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  Thread: Bramm Yards Master Plan
Post: RE: Bramm Yards Master Plan
CP42 Wrote: (Yesterday, 10:10 PM) -- Was hoping to see this site be used for a new arena/entertainment venue and then we could have put the new hospital where the Aud currently resides with easy acce...
   SF22 Urban Areas 7 213 5 hours ago
  Thread: General University Area Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General University Area Updates and Rumours
ZEBuilder Wrote: (Yesterday, 05:48 PM) -- SF22 Wrote: (Yesterday, 03:40 PM) -- Oh, interesting! I will have to see if I can dig up that old plan online still. Thanks! -- Here's the master plan doc...
   SF22 University Area 368 409,433 5 hours ago
  Thread: General University Area Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General University Area Updates and Rumours
KevinL Wrote: (Yesterday, 02:34 PM) -- UW published a 'master plan' about a decade ago that included adding parking garages and converting surface parking to new buildings. Some parts of it have been...
   SF22 University Area 368 409,433 Yesterday, 03:40 PM
  Thread: General University Area Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General University Area Updates and Rumours
Have there ever been any rumours of UW deciding to build a parking garage to free up some land for new buildings? The East Campus area at Phillip/Columbia have 5 buildings in a sea of surface parking,...
   SF22 University Area 368 409,433 Yesterday, 11:42 AM
  Thread: Amalgamation
Post: RE: Amalgamation
panamaniac Wrote: (Yesterday, 09:48 AM) -- SF22 Wrote: (Yesterday, 09:13 AM) -- There has been a push to rename Victoria Park to Willow River Park, as the indigenous name for the Grand is the Willow...
   SF22 Urban Issues 417 190,116 Yesterday, 10:46 AM
  Thread: 130-142 Victoria Street South | 25 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 130-142 Victoria Street South | 25 fl | Propos...
ac3r Wrote: (09-19-2023, 12:51 PM) -- You can disagree, but I do think she's dumb. A bit of a snake, too, considering she joined the NDP team yet tends to stand in opposition of everything a social d...
   SF22 Urban Areas 67 10,490 Yesterday, 09:24 AM
  Thread: Amalgamation
Post: RE: Amalgamation
nms Wrote: (09-18-2023, 11:23 PM) -- The area was the Township of Waterloo in 1816.  Berlin wasn't formally named until 1833.  If any formal renaming should happen, perhaps asking the Indigenous comm...
   SF22 Urban Issues 417 190,116 Yesterday, 09:13 AM
  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
neonjoe Wrote: (Yesterday, 07:08 AM) -- timio Wrote: (09-19-2023, 10:13 PM) -- There's a new building being added at the southwest corner of the Boardwalk (between Walmart and the Brick) -- It’s g...
   SF22 Suburbs 1,134 866,942 Yesterday, 09:07 AM
  Thread: Amalgamation
Post: RE: Amalgamation
ac3r Wrote: (09-15-2023, 02:04 PM) -- If we ever amalgamate we better just become Kitchener. No way I'm saying I'm from Waterloo! Berlin would be cool too. -- I'm all for the return to Berlin.
   SF22 Urban Issues 417 190,116 09-15-2023, 02:44 PM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
ac3r Wrote: (09-14-2023, 11:34 AM) -- Also these renders really show you how ugly the streetscape is here. It's just sidewalks, train tracks, a road, a bridge and a bunch of poles and wires. Now I gu...
   SF22 Urban Areas 1,643 892,818 09-14-2023, 12:07 PM
  Thread: 499 Dundas St N | 6 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 499 Dundas St N | 6 fl | Proposed
God, that Dundas/Hespeler/Coronation intersection is terrible, though. The bus stops that are floating in the triangles of concrete between the two 6-lane roads and a sliplane are particularly hellaci...
   SF22 Suburbs 13 1,980 09-14-2023, 12:00 PM
  Thread: General Waterloo Region Heritage
Post: RE: General Waterloo Region Heritage
ac3r Wrote: (09-14-2023, 11:03 AM) -- Some idiot in a truck took out the century old iron fence along Frederick. It apparently had a heritage designation. https://www.reddit.com/r/waterloo/comment...
   SF22 Waterloo Region Heritage 41 39,686 09-14-2023, 11:23 AM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Rainrider22 Wrote: (09-14-2023, 10:18 AM) -- Tough crowd here.  It is rare for anyone in this group to speak positively about any projects.  I wonder what it is about peoples' expectations on this si...
   SF22 Urban Areas 1,643 892,818 09-14-2023, 10:28 AM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
I can't wait to try the REM one day, it looks amazing. The enclosed stations and the safe waiting space behind the walls is next-level, and it should be considered the standard for all projects moving...
   SF22 Transportation and Infrastructure 1,074 599,647 09-14-2023, 10:21 AM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
That would be great to see as you're coming up the King St hill from under the rail overpass. Very cool look, I hope it gets implemented well!
   SF22 Urban Areas 1,643 892,818 09-13-2023, 03:52 PM
  Thread: The Junction | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: The Junction | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
Rainrider22 Wrote: (09-13-2023, 10:53 AM) -- https://www.lindvest.com/new-homes/kitchener/kitchener-community/ Approximately 750 residential units within 4 towers on approximately 3.6 acres of la...
   SF22 Urban Areas 106 27,810 09-13-2023, 11:32 AM
  Thread: The Junction | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: The Junction | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
Lebronj23 Wrote: (09-12-2023, 10:22 PM) -- Developer is Lindvest, out of Toronto - never heard of them. Architect is Kirkor.  -- Where did you dig this up? I can't seem to find anything online.
   SF22 Urban Areas 106 27,810 09-13-2023, 10:02 AM
  Thread: Fairview Park Mall - Grand Market District
Post: RE: Fairview Park Mall - Grand Market District
ac3r Wrote: (09-09-2023, 08:00 PM) -- They would have put hundreds of thousands into the plan so I doubt that was the case. The Sears building wasn't heritage protected anyway, the issue only came up...
   SF22 Suburbs 319 169,033 09-11-2023, 10:19 AM
  Thread: 83-87 Weber St E | 25 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 83-87 Weber St E | 25 fl | Proposed
tomh009 Wrote: (07-30-2023, 03:15 PM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (07-29-2023, 06:13 PM) -- I have also heard that sometimes “expert in being picked for a government contract” sometimes includes being owned,...
   SF22 Urban Areas 26 2,017 09-06-2023, 03:33 PM
  Thread: What does DTK need?
Post: RE: What does DTK need?
taylortbb Wrote: (08-31-2023, 03:28 PM) -- SF22 Wrote: (08-31-2023, 02:52 PM) -- But how amazing would it be if we had a Region-operated alternative? Something that is designed to benefit local rest...
   SF22 Urban Issues 141 11,976 09-01-2023, 10:40 AM
  Thread: What does DTK need?
Post: RE: What does DTK need?
tomh009 Wrote: (09-01-2023, 09:21 AM) -- danbrotherston Wrote: (09-01-2023, 02:59 AM) -- As for users, I think if they could offer a comparable user experience, and everything is 10-20% cheaper, I t...
   SF22 Urban Issues 141 11,976 09-01-2023, 10:30 AM
  Thread: What does DTK need?
Post: RE: What does DTK need?
dtkvictim Wrote: (08-31-2023, 02:45 PM) -- danbrotherston Wrote: (08-31-2023, 02:49 AM) -- Yeah, I mean, it's remarkable how much damage has been done by delivery companies masquerading as delivery ...
   SF22 Urban Issues 141 11,976 08-31-2023, 02:52 PM
  Thread: What does DTK need?
Post: RE: What does DTK need?
danbrotherston Wrote: (08-31-2023, 02:49 AM) -- dtkvictim Wrote: (08-30-2023, 05:15 PM) -- I'm curious how the rise of food delivery services could impact the future of King St. There a very few non...
   SF22 Urban Issues 141 11,976 08-31-2023, 08:47 AM
  Thread: Growing Together (City of Kitchener)
Post: RE: Growing Together (City of Kitchener)
tomh009 Wrote: (08-28-2023, 01:10 PM) -- SF22 Wrote: (08-28-2023, 12:13 PM) -- Some nicely shaded trails through the trees would also be good for parks that are relatively larger; a place for a leis...
   SF22 Urban Design 14 683 08-28-2023, 11:37 PM
  Thread: The Georgie (16-20 George St N) | 5 fl | proposed
Post: RE: The Georgie (16-20 George St N) | 5 fl | propo...
tomh009 Wrote: (08-28-2023, 03:55 PM) -- ac3r Wrote: (08-28-2023, 02:08 PM) -- For me it's the fake mansard roof, tacky arches above the window frames, the fake stone work on the ground floor and al...
   SF22 Urban Areas 13 668 08-28-2023, 11:34 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
ac3r Wrote: (08-28-2023, 03:09 PM) -- clasher Wrote: (08-28-2023, 09:56 AM) -- GRT summer schedule sucks. Last LRT left uptown at 2348, like wtf. The fare machine stopped working too so I couldn't b...
   SF22 Transportation and Infrastructure 4,137 3,019,956 08-28-2023, 03:54 PM

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