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  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Did the region contract a new company to clear bus stops this year? I've noticed a lot of the snow removal this year is extremely half assed. The picture below is from a few days ago, but I noticed a ...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 4,463 3,517,826 02-13-2025, 05:36 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Considering we opened the floodgates to the outside world to come in to raise our birthrates, I think it's fair to say that yes the demonization of the nuclear family is actually a real thing. That up...
   ac3r Urban Areas 5,749 4,339,772 02-13-2025, 05:29 PM
  Thread: Buying Canadian (and not American)
Post: RE: Buying Canadian (and not American)
Today I bought a yuge 50 pound order of peanuts from North Carolina. (^人
   ac3r Politics 19 938 02-11-2025, 09:41 PM
  Thread: Conestoga College
Post: RE: Conestoga College
tomh009 Wrote: (02-07-2025, 10:43 PM) -- ac3r Wrote: (02-07-2025, 10:10 PM) -- Good point, I imagine some people did sneak into the US. Though, we still have people here who are drifting around p...
   ac3r Waterloo Region Economy 38 8,467 02-11-2025, 09:33 PM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Hamilton is closer to the GTA and has better connections between it. Waterloo Region has some level of significance, but not that much. It is a bit too far away for airlines to yet consider it importa...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 1,407 1,203,671 02-11-2025, 09:30 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
It's funny to me how those who defend the WFH concept are those who are already the most privileged individuals on the planet. Usually they are white English speaking individuals with a degree in some...
   ac3r Urban Areas 5,749 4,339,772 02-11-2025, 09:16 PM
  Thread: Conestoga College
Post: RE: Conestoga College
Acitta Wrote: (02-07-2025, 07:54 PM) -- I believe that many of them crossed the border to the U.S. and are no longer in Canada. -- Good point, I imagine some people did sneak into the US. Though, w...
   ac3r Waterloo Region Economy 38 8,467 02-07-2025, 10:10 PM
  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
There's a proposed townhouse project at 1070-1140 Main Street in Cambridge. They're aiming for 1000 units, a public park and a small natural area of open space. It is located at the current edge of th...
   ac3r Suburbs 1,253 1,129,402 02-07-2025, 10:01 PM
  Thread: Hidden Valley
Post: RE: Hidden Valley
Haha I love how some of the pages are clearly hand drawn in MS Paint or something.
   ac3r Suburbs 15 1,314 02-07-2025, 06:22 PM
  Thread: Conestoga College
Post: RE: Conestoga College
While not directly related to Conestoga College, there was an article in the National Post today. 20'000 of the "students" who came here from India to study never attended classes, committing fraud to...
   ac3r Waterloo Region Economy 38 8,467 02-07-2025, 06:12 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
plam Wrote: (02-01-2025, 03:59 PM) -- In general, sure, but: Quote: -- In addition, city and regional councils and all businesses must bring their staff back to work downtown to help the local ...
   ac3r Urban Areas 5,749 4,339,772 02-01-2025, 05:51 PM
  Thread: Isabella Residences | 11 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Isabella Residences | 11 fl | Proposed
They're trolling, surely? 6 million dollars to live in a shoebox in Waterloo? Lmao.
   ac3r Urban Areas 102 47,794 02-01-2025, 05:48 PM
  Thread: 26 King St E | 3 fl | U/C
Post: RE: 26 King St E | 3 fl | U/C
The only thing I don't get is why the "mural" on the side is a mid 20th century cabinent TV...how does that relate? Hah.
   ac3r Urban Areas 59 11,507 02-01-2025, 05:46 PM
  Thread: 185 King St S | 7 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 185 King St S | 7 fl | Proposed
I think office buildings will make a return eventually. A lot of companies are retiring the work from home stuff. Just yesterday Dell Inc. stated that all staff will have to suck it up and go back to ...
   ac3r Urban Areas 88 46,601 02-01-2025, 05:44 PM
  Thread: Kraus Development (525-565 Conestogo Road) | 3-35 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Kraus Development (525-565 Conestogo Road) | 3...
Good for the OLT.
   ac3r Urban Areas 176 39,679 02-01-2025, 05:41 PM
  Thread: Block 599 (599 Strasburg Rd) | 8 fl | Completed
Post: RE: Block 599 (599 Strasburg Rd) | 8 fl | Complete...
That's a Kohler industrial generator...pretty sure a diesel version but they make ones that use anything from natural gas to propane. I'm wondering if it was temporary and used for construction becaus...
   ac3r Suburbs 51 30,804 01-27-2025, 06:15 PM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
There goes your nice view! Haha. Once Station Park, Victoria & Park, 130 Victoria (and a surprise project at the old mall parking lot there, should it ever actually come to fruition) get built, you'll...
   ac3r Urban Areas 714 195,384 01-25-2025, 06:32 PM
  Thread: Waterloo Region Housing: Mooregate (15-105 Mooregate Crescent) | 9 & 16 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Waterloo Region Housing: Mooregate (15-105 Moo...
cherrypark Wrote: (01-25-2025, 01:24 AM) -- Would be nice if developers in the region could scratch a few more pennies together for some diversity in architects... looks pretty good in comparison to ...
   ac3r Suburbs 7 883 01-25-2025, 06:25 PM
  Thread: Waterloo Region Housing: Mooregate (15-105 Mooregate Crescent) | 9 & 16 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Waterloo Region Housing: Mooregate (15-105 Moo...
I made a small update to the OP to include a couple images and the construction start date. Sadly, despite expecting to start in September of this year they anticipate occupancy no earlier than 2029 w...
   ac3r Suburbs 7 883 01-24-2025, 08:26 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
We should force every council member to spend a winter navigating the city using a cane/walker, bus transportation and average winter footwear. While I don't think they'd actually put any effort into ...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 1,225 557,623 01-24-2025, 07:42 PM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
It's not really that we want Cambridge to F off (maybe sometimes hah...but that's just friendly city rivalry...!), but rather that there are numerous hurdles to overcome as well as a regressive attitu...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 1,168 796,611 01-19-2025, 06:06 PM
  Thread: Eureka (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 15 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Eureka (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 15 fl | U/...
Like the haircut meme goes, "just fuck my shit up bro".
   ac3r Urban Areas 170 45,880 01-19-2025, 05:11 PM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
I don't think dedicated bus rapid transit is really the answer. That is still incredibly costly to do if you build separate roads/bridges for it. BRT would also be quicker to hit capacity, so you'd ju...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 1,168 796,611 01-18-2025, 06:20 PM
  Thread: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
Post: RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
Unfortunately most cities and municipalities dislike doing anything like that, especially Region of Waterloo. Remember when they stated there would be no commercial space in the train station because ...
   ac3r Urban Areas 647 373,582 01-18-2025, 06:10 PM
  Thread: Eureka (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 15 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Eureka (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 15 fl | U/...
I can't tell if this is worse than the last dozen designs or just not as bad. They got rid of the weird box feature on the top 6 floors and the balconies are less randomized which is an "improvement",...
   ac3r Urban Areas 170 45,880 01-18-2025, 05:55 PM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Nice, so by the time they break ground it will cost us maybe 58 billion dollars and we'll be one foot in the grave.
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 1,168 796,611 01-16-2025, 05:46 PM

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