nfitz
Superstar
I didn't disagree. I agreed. And noted that there are still similiar plans afoot today!You disagree because you're a simple contrarian. You can't not disagree.
I didn't disagree. I agreed. And noted that there are still similiar plans afoot today!You disagree because you're a simple contrarian. You can't not disagree.
I didn't disagree. I agreed. And noted that there are still similiar plans afoot today!
You know, I have absolutely no idea what a commie block is. Are we talking political institutions here?I said commie blocks for the huddled masses
You know, I have absolutely no idea what a commie block is. Are we talking political institutions here?
Perhaps you can talk English?
I'm being honest here. The only time I've heard the term "commie block" is as slang for communist block, which refers to a group of nations. I don't think it's a standard term on the transit boards, and I don't hang around the building construction discussions much ... I'm not an erectionist.I thought a commie block was a pretty common term, especially on a site like this. I'm sure I've heard the term before UrbanToronto.
I think whoever said you're just contrarian is correct. Making a fuss about a common, accepted term like "commie block" just for the hell of it.
There is more than one word in there I've never seen before! Your referring to those non-descript apartment blocks you see in former Communist cities??? Surely there's no parallel to what we've been discussing here ... I thought we were talking about blocks surrounded by grass and parking; that's no my experience in former Communist cities; more like blocks on a grid, with more block, no green, and no parking."Commie block" is vernacular born from the realm of urban message-boarding, SSC et al. Perhaps deriving from such phenomena as the Ostalgic cult following for East Berlin's Plattenbau (thus "Commie"), it's come to be an affectionate generic term for all Cold War-era freestanding apartment point blocks and slabs, even those in the capitalist world...
I think of buildings more like that blue one.
Many of the bus routes and streetcars lines are interlined.In most of the world interlining is very common practice but again some thing that the TTC fails to take advantage of.