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  Thread: Elevate Condos (1333 Weber St E) | 15, 15, 12 & 12 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Elevate Condos (1333 Weber St E) | 15, 15, 12 ...
panamaniac Wrote: (07-09-2023, 04:16 PM) -- KevinL Wrote: (07-09-2023, 12:11 PM) -- Yeah, 'the stump' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Adelaide_Centre#First_tower_proposal) was a big embarrassment...
   jwilliamson Urban Areas 197 73,302 07-09-2023, 08:09 PM
  Thread: Vogue Residences (née District Condos) | 21 + 14 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Vogue Residences (née District Condos) | 21 + ...
Agree. It's quite an attractive building.
   jwilliamson University Area 226 189,743 07-07-2023, 03:31 PM
  Thread: 6 - 14 Dietz Avenue North | 13 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 6 - 14 Dietz Avenue North | 13 fl | Proposed
The trilateral symmetry at 170 is cool. I think this looks OK. The solid wall massing is fine IMO, the colours are arranged in a comprehensible pattern, and a few town houses in the base will be fi...
   jwilliamson Suburbs 5 683 07-06-2023, 10:22 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
The Chainsaw building is up for lease again.
   jwilliamson Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,247 1,885,162 07-05-2023, 10:32 PM
  Thread: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Post: RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
I was sitting on Larch St the other day and noticed a bunch of the pavers were heaving and cracking. Seems like a pretty serious flaw if they need to be replaced after only a year.
   jwilliamson Transportation and Infrastructure 540 131,125 06-09-2023, 09:57 PM
  Thread: General Sports and Recreation News
Post: RE: General Sports and Recreation News
The new Alexandra Park opened up today. It's really nicely done with a great playground.
   jwilliamson Sports and Recreation 266 274,106 06-09-2023, 09:54 PM
  Thread: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Post: RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
We have lots of discussions on this site about improving stroads by making them more street-like, but the other aspect of the stroad framework is identifying which routes should be roads, and making t...
   jwilliamson Transportation and Infrastructure 540 131,125 06-06-2023, 01:17 PM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
tomh009 Wrote: (05-06-2023, 09:07 PM) -- Yes, the constitution can be amended, in principle. The last two attempts both failed, though, and the current odds of a successful amendment are very long gi...
   jwilliamson Urban Areas 1,205 910,822 05-07-2023, 11:57 AM
  Thread: 81-85 Bridgeport Road East | 16-22 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 81-85 Bridgeport Road East | 16-22 fl | Propos...
westwardloo Wrote: (04-26-2023, 08:24 AM) -- ac3r Wrote: (04-25-2023, 05:34 PM) -- This has been sent to the OLT: https://www.therecord.com/local-waterloo/news/2023/04/24/what-s-going-on-here-propos...
   jwilliamson Urban Areas 58 9,164 04-27-2023, 02:30 PM
  Thread: 595 Strasburg Rd | 9 fl | U/C
Post: RE: 595 Strasburg Rd | 9 fl | U/C
Why do they insist on painting everything grey? If they need to use 4 different colours, couldn't they at least choose some that aren't grey?
   jwilliamson Suburbs 35 5,405 04-25-2023, 06:54 PM
  Thread: General Retail News
Post: RE: General Retail News
Old Goat Books in Uptown has a new owner. There had been an announcement that they were closing, but they will remain open.
   jwilliamson Retail 950 805,894 04-01-2023, 11:37 AM
  Thread: Westmount Place (50 Westmount N, 9-15 Dietz N, 192-218 Erb W) | 11-25 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Westmount Place (50 Westmount N, 9-15 Dietz N,...
There's a large concrete pour happening today. Two boom pumps and the crane were all working when I biked past.
   jwilliamson Suburbs 102 47,245 03-11-2023, 10:59 AM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
They're putting the crane up now.
   jwilliamson Urban Areas 542 106,693 02-25-2023, 11:34 AM
  Thread: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Post: RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
There was a paper published a few years ago showing that increasingly strict car seat requirements in the States have been a significant drag on the number of families that have a third child. http...
   jwilliamson Transportation and Infrastructure 540 131,125 01-10-2023, 10:46 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
ac3r Wrote: (01-07-2023, 04:58 PM) -- So the trains are garbage as well as the engineering. No surprise given that they were from Bombardier and overall the project leaders tried to save every cent t...
   jwilliamson Transportation and Infrastructure 17,255 9,781,671 01-08-2023, 01:57 AM
  Thread: General University Area Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General University Area Updates and Rumours
There's construction fencing up around 56 and 58 Marshall with a sign advertising "Novo Condos". Their website is primesky.ca
   jwilliamson University Area 368 409,453 12-31-2022, 02:11 PM
  Thread: 10 Duke St W | 45 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 10 Duke St W | 45 fl | Proposed
taylortbb Wrote: (12-23-2022, 02:13 PM) -- jwilliamson Wrote: (12-22-2022, 10:20 PM) -- The tower is narrower than my finger at the podium and significantly wider than my finger at the top, so it's ...
   jwilliamson Urban Areas 39 6,999 12-23-2022, 08:59 PM
  Thread: 10 Duke St W | 45 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 10 Duke St W | 45 fl | Proposed
taylortbb Wrote: (12-22-2022, 07:50 PM) -- jwilliamson Wrote: (12-20-2022, 04:22 PM) -- What sort of perspective draws farther away, less interesting features larger than nearer, more interesting on...
   jwilliamson Urban Areas 39 6,999 12-22-2022, 10:20 PM
  Thread: 10 Duke St W | 45 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 10 Duke St W | 45 fl | Proposed
KevinL Wrote: (12-20-2022, 03:07 PM) -- It looks like the roofline is trapezoidal in the render due to how perspective gets played with on a building this tall. It's still rectangular. -- What sort...
   jwilliamson Urban Areas 39 6,999 12-20-2022, 04:22 PM
  Thread: Lower Kitchener (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 15 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Lower Kitchener (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 1...
ac3r Wrote: (12-19-2022, 06:29 PM) -- jwilliamson Wrote: (12-19-2022, 11:49 AM) -- Honestly, losing the train station might not be a bad thing. $100 million is way too much to pay for a small statio...
   jwilliamson Urban Areas 91 21,116 12-20-2022, 01:51 AM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
CP42 Wrote: (12-19-2022, 12:53 PM) -- jwilliamson Wrote: (12-19-2022, 12:47 PM) -- Maybe? I couldn't find a thread for it. -- https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/showthread.php?tid=1600 -- T...
   jwilliamson Urban Areas 1,205 910,822 12-19-2022, 01:55 PM
  Thread: Moda (310-316 Erb St W) | 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Moda (310-316 Erb St W) | 6 fl | Proposed
The crane is up here.
   jwilliamson Suburbs 37 9,525 12-19-2022, 01:55 PM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
CP42 Wrote: (12-19-2022, 12:07 PM) -- jwilliamson Wrote: (12-19-2022, 11:42 AM) -- There's a crane up for the development around 316 Erb West (First Baptist). -- Is this the Moda site? -- Maybe?...
   jwilliamson Urban Areas 1,205 910,822 12-19-2022, 12:47 PM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
urbd Wrote: (06-22-2022, 08:25 PM) -- taylortbb Wrote: (06-17-2022, 11:29 PM) -- I suspect that's why Le Shin Swah closed. I heard the property was sold to a developer, but not who. -- Nope. The V...
   jwilliamson Urban Areas 1,205 910,822 12-19-2022, 12:47 PM
  Thread: 10 Duke St W | 45 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 10 Duke St W | 45 fl | Proposed
Is that building non-rectangular or did they completely fail at rendering a realistic perspective?
   jwilliamson Urban Areas 39 6,999 12-19-2022, 12:40 PM
  Thread: Lower Kitchener (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 15 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Lower Kitchener (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 1...
ac3r Wrote: (12-17-2022, 11:56 AM) -- I suspect the LRT expansion and train station will be also suffering from this too. -- Honestly, losing the train station might not be a bad thing. $100 millio...
   jwilliamson Urban Areas 91 21,116 12-19-2022, 11:49 AM

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