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  Thread: East Side Lands Trunk Sewer
Post: RE: East Side Lands Trunk Sewer
Since the bridge is planned anyway, how much might it add to cost to add a pedestrian or MUT component on top? It offer a travel route between the Ken Seiling Museum and the Pioneer Tower (plus the P...
   nms Transportation and Infrastructure 5 283 11-01-2025, 04:24 PM
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: King-Victoria Transit Hub
ZEBuilder Wrote: (10-18-2025, 07:48 PM) -- For those interested the bid that the Region had for the partial demolition of the Rumpel Felt building has been cancelled. The bid was posted in early Augu...
   nms Transportation and Infrastructure 1,242 1,232,740 10-20-2025, 11:21 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
I expect that the added weekend trips were limited by the spots available due to VIA traffic, and CN weekend traffic. Similarly. any train that travels west of Georgetown and back is potentially disr...
   nms Transportation and Infrastructure 2,136 1,404,549 10-18-2025, 08:25 AM
  Thread: Benton/Church project | 40 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Benton/Church project | 40 fl | Proposed
ac3r Wrote: (10-17-2025, 06:18 PM) -- Very likely, I feel for every 1 project that gets started, 3 sit in limbo for years and go absolutely nowhere. -- How does this compare with historic trends? ...
   nms Urban Areas 76 20,349 10-18-2025, 08:21 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Acitta Wrote: (10-17-2025, 01:47 PM) -- An article (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/subway-safety/684566/) in the Atlantic starts off with this paragraph, "Mass transit in the Unite...
   nms Transportation and Infrastructure 17,632 12,312,523 10-18-2025, 08:19 AM
  Thread: UW Indigenous Residence
Post: RE: UW Indigenous Residence
At least the bottom 3 or 4 floors have preliminary cladding as of this past weekend so chances are good.
   nms University Area 36 9,911 10-14-2025, 07:05 AM
  Thread: Bramm Yards Master Plan
Post: RE: Bramm Yards Master Plan
tomh009 Wrote: (10-09-2025, 05:28 PM) -- Almost certainly Christkindl. -- I think they are also used for Oktoberfest and Wilkommenplatz at Carl Zehr Square.
   nms Urban Areas 52 10,906 10-10-2025, 07:49 AM
  Thread: 171 King St S Waterloo | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 171 King St S Waterloo | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
Acitta Wrote: (10-07-2025, 08:42 PM) -- How many buildings being built today will people a hundred years from now consider to be a heritage building that should be preserved? -- More likely public ...
   nms Urban Areas 25 5,046 10-10-2025, 07:46 AM
  Thread: Willow River PS
Post: RE: Willow River PS
neonjoe Wrote: (10-04-2025, 01:12 PM) -- I don’t know How but the Separate Board finished Holy Trinity School on time. -- Did they have God on their side?
   nms General and Off-Topic Discussion 7 930 10-05-2025, 09:48 PM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
The flood risk is the reason why the Uptown Parkade has no walls on the main level. Since it sits more or less on top of the now tunneled Laurel Creek, the Parkade serves as the emergency outlet shou...
   nms Urban Areas 1,340 1,198,182 10-05-2025, 09:47 PM
  Thread: 171 King St S Waterloo | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 171 King St S Waterloo | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
Kudos for keeping the hertiage building. I think it's a missed opportunity to move the house closer to the street. By doing do, it removes any chance to increase the size of the outdoor patio beyon...
   nms Urban Areas 25 5,046 10-01-2025, 06:02 AM
  Thread: New Media sources in Waterloo (eg Substack, YouTube etc)
Post: New Media sources in Waterloo (eg Substack, YouTub...
This thread is intended to collect a list of new media sources that are linked to Waterloo Region.  The only requirement is that the creator is Waterloo Region-based.  Bonus points if the topic that t...
   nms General and Off-Topic Discussion 0 342 09-26-2025, 07:51 AM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
ac3r Wrote: (09-25-2025, 08:03 PM) -- nms Wrote: (09-23-2025, 06:56 AM) -- There are at least ten different media outlets that serve Waterloo Region in a local capacity.  The local market for subscr...
   nms Urban Areas 1,340 1,198,182 09-26-2025, 07:48 AM
  Thread: 22 Weber Street West | 15 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 22 Weber Street West | 15 fl | Proposed
ZEBuilder Wrote: (09-24-2025, 04:57 PM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (09-24-2025, 04:14 PM) -- They did go to the cost and trouble of an OLT appeal so maybe they are planning to build it as rentals. Are there ...
   nms Urban Areas 89 23,379 09-25-2025, 07:11 AM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
ac3r Wrote: (09-19-2025, 04:49 PM) -- The smart thing to do would be to amalgamate and operate this place like one big city, because it is one big city. The vague borders you can't see and out of tou...
   nms Urban Areas 1,340 1,198,182 09-23-2025, 06:56 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
The press release about the Vital Sign report is here (https://www.wrcf.ca/news/2025-wrvs-press). The full Vital Signs report can be downloaded here (https://www.wrcf.ca/vital-signs).
   nms Urban Areas 5,915 4,635,145 09-16-2025, 07:33 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
From a practical point of view, what's the smallest phase that could be built and commissioned with it still making sense? Station by station (say 1km apart)? Or is the whole system complex enough t...
   nms Transportation and Infrastructure 17,632 12,312,523 09-09-2025, 10:26 PM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Momo26 Wrote: (09-09-2025, 01:27 PM) -- When is occupancy poised on this one again? And with condos continuing to slide, even if this one had blanket approvals at purchase time, how will buyers de...
   nms Urban Areas 819 259,940 09-09-2025, 10:18 PM
  Thread: Ending Chronic Homelessness
Post: RE: Ending Chronic Homelessness
There is hope that the tide may yet turn.  The provincial legislature recently reinstated pensions for sitting MPPs which were cut in 1995 as part of the first wave of Mike Harris' "Common Sense Revol...
   nms Urban Issues 181 52,335 08-29-2025, 09:10 AM
  Thread: Ending Chronic Homelessness
Post: RE: Ending Chronic Homelessness
creative Wrote: (08-19-2025, 08:25 AM) -- So how do we deal with the fringe segment of our homeless population that are dealing with mental issues. The region secured two hotels to temporarily house ...
   nms Urban Issues 181 52,335 08-19-2025, 12:29 PM
  Thread: 670 King St W | 8fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 670 King St W | 8fl | Proposed
From the image above, there are either 5 Visitor spots and 5 other spots, or are the 5 Visitor spots are included in the "5 spots provided" figure.
   nms Urban Areas 9 2,058 08-19-2025, 12:27 PM
  Thread: 9, 33 & 47 Erb St W | 39 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 9, 33 & 47 Erb St W | 39fl | Proposed
The Record article mentioned a possible second building to the east in this project. Would that mean in the gap between this building and the BMO building?
   nms Urban Areas 10 2,649 08-05-2025, 10:39 PM
  Thread: The Barrel Yards | 25 fl | U/C
Post: RE: The Barrel Yards | 25 fl | U/C
The next hotel in Waterloo is a proposed Hyatt on the University of Waterloo North Campus. I think Waterloo is still at a net loss of hotels that have disappeared in the last decade (eg the Waterloo ...
   nms Urban Areas 309 316,374 07-09-2025, 12:34 AM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
The City of Waterloo approved some land swaps to support the construction of a tower on the parcel of land that includes the former Angie's Kitchen. Part of the deal involved the City selling a parce...
   nms Urban Areas 1,340 1,198,182 06-24-2025, 08:24 PM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
bravado Wrote: (06-20-2025, 04:15 PM) -- SammyOES Wrote: (06-19-2025, 07:25 PM) -- I couldn’t find good numbers for how much money the region supports the airport (particularly operating + capital c...
   nms Transportation and Infrastructure 1,450 1,294,075 06-21-2025, 09:32 AM
  Thread: 5 Hill Street | 36fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 5 Hill Street | 36fl | Proposed
Is the "Establish Connection to Woodside" note from the developer, or something longer term in Kitchener's plan? There doesn't currently appear to be a trail into Woodside National Historic site. I'...
   nms Urban Areas 5 1,563 06-21-2025, 09:29 AM

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