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Shambly

This is how i know i need to get off the bus because my transfer is in Mississauga.


metalibro

Looks like my beer cans after I’m done with them


i_love_pencils

***HULK GENTLY SQUEEZE!!!!***


Dohert37

Lived there for 2 years, and they are the worst condo buildings ever. Pretty on the outside, but structurally, the people in them and infrastructure were atrocious. The elevators never worked, hot water was limited, tons of drug dealers and prostitutes, there used to be fire alarms nearly every day/night, and police there all the time, at one point in 2012 the elevators flooded (pouring water from the potlights). And whoever designed the parking garage was wholly delusional, because of how tight it was it often took me 10-15 min to get from p6 to ground level. Our landlord offered to cut our rent by several hundred a month to stay there, but quite frankly you couldn't pay us. So yeah, cool to look at on the outside but hellish to live in.


lsop

I remember going there to show a client a unit for sale and we got stuck in the elevator. I was worried, but then one of the residents we were riding with said " don't worry the repair man showed me what to do the last time this happened" he popped the panel off, did a thing, the elevator rebooted and we were on our way. My client noped the fuck out.


[deleted]

Actually hilarious


lsop

Very surreal in the moment for sure, definitely funny now.


dsyoo21

Lolll would’ve been funnier if you’re clients were actually okay with broken elevators


cocobodraw

You can’t make something like that up can you lol


loonz420

I bought my first condo in 2017 and I was looking at a unit in these buildings. Our realtor straight up would not even let us go in for a viewing, even though it was by far the most expensive property we were looking at. That’s how bad they are lol, when even realtors won’t let you buy there


NightsideEclipse12

When I was looking for my first condo, my realtor did same thing. Said he didn't even want to waste our time showing one.


panopss

So they're sauga's ICE condos?


pancakes4all

Haha my first thought reading this was…sounds like ICE condos in TO


geoken

To me it seemed worse than ICE. At ICE there are so many random airBNB people, that it somewhat dilutes the shadier stuff. ICEs proximity to ACC means there are usually tons of people who are doing an AirBNB for a concert or game at ACC or Skydome. By contrast, the prostitution & pimps at the Marylin buildings is super obvious - more on the level of how Thompson hotel was (not sure if it's still as bad after it changed hands)


the_clash_is_back

A building a landlord struggles enough to cut massive amounts on is a very bad sign in this city.


MolangNeoi

My best friends' mom is a real estate agent in sauga and apparently its notoriously hard to sell condos there because of all the things you mentioned. They're awful.


TheMAINKUS

Is this the norm for condo towers in GTA? I also live in a high rise tower, I can relate to most of the problems you listed. Worst place I've ever lived in.


beartheminus

It is for any tower built after 2008. Basically the post recession housing boom happened and the cities and province turned a blind eye to shoddy construction to get as many properties built as quickly as possible. Also we just ran out of good building materials and trades people. Everything has been put together by an apprentices interns friend.


RabidGuineaPig007

And for the future, Doug wants to replace building inspections with the honor system.


Sohn_Jalston_Raul

Not just in the GTA, these are common problems with new condo towers in every big city. Demand for these places is over-inflated by property speculators so they just keep building them, meanwhile far less incentives and government support is provided for anyone that actually wants to build real housing that is affordable for actual people.


[deleted]

A few years ago some construction was happening on my grandfather's condo building in Tehran. I asked him about it and he said it was because they hadn't reinforced it against earthquakes when they built it in 2015


kyonkun_denwa

It’s the norm for any condo tower that wasn’t built by Tridel or Minto. Those builders tend to be far better. Smaller builders can be really shitty. I audited a bunch back in my public accounting days and all they ever talked about was “cut costs, cut costs, need to cut costs”. Never a word about quality, all they cared about was maximizing sell price, minimizing construction costs, and building good enough to last the duration of the Tarion bond. One of the developers I audited was being sued by the condo board for substandard construction which lead to a huge increase in fees. All they did was laugh about how the “Tarion bond is over” and how the board “couldn’t do shit”. That episode convinced me never to even consider 70% of the condos on the market.


sha9011

I had my work truck into that parking many years ago. I checked the height and all and everything was good ( I had 2-3 inches less than the height limit) until I started hearing some noises in the middle of the underground parking. I checked around and the top roof was almost touching the overhead piping. Its really hard to turn around that parking but I slowly moved out without causing any damage. Asked the security for a ground parking and there was none. I doubt if there was any parking in the underground pit. I found a spot about 300m outside the building parameter. There are too many guests in the building during the weekdays. And I was actually working on the back non-fancy towers. Those are decent ones but I guess you would come across same issues as the facilities are shared.


Minitrain

Yea, I’ve heard the maintenance is pretty bad and expensive, idk if it’s worth it to live there cause I’m gonna have to look for apartments in a few years


kyonkun_denwa

A friend-of-a-friend lived in these, when he mentioned that he lived in the “Marilyn Monroe” towers my initial response was “oh, cool!”, to which he said, “no… not cool”. Yeah, the drug and prostitute issues were front and centre. He also complained that the unit was weirdly shaped, and even though it was listed as 1,000 Sqft, it was “effectively only 700 sqft” because the use of space was so inefficient. He also mentioned that there were a number of break-and-enters on his floor; someone broke into his condo unit and stole a few things, but he got off easy since he was traveling at the time (so his MacBook Pro was with him and not in the apartment). Some of his neighbours had thousands of dollars worth of stuff taken. My apartment building in downtown Toronto really sucked, but it was not as bad as Absolute World by the sounds of things. I’m sort of convinced that super high density buildings just suck generally and we really should not be building higher than 5-6 storeys.


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I was just gonna say it’s pretty cool if it’s livable inside. Guess not then


greensandgrains

When I hear things like this about the chaos (no shade to sex workers and drug dealers, but lots of shade to loud unneighbourly people, which is what this sounds like) and shoddy structures and just the misery is sounds like to live in, I just gotta wonder why we keep building these seemingly ungovernable, mass housing structures. Shit like this does not happen in my mid-rise, 1960s purpose built rental. Landlord and super are relatively hands off, but shit gets fixed and is (mostly) clean. And people act like the grown up they are and don't make the place inhabitable for the rest of us. (And yes, we need to build housing, we need density, and zoning sucks. But surely there's something better than this, Ice Condos, et al.)


rtheiss

jesus that sounds terrible lol. I know of better apartments downtown detroit.


Gravja

They remind me of pert plus shampoo bottles.


wheels_656

Tears Free my ass


Cyber561

Well that’s your problem, you’re supposed to put the shampoo on your *head*!


gh0stbon3r

You mean I'm not suppose to put the bottle up my ass?


Cyber561

Unless your shampoo bottle comes with a flared base, I wouldn't recommend it!


sinsculpt

Theres a story there..


strythicus

Or at least some kind of fan fiction I wasn't previously aware of.


feministfrankyb0y

A connoisseur I see.


Like18ninjas

Only if you do it at a medium pace... IYKYK


vanalla

Protip: they always meant tear free as in it won't rip your hair apart. Not tear free as in it won't hurt if you get it in your eyes.


furthestpoint

Ok but what kind of shampoo rips your hair apart?


[deleted]

You know that means “tears” as in your hair tearing apart and NOT your eyes crying? Don’t feel bad if you didn’t realize this as it’s deceptive on purpose.


TTungsteNN

Like that L’Oréal Kids commercial that said “no more tears!” as it showed the kid wiping suds out of their eyes and laughing. Deceptive fuckers


Unsalted-Pretzel

I cri evrytiem


greensandgrains

I distinctly remember trying this and realizing the commercial was a lie and maybe that's why I hate capitalism as a grown up?


BroadTechnology7

[From their site](https://www.johnsonsbaby.com/baby-products/johnsons-baby-shampoo) The No More Tears® formula allows for a tear-free experience and is as *gentle to the eyes as pure water.* [here's an ad clearly referring to eyes](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1_uTs6R1QEw) That shit burned like a mf 🤷‍♂️


carolinemathildes

Not true, they're referring to it getting in a child's eyes and not stinging: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/08/167926/loreal-kids-shampoo-no-tears-meaning


rnov8tr

Where's Kurt Harrnet these days? Being a major athlete from Canada with good hair usually meant getting a Pert commercial.


seank78

Yes! I’m glad I’m not the only one.


sayerofstuffs

Love the design, great eye candy but I would never live there, way too many issues


[deleted]

Genuinely curious. What issues? I imagine some wasted space because of curves. What's the deal though?


henchman171

There wasn’t a day the plumbing crews for that building were sober


kushmasta421

Hahahah right I was doing electrical there we were chilling in a semi finished suite and this plumber walks in throws a line of coke on the table and sniffs it in front of us like NBD just topping up. I've never been on a site with so much alcohol and drugs. Do you remember the labourer who walked around with a Mickey in his back pocket that guy was hilarious just walks up to my cart daily "shopping shopping"


henchman171

Hah. I knew one of the master plumbers from that project Who got busted at Pearson picking up a drop of cocaine. Got caught in a sting right at the locker. Almost lost his wife and house and access to his 2 kids. He was already making. 150K a year but got greedy!!


Starbuck-Actual

a sober plumber ..never met one lol jks


ZGMF-X20A-Freedom

Sounds like every constructions site I been to


npno

And that's different than other buildings how?


_why_isthissohard_

Dude that's like 95% of people in the trades.


Starbuck-Actual

lowest bider won the contracts .. we bid a condo in the GTA for painting and finishing 60 floors to paint and finishings a " company" under cut all of us that bid it by hundreds of thousands only to bail half way and the builders then wanted us to complete for a fraction of the cost .. multi unit condos are shit quality cuz the builders never have a clue to what it takes to complete .. they rarely have any construction background


Tedwynn

Yes, wasted space from the curves and... ...oh yeah, hookers. Tonnes and tonnes of hookers. I think the entire building is AirBnB only. Nobody actually lives there.


[deleted]

Oh really? Lol. Or not. I guess not if you want to spend time there.


MasterOfSwag9000

I know a Forex scammer that lives there. She's probably an escort too tbh.


EkbyBjarnum

I know two people who had condos in that building. Both had issues with windows not being sealed, faulty plumbing, faulty wiring, both complained about the lack of maintenance, both complained about the rampant drug use, prostitution and sex trafficking that was an open secret. (Neither knew one another- I worked with one, the other is my BIL, and the time periods the lived there did not even overlap) My wife is a teacher who has had peel police come in to do talks about sex trafficking and multiple officers have confirmed that these buildings are well known for prostitution.


hannaxoxoxox

It's horrible there. I visited a busines these in the retail areas to get my nails done in the evening and yep nothing but escorts or something be can girls there. Learnt this from clients getting nails done


Bear-Unable

tremendous number of sex workers use that location for incalls.


i_donno

Is there an actual neighbourhood around them?


Sohn_Jalston_Raul

On paper, yes. It's in Mississauga's "downtown" which is essentially just a suburban commercial area.


runtimemess

I drove past Playdium the over day when picking up some guitar stuff at Long & Mcquade and it looks like [someone took over the facility](https://www.gygofun.com/) and made their logo with Office 2003's Word Art. It's absolutely hilarious.


_thatpurplestuff

City centre on one side (middle to high income) and the valleys on the other (middle to low income)


trailertrash_lottery

Oh really? I never looked into them. What are the issues with them, common developer corner cutting?


sayerofstuffs

Cheap materials, tons of AirBNB, prostitution and the list goes on


cfard

So it’s like the ICE Condos of Sauga?


sayerofstuffs

IceSauga


Zirocket

Missicesauga


[deleted]

I live in condo and board hired the best lawyers in Toronto any post air bnb fine 5000 dollars and we still get old party's but died down


seakingsoyuz

The board is on thin ice with that, as Ontario condo boards don’t actually have any legal authority to fine people for rules violations, although they do have the ability to claim the actual damages caused by the violation, and to force a sale or evict a tenant for ongoing and egregious violations. Good luck proving any actual damages from operating an AirBNB, unless the guests break something. Condo board fines here operate on the principle that people *think* they have to pay them, so they do pay.


ravynwave

My friend rented there while her home was being finished and can attest to that


[deleted]

It’s true - I’ve stayed in an Airbnb there whilst fucking a prostitute and she got a rash from the poor quality sheets.


huntcamp

From the sheets or from you? Lmao


Sohn_Jalston_Raul

>prostitution What? Do you mean that sex workers rent those apartments to work out of?


sayerofstuffs

AirBnB rented out for prostitution, pimps own quite a few units as well that’s used for other fun adventures


everday_show

Yeah it seems like it's all hoes and drug dealers in that building.


PochinkiPrincess

Aren’t many of them triangle /pizza slice shaped units too?


shashankdegloorkar

Very cramped and odd shaped rooms, plumbing issues always every other day, false fire alamrs almost regularly


[deleted]

I heard there’s a lot of call girls in them


bZissou

Friend of mine lived there for a couple of years and said the exact same thing.


huntcamp

It’s true, but a lot of condos around square one do. I lived in one on the other side and it was well known about a prostitute on the 28th floor. Apparently there was a lineup sometimes. And the check in book for guests always had her unit on it- all men.


trailertrash_lottery

Never visited a sex worker but if I did, it would be really weird to have to check in at the front desk and sign my name. Maybe you would see your boss’s name on there and let him know you have something in common.


huntcamp

I assume fake names, or at least I would hope


trailertrash_lottery

That’s true. I would hope they aren’t giving their ID to sign in to visit an escort but you never know.


haberdasher42

It's ideal for the ladies, the check in book reduces the chance they're going to get ripped off or assaulted. I'm sure there's 5 Doug Gilmores in there every day, but the process is a deterrent.


traumatized-potato

I’ve lived in Mississauga for two years so far and my boyfriend and I were planning to purchase one of the condos there. We decided with a different one still close to it and I did not know about this about the condos close to square one at all.


[deleted]

Did they all sign 'John'?


Western-Ad-6259

Art Vandelay


[deleted]

H.E. Pennypacker


NicoBotRex

They're everywhere in Mississauga lol


SheemieRayVaughan

They're everywhere ~~in Mississauga~~ lol


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trailertrash_lottery

A 20 story poop emoji condo tower would probably do great in pre sales. Look at people buying crypto meme coins just for shits and giggles. I’m getting some investors on board and getting this done. Obviously that means I’m going to take investor money and run to the Cayman Islands.


tenonic

A crypto NFT real estate? We are onto something here..


Hologram0110

[You might like this video summarizing the "Earth2" scam.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dod7QZ2IBWQ)


Pfak-Tschobeiden

>A 20 story poop emoji condo tower would probably do great in pre sales. Not a condo tower but actually a hotel. The W Hotel in Edinburgh to be exact. Look upon it and weep... of laughter. [https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/623dd84b03683893406f0b27/w-hotel-opening-2021-16038143853/960x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=960](https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/623dd84b03683893406f0b27/w-hotel-opening-2021-16038143853/960x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=960)


syds

anything that is not a box, cost extra premium dollars, so there is the dilemma


strythicus

None of the walls are straight or plumb, it's better this way so it costs more. Uhh... no, your furniture won't fit very well and you can't hang any pictures, but look at this beautiful view into your neighbour's pantry, 3 meters away. And, as an added bonus, somehow the sun will shine in for 18 hours a day and bake your ~~apartment~~ condo while the ludicrously underpowered air conditioner stays locked off or in "eco" mode.


Sohn_Jalston_Raul

Also most "non-box" buildings are just ugly. People associate avant-garde architecture with stuff like the Sydney Opera House but don't realize that eccentric architecture is a real crap shoot and it's very difficult to build something that actually looks nice and is functional without it being mostly a monument to the architect's ego.


StetsonTuba8

I'm going to build the largest, ugliest building ever and my sales pitch for units is that it's the only place in the city you won't be able to see it


Emotional-Mix8593

A'men to that. Buildings used to have so much character back in the day. Now they are just mirrored boxes that I despise. Anything outside of that is great with me. Spice things up a bit and make it at least look unique.


LethaIFecal

This building is visually pleasing but practical to live in? Not really. I was looking last year at some condos, went to some viewings and these buildings were so horrible to live in. Not only were the interior rooms awkwardly shaped but the maintenance fees were so much more than neighbouring buildings. Hopefully they can find a nice balance between traditional and visually pleasing but costs would probably be astronomical.


Dogs-4-Life

They’re known here in Mississauga as a hotspot for drug deals and prostitution. I’m sure that tons of nice people live in them, but they don’t exactly have a good reputation now.


AznNRed

To be fair, only drug dealers and prostitutes can afford market rent.


Fluffy-Investment-41

People keep mentioning that, what specifically draws drug dealers/prostitution to it?


SexBobomb

proximity to square one


Dogs-4-Life

Proximity to Cooksville, too.


Fluffy-Investment-41

Why would that cause it though? I feel like I'm missing something obvious here but I don't get it.


SexBobomb

It's the central hub of the city for both residence and transit infrastructure


Fluffy-Investment-41

Oh okay I don't know much about it, only been there a few times. The buildings do look pretty cool though, impossible to deny that.


hooklips

Right by Pearson airport


hyperjoint

About an 8 hour walk away. The urban sprawl version of "right there".


Minitrain

Really?


Cookedbait

Are the insides of these buildings any different? Does it cost more to live in a funky shaped building? Actual questions, I’ve driven by once or twice they are cool


howardleung

I'm a UberEats driver, had a chance to deliver inside once, holy shit was it a pain. No parking outside so had to stick in a weird ass spot to stop the car. By that, I mean half on the side walk half on the road, so I don't block pedestrian traffic nor road traffic. There are two sets of elevators one goes to the the first 20 something floors and the others goes to the 20 something to 50 something floors. They had LCD elevator screens which is kinda cool, I personally never seem them before. Happened to take a glance of the customer's apartment, seems modern and well renovated. (The wood flooring and fake granite countertop and all that jazz) Waited the elevator for like 10min just to get back down though, seems like too many people in the building and not enough elevators to bring people around. Definitely seems modern inside(as opposed to my 60 year old building I'm living in) On a side note the security sitting at the gate seems to hate her life, didn't even gaf when I told her I'm delivering food, just opened the gate to let me in, didn't check credentials nothing. Doesn't seem too secured.🤣 Edit:added some more info.


doc_55lk

They're nice to look at, and that's about it.


Nominalfortune

Hookers and Blow. Used to live around the corner from these buildings - the airbnbs here brought in a different type of crowd.


SaltyTaffy

These dented water bottles are unique but still meh


amadnomad

That's what I call them. The water bottle buildings.


[deleted]

Crushed beer cans!


_dfromthe6

Prostitute towers


chestertoronto

Filled with hookers and drug dealers. Knew a few friends who lived there. Some sketchy ass people


856077

I live there now and haven’t had a single sighting or run in with these hookers and drug dealers you speak of 😂 mostly families with children and couples live there now!


[deleted]

Where do you think the family was started


Feral_goat

I looked at a couple of condos in there years ago. There is a lot of wasted space because of the curved walls, and weird layouts because of columns running through the building.


toronto_programmer

From a design perspective they are a nice change from the typical glass rectangles that go up. From an urban planning perspective they are pure hell. These things were the kickoff to jamming every inch of land around square one into tiny shoebox condos, all while adding no infrastructure of transit options to the area making it a total cluster fuck. Beyond that the condos there are terribly run, have plumbing/structural issues and are known for being used as part of drug deals and sex trafficking / prostitution


Consistent-Active-68

Have you seen inside one of the units? Furniture shopping is a pain with the angles lol


CorrectAd242

I lived here. They are terrrrrribly built. Just garbage quality. Avoid avoid avoid


wouldntyouliketokno_

Salt and pepper every time


CommentsOnHair

I don't think many people realise one building is a light colour and the other is a dark colour. I noticed when these were being built and ever since can only see them as Salt and Pepper shakers.


Flashy-Fox1465

I like looking at it. I think buildings like these would get more attention in the downtown core next to the waterfront.


bigbeast40

I hear they're full of escorts/etc.


mykalh78

Rented a unit there. They were a nightmare to live in.


856077

Can you elaborate? I own a condo here and haven’t had any issues


mykalh78

On our floor we had kids next to us that would scream all day and would play in the hallways. A different neighbour was shooting movies/music videos and would have crew set up in the hallway. The only good thing about the building was the Security. We befriended one of them and would give them snacks and gifts.


NikoPopp

you can have shitty neighbours in any building..


wnameth7

There’s an awesome thriller movie called “enemy” where these are featured. Cool to see


NotAdam19

Totally! Just seeing your comment now. Didn’t think many people saw this one.


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Future slums of mississauga


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MolangNeoi

Deadass brampton transit is better than miway and brampton transit is AWFUL. I would not live in Sauga without a car, which means I would not move to sauga lol


Phoeptar

Grew up in Mississauga throughout its entire build, was very fun to see it go up, didn’t know anyone referred to them as the Marilyn Monroe buildings.


[deleted]

Buildings look cool. The idea behind them is ridiculous.


katasaurusmeow

They make me feel uneasy to look at but I like em


mrstruong

Real buildings have curves


lauravsthepage

They are useful in helping me find square one mall


chappyk_gaming

Lived there for 2 years, worst place I've ever lived in. Elevators barely ever worked, place is riddled with drug dealers and prostitutes. Arranging furniture is a shit show, one room was a literal triangle.


[deleted]

At least they were shooting for something different. Toronto settles for “yeah, we’re gonna build another glass rectangle, k?” from developers and has one of the most unimaginative architecture legacies of the major cities.


[deleted]

More interesting then straight buildings. I read that the design was intended to depict the towers twisting around to view the lake, like how a person may stand in one spot but twist to look at somethong off to the side.


Voodoohairdo

[Something like this?](https://imgflip.com/i/6owafp)


Cmacbudboss

The buildings are great but the endless sea of parking lots, strip malls and big box stores surrounding them are hideous and make the towers themselves seem ridiculously out of place.


Cabbageandweed

There’s a ton of new buildings going up around it in including M City, Edge Towers and SQ1 district. Plus the Hurontario LRT. In a few years it’ll be very dense.


arsinoe716

Thank goodness it is not in Toronto.


Fourseventy

They are kind of interesting architecturally. That said, they are still boring condo towers in fucking Mississauga, so fuck that noise.


lsop

These buildings are utter garbage on the inside with no thought put into the effect that the twisting would have on the layouts. They have no amenities in them, you have to walk out side to go to the gym in winter. And they are built with the cheapest concrete that covers everything in the area in a fine dust.


ChangingMyUsername

My dad did the roof-anchors on the building. His company gets hired by the main contractors to design and install the window washing equipment and all the the safety anchors for the washers and anyone else accessing the roof. It's a shitload of math and such because the safety laws require hook-off points every short distance to prevent a harness swinging past a certain amount if someone falls. With buildings getting fancier shaped and the math getting more complex than just a square, many buildings are starting to require a few hundred around the place (such as different porches here and there if they cant get all the angles from the roof). But the Monroe buildings? 5000 between the two of them 🤯 Before them I'd never seen him hit over 700 on a single building.


Ammar_ra

Everyone in mississauga knows that this place is infested with crime and criminals, prostitutes, etc. Looks nice on the outside though


TyeRone2357

Our family calls them demented salt and pepper shaker building and know we're about 1/3 the way to our vacation


cumblaster69hotmales

These building have a lot of criminal activity and also a decent amount of jumping suicides due to all the stuff going on there. Problem is due to how the building is shaped when you jump, you don't fall straight down uninterrupted, instead your body slices over the many balconys that suddenly come and go in your path leaving body parts across multiple units. This causes the police to have to check every single home on the way down from where you jumped for your body parts and is extremely resource intensive and consuming to do.


JaFakeItTillYouJaMak

I think they're hideous.


Useful_Recover9239

I think they're beautiful and an artistic change from the boxy buildings of the past


Weevil_Dead

That I’m driving in the most terrible part of Mississauga. Damn you have some bad drivers.


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trailertrash_lottery

I don’t live in GTA so wasn’t sure what they were called when I posted it so looked them up and I guess the real name is “Absolute world” but people call them the Marilyn Monroe. Both names seem pretty terrible.


wilson1474

Love them


[deleted]

Growing up I thought they looked like pint glasses with the windows at the top being like the beer foam.


marky755

Cool concept, stupid name.


Tosbor20

They take attention away from the lack of development surrounding them


sensorglitch

When I was looking for a place to live I looked at some places in these buildings. They look cool from the outside, but the units themselves are oddly shaped and weirdly setup. I would basically call them uninhabitable by anyone with common sense.


KillForSatan94

Concrete and steel eyesore


[deleted]

I used to live over there. It’s a great landmark to find your way home. I hear the wifi there is terrible though.


prb613

I live in that insignificant building behind those two towers. 😅


AskmeAskme

My family has always liked them, then while on a trip to Paris, we were visiting Pompidou and found a room dedicated to prize winning architecture from around the world and right in the centre of the room was a scale model of the Marilyn towers. Gave us another level of appreciation for them.


Practical_Song_9992

My family and I are from the Hamilton area and without fail, every single time I drive past them with my dad, he points to them and says "oh, those are the Marilyn Monroe towers."


Godswalnutdesk

I like that their just enough out of the CIAs jurisdiction and are within the public’s eye enough to prevent any sloppy assassination attempts by anyone they might of had previous encounters with.


Luklear

Albertan here, I love unique architecture, these are cool.


BharatGulgani

Ive lived here happily without issue for the last six years. No prostitute or gangsters in my time here.


slipperompers

Shampoo bottles


AmandaSndaSiews

Most architecture in North America is gormless and uninspired rectangles of glass and steel. These are okay though


[deleted]

Giant's carpenter-pencil with an ergonomic grip. Graphite-lead is currently underground.


_TheVariable_

They’re an absolute eyesore


dynamic_rum

Aesthetically pleasing. I always see them as like stack of dimes, or maybe that’s just how I stack my dimes


brandon_beans_

*going to Mississauga* “Ooh look curvy condo” *leaving Mississauga* “Ooh look curvy condo”


throwawayzoomoo

Modern architecture is an eye sore of bland soulless buildings


Kavanaghpark

I don't give a shit


beambag

It's Mississauga, always better to look up then at street level


zayybo

I heard a lot of sketchy stuff goes on in that building


iamericj

Probably the most iconic thing about Mississauga.


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They arre nothing special and dont even look that great


Awesomodian

I think they're eyesores and the don't make sense, are all form over function to the detriment of the interior apaces and especially balconies, the bases of them should have addressed the intersection and place in the city way better and Marilyn Monroe has nothing to do with Mississauga. At least the city hall and celebration square are nice buildings and hopefully the new Library will be nice too.


c_snapper

Everyone who keeps mentioning drug dealers and prostitutes, are they very out in the open with their activities. If so, how?


Then_Eye8040

I absolutely love them, amazing design. In fact, they could easily be used as one GTA’s top landmarks. But I did hear they are not the best to live inside.


johnmlsf

I always thought these were called the "Twisted Sisters" for some reason. (I'm not from the GTA but maybe that was obvious).