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RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - The85 - 05-10-2015

(05-08-2015, 02:26 PM)Spokes Wrote: Downtown Galt has a TON of potential, but needs time and money invested in it.

Didn't Perimeter Development buy up a bunch of blocks?

RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - DHLawrence - 05-10-2015

On both sides of Main. They also own the previously sheet metal covered building at the northwest corner of Main and Ainslie, but there haven't been any takers yet. I think it's going to need a lot of work.

Now to get someone to do the same in Preston...

RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - Lens - 05-12-2015

Just to be clear, my comment about dense but not pretty was directed at Northdale, not Galt. And yes, I believe Perimeter bought 8 different buildings.


[Image: 17569727072_36f314f2d7_b.jpg]Growing Up by Matt, on Flickr

[/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/sFPUgJ][Image: 17515965416_62ba2cd3a4_b.jpg]Endangered by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 17315789888_679bd9b527_b.jpg]Alley View by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 16880688244_6a7a675d5a_b.jpg]Row Houses by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 16849661564_716d0bb770_b.jpg]Victoria Park Lake by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 17282067058_212ea0d2a1_b.jpg]Spring in the Park by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 17430030725_7d8e05d181_b.jpg]Urban Campus by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 17325135328_6dab293416_b.jpg]THEMUSEUM - 5 by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 17513898895_7e7a9f8ebf_z.jpg]Uptown Alley by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 16893519563_0b96195129_b.jpg]Central Block by Matt, on Flickr

RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - DHLawrence - 05-12-2015

Which street are those row houses on?

RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - clasher - 05-12-2015

Those are on Courtland between Queen and Benton.

RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - Spokes - 05-13-2015

Ahh I love those things. But I'd really like to see one owner own them all and restore them all to have a uniform look across the street front

Even better would be to see more of these built.

RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - Lens - 05-23-2015

[Image: 16962661083_3f800687ea_b.jpg]Cycle and Shadows by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 17583412105_12698a0f55_b.jpg]MacKenzie King Manor by Matt, on Flickr

Anyone know the history of this building? I saw an old photo of it a while back but I can't seem to find it.


[Image: 16961752074_f4df065002_b.jpg]Downtown Cityscape by Matt, on Flickr


[Image: 17428375920_5826e30066_b.jpg]Duality by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 17432215750_7bbc14ca25_b.jpg]Downtown Panoramic by Matt, 

[Image: 17822619532_c556ca5fab_b.jpg]Mayfair Nest by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 17642686640_b8285ae787_b.jpg]King West Facades by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 17222867624_2fed1fc64f_b.jpg]Felts For Every Purpose by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 17474789198_ab3115aee0_b.jpg]Old Galt Post Office by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 17636652326_d8d5d98e1c_b.jpg]Downtown Cambridge by Matt, on Flickr

RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - jgsz - 05-24-2015

I would like to nominate Matthew Smith as Urban Photographer for Waterloo Region.

RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - panamaniac - 05-24-2015

Re the question about the red brick building on Benton St between Charles and Church Sts - it was originally a church (I've forgotten which congregation) and it housed the KWAG from 1968 until it moved to the present location at CITS.  It was converted to apartments in the 1980s, I believe.

RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - DHLawrence - 05-24-2015

It was a Pentecostal Church - built on the birthplace of William Lyon Mackenzie King!

http://365daysofcenturyhomes.com/2013/03/28/conversions-of-commercial-industrial-buildings-43-benton-street-kitchener/

RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - Spokes - 05-25-2015

You never cease to amaze me with these photos. Well done.

And yes, indeed the birthplace of our former PM

RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - Lens - 05-25-2015

Is Urban Photographer for Waterloo Region a paid position? Wink Thank you guys for the kind words! I always appreciate it.

That is very interesting to learn! I had simply thought the building had a specific use before being converted, not that the site was so rich in history!

[Image: 17996964896_4f9da85983_b.jpg]Kitchener by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 18024385901_a587ebd6ec_b.jpg]Downtown Sun by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 18023882382_8f4b9587bf_b.jpg]Sky Sliver by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 17406943793_9709155f95_b.jpg]Courtland Home by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 17841333519_6d3e9f22d9_b.jpg]Benton Street by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 18001255646_378d19567a_b.jpg]On Approach by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 18024356022_c07853d323_b.jpg]York Apartments by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 18025373032_1e2a50fe4c_b.jpg]Paddleboat by Matt, on Flickr

[Image: 17840879348_70f7d8c739_b.jpg]Queen Street by Matt, on Flickr

RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - panamaniac - 05-25-2015

I find the yellow bungalow with the big yard on Courtland (4th pic, above) interesting. It is quite old and I'm surprised that it has survived all these years. The chap who lives there is well into his 80s and puts an amazing amount of effort into the front gardens.

RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - jgsz - 05-25-2015

How do you put in 'hills' in your pics when there aren't any?  I've walked Queen Street often and I don't recall a steep hill from St. Mary's to downtown.  Also, in the pic Cycle and Shadows the hill up Ontario Street looks formidable.  It isn't quite that steep in real life, is it?  

RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - zanate - 05-25-2015

(05-25-2015, 03:02 PM)jgsz Wrote: How do you put in 'hills' in your pics when there aren't any?  I've walked Queen Street often and I don't recall a steep hill from St. Mary's to downtown.  Also, in the pic Cycle and Shadows the hill up Ontario Street looks formidable.  It isn't quite that steep in real life, is it?  

Try cycling up them. Smile