(09-23-2019, 08:58 AM)panamaniac Wrote: Re DTK, I returned from a recent visit and asked a friend, also originally from K-W, "how is it possible for a city to change so much and still be the same?" Perhaps all the current construction will be enough to make it seem like a different place in my mind.
I think once Station Park, the transit hub, Google expansion are up and going, 100 Victoria and Garment, Drewlo, Arrow, City Centre, Charlie West and DTK, plus some of the smaller ones are completed, it will have been transformed. For now, there isn't a hell of a lot extra to look at, though it's a lot different from 15 years ago but not too much (court house, City Centre I, The Regal, Google, 1 Victoria and 100 Victoria). Charlie West and DTK are both landmark buildings -- those two alone will be transformative. Some of the smaller buildings (like Berra) and mid size (Iron Horse) has changed the look and feel of driving down Queen St.
I imagine too, it's how much you pay attention. I have noticed the growth in Toronto and Mississauga. Perhaps many wouldn't. Other cities, like London or even Hamilton haven't changed too much, though Hamilton has changed a bit. But buildings like City Centre II (Young Condo), Drewlo, Duke Tower Kitchener, Garment St and Charlie West are more standouts, perhaps Arrow and 100 Victoria as well, and besides those 2, they'll be the tallest in DTK.
If those other proposals go as planned + The Metz, which is close enough to DTK, that area will be unrecognizable from today.
Locally, the university area and Barrel Yard in Waterloo has changed that city. 15 years ago it basically had no skyline. Now it does. Waterloo doesn't look like Waterloo from the past, anymore.