It’s all very well for BSWAM to point out the pimples on the arse of the generally charming Hudson River Valley. And I understand that adding sliding aluminium windows to a 1680s tavern is “not ideal”, but where is real worsting at re: Western Australia? Where are the worst views to be had? Submit some, particularly spots that are the main focus and I’ll add them here. I’ll start with (natch) Kalamunda and it’s putative town centre, Barberry Square, where the new for lease signs on the shithouse new erection only cover the fading for lease signs in the buildings behind. And next door. And around the corner. Another that comes to mind is the Dunsborough town centre. I drove through Midland on Sunday and it is also pretty bad, but it is on a national highway, so it’s not quite as egregious I guess. If you don’t have pictures, send us the google maps link. Kalamunda.
Dunsborough.
The Worst of Perth 
Anywhere in “iconic” Fremantle. Not to mention Queen Lizzie quay, or Buswell COS.
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The thing to remember about places like Amenia is that they were built at the dawn of decentralised finance of the sort most developers — especially in Australia — now take entirely for granted and then some .
So its resemblance to Kalamunda is more than coincidental .
I recon the Dunn street development will be heritage listed one day …
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By the wa I welcome your return to architecture / construction for topic of interest as opposed to roadside deposits and eccentric photocopies in public places .
Do Perth architects sue ?
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Elitist!
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Where your worst of killing fields shots?
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I just got here man. Sheesh!
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You are truly the worst of perth
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A C&B on one of the skulls in the museum would be nice.
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Would that make it a dickhead ?
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How about the perpetually barren Cascades site on Guildford Road in Maylands? KFC on one side, Noodle House on the other and the lone and level sands – dotted with cocos palms – stretching between. https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-31.9296295,115.896043,3a,75y,20.69h,78.35t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1WvZJg2j8FmNWMzWhChEWQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
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I think that has been featured. I think Coles did a bit of a cleanup there recently.
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Sir , it was owned by John K Wattsie. (see tag). Not any more :http://www.onthehouse.com.au/9029639/231_guildford_rd_maylands_wa_6051
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Worst.
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Can someone please find the designer of the Muzz Buzz logo/font/colour scheme and give them a good slap around the head. If they also happen to be the same person who came up with the name Muzz Buzz, then slap them twice, and twice as hard.
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muzz is the first syllable of the founder’s surname: muzzaroll (or similar).
true story.
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Now the owner of Antz in Ya Pantz in Vic Park. Lovely bloke. Maybe a bit too partial to zeds for mine, but what can you do.
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Tilt panel monstrosity at 51 Forrest Ave Bunbury.
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http://tinyurl.com/BunsBareArsery
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The eaveless treeless sea of black tiled roofs in Balcatta.
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I’m a big fan of this one in Murdoch. Orchard Court, Botany Way, and not a tree in sight.
https://goo.gl/maps/36GjbZRoyGn
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And none likely.
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I foresee a lovely collection of pine trees, some still decked out with tinsel, appearing some tranquil evening after December 25th and beautifying the area until they are removed the following morn.
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Click to access StIves-Murdoch-Stage10-SitePlan-A3-small.pdf
Touts as the “The Grove” luxury garden villas.
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This is bizarre. I have seen similar in the US Southwest states, but generally free-standing houses here have some plot of lawn or garden around them. Why not develop them as townhouse units?
Also, is there a reason why the roads are so narrow? It changes from state to state, but in NYS new roads have to accommodate emergency vehicles.
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It’s an aged person’s facilidy (but why does Gardner get a compound , medicinal in every case ?).
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In other news, there’s a Tyrant Close in Willeton.
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Willeton? I’m not familiar with that suburb.
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I’ll take Esperance any day as the most extreme inversion of natural beauty and man-made fuckery:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-33.8610402,121.8916893,3a,75y,48.31h,82.43t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1shk7j2iASJ5Pi-cuWJcOGNg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dhk7j2iASJ5Pi-cuWJcOGNg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D57.047733%26pitch%3D0!7i3328!8i1664
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” the most extreme inversion of natural beauty and man-made fuckery:” Yes.
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Route 9 between Poughkeepsie and Beacon is an unending crawl of hideous shopping centers crowning once-lovely hills. On the opposite banks, the imaginatively named Route 9W is particularly scuzzy between Highland and Newburgh. Ulster, just north of Kingston, is acres of Kalamunda-style development and the stretch of 9W that links it with Saugerties to the north is a ghastly no-man’s land of rural poverty interspersed with really really bad ideas. Then you have more subtle places like Ulster County Route 25 also known as Creeks Lock Road, which dawdles the length of the picturesque Rondout Creek and varies from “quaintly run-down” in May to “appalling backwoods blight” in November. Pretty much any town of any size has a string of crappy WalMart-Jr. garbage trailing along its main routes in and out – Catskill, Hudson (to the north), Newburgh and even Nyack are bolstered with chain-store dreck. But my favorite has to be the long drive north on Kingston’s Albany Avenue which becomes Ulster Avenue at a certain point. It starts below. It may look beautiful – and it once all was. Keep heading north to witness the eventual collapse of civilization.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9332404,-74.0086139,3a,75y,27.44h,84.25t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sB4lTgRAgJ9XYcccjPta1jA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DB4lTgRAgJ9XYcccjPta1jA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D269.07407%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656
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Quaint
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Bingo every Wednesday at Temple Emmanuel
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Well, that escalated quickly.
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It’s an interesting drive.
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Poughkeepsie’s bland shopping mall wasteland
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.66338,-73.9300605,3a,75y,359.52h,88.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQIJ5tRckQf4N1vOn-mutPQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
Hudson’s small but ghastly district (added bonus! Shit weather)
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2718217,-73.760321,3a,75y,56.44h,99.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2S9VTQMEw4Rr4XCorJAoQA!2e0!7i3328!8i1664!6m1!1e1
The soul-sucking void that is the Palisades Center, west of Nyack
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0970497,-73.9514331,3a,75y,265h,85.5t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1soYKq2qnIoCyO21h3-hW57w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DoYKq2qnIoCyO21h3-hW57w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D206.54292%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
One of the largest and most grotesque, the Woodbury Outlets in Harriman, NY, bordering two state parks and the major north-south interstate to boot.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3133851,-74.133538,3a,75y,107.46h,86.07t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s_UcQH5XStY024_jDw8hprQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D_UcQH5XStY024_jDw8hprQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D193.42514%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
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Maybe the question is whether Kalamunda is the blueprint or a loving tribute?
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https://www.google.com/maps/place/55+Spruce+St,+Tannersville,+NY+12485/@42.1897518,-74.1377452,3a,75y,173.96h,99.76t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sWdiCcTqiAbEFqxUHMuto3A!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DWdiCcTqiAbEFqxUHMuto3A%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D274.06659%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x89ddadce4dd7f8a7:0xffe52158b03f8f23!6m1!1e1
The Cold Spring Resort in Tannersville, soon to be a gaping hole in the ground.
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Wow
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And now a hole in the ground.
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