Who built this city?

Walking around Vancouver, one thing is for certain - we have some fucking ugly buildings and architecture. and i mean REALLY ugly... and all over, not just the bigger disasters downtown, but also many of the old original homes that are scattered east of main.

what happened here in the past that there was such a vacuum in terms of architectural talent? many of the concrete prisons that line the downtown area look like the people who poured it originally, designed the buildings as they built them.

then those fugly apartment buildings along oak as it winds down near the intersection with broadway. or the sears building at the pacific center, downtown - WHAT THE FUCK were they thinking?

my vote for ugliest goes to the United Way building, that red/brown brick monstrosity across the burrard st bridge. second vote goes to that appartment building nearby, which is right opposite the brewery on burrard.. i dont know the name of it, but fuck its like a 1960's communist shelter...come to think of it, alot of building here have that vibe...