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There's a completely bland, ugly, brutalist movie theatre in the downtown of my city [1]. Probably from the 80s? There was talk about tearing it down and replac
by wk_end 4y ago
There's a completely bland, ugly, brutalist movie theatre in the downtown of my city [1]. Probably from the 80s? There was talk about tearing it down and replacing it with a much nicer looking (IMO) modern mid-rise [2]. A local news organization posted about it, and the comments were flooded with old people who live in the suburbs moaning. One just posted a link to a YouTube video of Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" ("they paved paradise/and put up a parking lot"), absurdly.
[1] https://www.google.com/maps/@48.4255478,-123.3621296,3a,75y,105.19h,93.42t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMK5rJkB1dbkc-S68sCXrTQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@48.4255478,-123.3621296,3a,75y,...
[2] https://www.cheknews.ca/officer-tower-proposed-for-capitol-6-theatres-site-moves-ahead-to-public-hearing-950856/ https://www.cheknews.ca/officer-tower-proposed-for-capitol-6...
- mattm 4y agoKind of funny using Victoria as an example. Having lived in Victoria on and off for the last 20 years I can remember the "tall-building ordinance" that finally got removed to allow for the construction of taller condos in the downtown area. Up above is also someone posting the lack of progress for bike lanes in their city but Victoria has been pretty good about that with the mayor going ahead with them even despite significant outcry about them. I think Victoria could be faster at adjusting to change but when I think about the changes over the past 2 decades, there has been significant development.
- tempestn 4y agoNot to mention the movie theatre is right across the street from a larger, nicer movie theatre.
- tomjakubowski 4y agoNot that it matters but, while that theater may be ugly, it's certainly not brutalist.