square  building. It's nothing spectacular but it certainly isn't the glass and steel monstrosity of the Waterclub. 
Seriously, several condos in those results should be ranked much lower. 
I find this whole Pugly thing questionable in its usefulness. Like Darius said above 'this is the worst sort of designer fluff'.
A big THUMBS DOWN on the Puglys!! ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2005/03/the_pugly_awards/#c392</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 19:25:10 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Tanja</title>
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LOL.  The chocolate factory in the city no longer exists.. it's now a condo/loft complex.  Queen and Ossington-ish. 

But for the record, there is a Nestle factory in the boroughs.

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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2005/03/the_pugly_awards/#c155</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2005 00:12:34 PST</pubDate>
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<title>kelly</title>
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Yeah where is this chocolate factory?!]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2005/03/the_pugly_awards/#c127</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2005 20:59:14 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Elaine</title>
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As a long time resident of Toronto, I'd have to say that the buildings don't 'bother' me and what value can be served by giving them a thumbs up or thumbs down??

I'd think we'd be better served by providing some of our neighbourhoods with some free expert advice on how to improve the general (and specific)look of the buildings that are there.  Like they do on Town Haul, the Trading Spaces show.

What difference will slagging the building do, when the problem might well be debris, the burden of ugly,  signage and a lack of co-operative aesthetic? Perhaps some flowers or greenery?

Maybe these new self-styled pundits could get out there and actually lend a real helping hand, instead of creating another photo op for themselves! This is the worst sort of designer fluff.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2005/03/the_pugly_awards/#c99</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2005 14:07:42 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Darius</title>
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Whoa.  We have a chocolate factory?  Where?  More importantly, is it managed by Gene Wilder?
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2005/03/the_pugly_awards/#c86</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2005 01:39:11 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Marc</title>
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If there was ever an architectural metaphor for design screwing the arts, this would probably be it.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2005/03/the_pugly_awards/#c84</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 22:00:35 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Matt Alexander</title>
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The outside of that building reflects the attitude of most of the new students at the school: Back home they were outsiders and they dressed to shock. But in Toronto it's just ugly.

The outside of the building it ugly, the inside is even worse. The halls are narrow and in the centre of the building, that staircase has NO WINDOWS, the air is all recycled and those "cool" little windows scattered about are never where you want them to be when inside.

That building was built ONLY to attract the attention of pedestrians on Queen St. It's shameful really.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2005/03/the_pugly_awards/#c83</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 12:40:16 PST</pubDate>
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<title>sally</title>
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say waht you will about the building but dont knock it untill you've walked up the massive staircase.  from the outside this staircase is the big orange thing that connects to the main building.  i ended up walking up it while it while the building was still in construction, i guess somebody left the door open, the walls were completely white, dont know if they still are.  it was my first and only time in the building.  so my point.  Walking up that stair case was a phenomenal experice, i mean i havent clibed everest or anything but it was absolutley amazing.  please if you havent walked the stairs do so.  also my apologies for the spelling i am one lazy computer writer.

later and love

sally]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2005/03/the_pugly_awards/#c82</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 11:39:47 PST</pubDate>
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<title>tim</title>
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what a great site! i agree the OCAD building is amazing. on the ugly side of things, we could probably include almost every condo development - cityplace, chocolate factory....the list goes on.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2005/03/the_pugly_awards/#c80</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 10:21:11 PST</pubDate>
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