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  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
ijmorlan Wrote: (04-30-2023, 10:51 PM) -- Will the LRT still run? What about LRT bus replacement, if needed? -- GRT tweets: Beginning, Monday, May 1, Grand River Transit buses will not run due to a...
   EdM Transportation and Infrastructure 4,325 3,227,202 04-30-2023, 11:00 PM
  Thread: Cannabis shops in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cannabis shops in Waterloo Region
ac3r Wrote: (01-12-2022, 10:52 AM) -- No surprise, we see our first victim of the new cannabis market. Phoenix Cannabis on Queen Street is up for sale: https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/23926659/90-...
   EdM Retail 194 80,093 01-12-2022, 01:47 PM
  Thread: Trailside Towns at Grey Silo | Complete
Post: RE: Trailside Towns at Grey Silo | Complete
tomh009 Wrote: (12-27-2021, 09:22 PM) -- They were indeed telling the truth. And it takes a few days because they need to let the system cool down (or warm up) to avoid problems. A four-pipe system ...
   EdM Suburbs 34 9,724 12-27-2021, 09:45 PM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
plam Wrote: (10-27-2021, 07:57 PM) -- Value brand for the business customer -- The photo in the Skies Mag article shows AC Express branding "Operated by Pivot Airlines" so I guess they have lots of...
   EdM Transportation and Infrastructure 1,373 1,106,703 10-28-2021, 09:48 AM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Cyclist killed in Toronto in a location that had repeated complaints over the last couple of days about unsafe construction diversion, heartbreaking and infuriating. https://twitter.com/DaveLikesBi...
   EdM Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,966,480 08-18-2021, 08:15 PM
  Thread: The COVID-19 pandemic
Post: RE: The COVID-19 pandemic
jeffster Wrote: (06-16-2021, 01:59 PM) -- Still, I believe we need more sites. 1 in Kitchener doesn't seem to be enough for a city of 275,000. -- The Health Sciences Campus and New Vision Family He...
   EdM General and Off-Topic Discussion 4,356 850,220 06-16-2021, 04:02 PM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: 30 Francis | 44 fl | Proposed
ac3r Wrote: (06-02-2021, 08:55 PM) -- And I'm sure the community speakers were typical: "this is too big, we shouldn't become Toronto 2.0, what about parking/traffic, it's too big, traffic, too big, ...
   EdM Urban Areas 585 133,759 06-02-2021, 10:57 PM
  Thread: The Bright Building (749 King St W) | 18 + 3 fl | U/C
Post: RE: The Bright Building (749 King St W) | 18 + 3 f...
ac3r Wrote: (04-28-2021, 11:33 AM) -- The Record finally ran a story about how this is the first high-rise in the province that relies entirely on electrical energy rather than a mixture of gas and e...
   EdM Urban Areas 220 89,286 04-28-2021, 12:13 PM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: 30 Francis | 40 fl | Proposed
dtkvictim Wrote: (03-15-2021, 09:50 PM) -- I think it would look fantastic if they stopped after the podium -- The render looks quite interesting - but these are the same people as DTK? Be careful ...
   EdM Urban Areas 585 133,759 03-15-2021, 10:18 PM
  Thread: Population and Housing
Post: RE: Population and Housing
plam Wrote: (03-15-2021, 08:27 PM) -- I was thinking that people aren't really that keen to join the 27,595 people in Leamington ON. I googled the address in the ad and found that Leamington is a sub...
   EdM Urban Issues 518 267,090 03-15-2021, 09:41 PM
  Thread: General Retail News
Post: RE: General Retail News
Sad news, it seems streaming and the pandemic were too much for Far Out Flicks  :( "The brick and mortar store will be gone by the end of the year." https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/mobile/end-of-an-e...
   EdM Retail 983 883,625 03-12-2021, 12:27 AM
  Thread: The COVID-19 pandemic
Post: RE: The COVID-19 pandemic
ac3r Wrote: (02-11-2021, 09:02 PM) -- Pfenning's Organic Foods in St. Agatha is proudly advertising their business as a safe space for people who want to shop without masks. -- I saw this from Pfen...
   EdM General and Off-Topic Discussion 4,356 850,220 02-12-2021, 11:05 AM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: 30 Francis | 40 fl | Proposed
taylortbb Wrote: (02-02-2021, 01:54 AM) -- The website says it's ~25k sq ft, which is a little over half an acre. I think that's about the same size as the 1 Victoria site, and a little bigger than t...
   EdM Urban Areas 585 133,759 02-02-2021, 11:02 AM
  Thread: Preston Springs Hotel Redevelopment
Post: RE: Preston Springs Hotel Redevelopment
And now demolition is paused for a week https://twitter.com/CTVKitchener/status/1344696166257221639
   EdM Urban Areas 93 49,270 12-31-2020, 01:32 PM
  Thread: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | Complete
Post: RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C
From yesterday, during installation
  EdM Urban Areas 1,072 592,505 10-17-2020, 07:05 PM
  Thread: Vogue Residences (née District Condos) | 21 + 14 fl | U/C
Post: RE: District Condos | 22 + 14 fl | U/C
Coke6pk Wrote: (07-16-2020, 11:53 AM) -- My first thought was an issue with the vehicle, and not the balance. Coke -- Yeah, somewhere I saw it reported that the outrigger broke. Fortunately nobo...
   EdM University Area 226 200,670 07-16-2020, 12:07 PM
  Thread: 22 Frederick St redevelopment | Completed
Post: RE: 22 Frederick St redevelopment
dtkvictim Wrote: (05-25-2020, 09:44 PM) -- Does anyone know what the white/grey rectangles are around the windows? Are the for fixing the windows in place, -- Yep, just for mounting the glass. They...
   EdM Urban Areas 154 60,517 05-25-2020, 09:50 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
They were pouring the deck today so hopefully it will be open in a few days.
   EdM Transportation and Infrastructure 2,700 1,590,637 01-14-2020, 09:45 PM
  Thread: One Young (née Mayfair Hotel) | 5 fl | Complete
Post: RE: Mayfair Hotel project | 6 fl | U/C
tomh009 Wrote: (12-27-2019, 04:31 PM) -- Not the effect that the Mayfair project is looking for, but fritted glass is definitely being used elsewhere, too: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/galler...
   EdM Urban Areas 733 528,582 12-27-2019, 04:41 PM
  Thread: The Market Flats | 7 fl | Completed
Post: RE: The Market Flats | 7 fl | U/C
DK519 Wrote: (12-20-2019, 11:30 AM) -- There's a grinding attachment on that mini excavator and they're chewing up the walls of the hole. They've done it all the way around. -- I haven't seen this ...
   EdM Urban Areas 189 77,371 12-20-2019, 01:39 PM
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: King-Victoria Transit Hub
According to Google Maps 315m along the track west from the edge of the Duke St. sidewalk is about 1/3 of the way across the King St overpass (about in line with the LRT tracks). The spur that goes th...
   EdM Transportation and Infrastructure 1,143 1,017,818 11-29-2019, 12:49 PM
  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C
Square Wrote: (11-26-2019, 09:33 PM) -- Saw them working on the crane today.  Looking at all the other sites today, I must say this crane is ugly, lol -- It looks like a leftover from the 1980s :)
   EdM Urban Areas 1,392 582,589 11-27-2019, 11:31 AM
  Thread: 345 King St W | 6 fl | Complete
Post: RE: 345 King St W | 6 fl | U/C
> Are there any pics?  I don't think we've seen the exterior cladding other than the glass in the pics posted to date. Here's the side facing 305, from today:
  EdM Urban Areas 282 187,922 10-21-2019, 05:13 PM
  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C
jgsz Wrote: (10-03-2019, 10:23 AM) -- 2019-10-03 I'm baffled why all that spaghetti like wire (or tubing) has concrete poured over it.  Does anyone have any idea what's happening? -- It's flexib...
   EdM Urban Areas 1,392 582,589 10-03-2019, 10:35 AM
  Thread: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | Complete
Post: RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C
urbd Wrote: (09-16-2019, 02:48 PM) -- Also worth noting that the dark wall on the second floor will now be residential units (like floors 3-4). -- What was it going to be before?
   EdM Urban Areas 1,072 592,505 09-16-2019, 02:59 PM
  Thread: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | Complete
Post: RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C
Rainrider22 Wrote: (08-22-2019, 01:33 PM) -- There might be some lower level parking.  They went at least four floors below ground. -- 2 levels of underground parking based on my old photos.
   EdM Urban Areas 1,072 592,505 08-22-2019, 02:19 PM

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