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  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
The multimillion dollar concrete pad which took years to pour in front of city hall, a couple bollards and a weird bench to take Instagram selfies at on Gaukel and a parkette that insects use more tha...
   ac3r Urban Areas 1,424 687,799 05-12-2025, 12:23 AM
  Thread: Bus Megathread
Post: RE: Bus Megathread
There are a lot of "starup" EV companies yes, but EVs are just awful overall which is what I mean by rightfully so. If EVs were any good, then that would be reflected in the successes of startups and ...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 28 1,885 05-12-2025, 12:06 AM
  Thread: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Crossing
Post: RE: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Cross...
3 years and they still have to plant some trees and tighten all the screws, lmao.
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 147 66,093 05-11-2025, 09:26 PM
  Thread: Bus Megathread
Post: RE: Bus Megathread
The bigger issue is that electric vehicles are just objectively bad. Plus now that liberals see Elon Musk as Hitler 3.0, where does North America turn to for massive quantities of EVs given that the t...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 28 1,885 05-11-2025, 09:22 PM
  Thread: The Inclusive on Courtland | 38, 34, 30 & 29 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: The Inclusive on Courtland | 38, 34, 30 & 29 f...
Haha true, that's a very popular place. They get soooo many customers through online delivery services though. Those guys must make a ton of money. That whole plaza is funny. Everything is really o...
   ac3r Suburbs 328 266,521 05-11-2025, 09:11 PM
  Thread: 1340 Fischer Hallman Rd | 22 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 1340 Fischer Hallman Rd | 22 fl | Proposed
Surface parking is ugly, but less of a concern on a property with so much space. They're awful in dense areas, but something like this isn't that big of a deal. It would probably cost a lot to build u...
   ac3r Suburbs 4 646 05-11-2025, 09:06 PM
  Thread: 4611 King St E | 30 & 25 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 4611 King St E | 30 & 25 fl | Proposed
You love to see it folks. Let the big boys run your city if you can't.
   ac3r Suburbs 37 11,782 05-11-2025, 08:40 PM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
I bet the architects that worked on this were loving it. They only had to do the podium and first floor, then copy + paste it 40ish times. Easymode!
   ac3r Urban Areas 767 217,554 05-11-2025, 07:56 PM
  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
nms Wrote: (04-30-2025, 06:03 PM) -- Part of the darker issue may have to do with the orientation of King Street.  In Uptown, the street is more north-south with few tall buildings blocking late afte...
   ac3r Urban Areas 1,424 687,799 05-11-2025, 07:49 PM
  Thread: 900 King St W | 25 fl | U/C
Post: RE: 900 King St W | 25 fl | U/C
Vojnik_Vahaj Wrote: (05-06-2025, 06:06 PM) -- Idk if you mean the Drewlo development infront of Cameron Heights by Vertikal, but if so idk why people always dunk on it, I quite like that one -- It'...
   ac3r Urban Areas 191 57,982 05-11-2025, 07:19 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Plan 5 of not spending 5 billion for that sounds like the best idea they've ever had regarding the LRT system. Let's go with that one.
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 17,559 11,734,886 05-11-2025, 07:11 PM
  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
It isn't even about the architecture or materials, it's that everything in this region SUCKS.
   ac3r Urban Areas 1,424 687,799 04-23-2025, 05:02 PM
  Thread: General Retail News
Post: RE: General Retail News
Random...but how is there still NOT have an Ikea in Waterloo Region?!? Including the student population, isn't there something like 650'000 to 700'000 people here? That has to be enough to support an ...
   ac3r Retail 1,009 1,009,249 04-23-2025, 03:22 PM
  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Hahah you get what you pay for. Pure garbage inside and out. IN8 and SRM need to go bankrupt. Bunch of worthless scammers in it for profit. Worst thing, this building is going to be here for anothe...
   ac3r Urban Areas 1,424 687,799 04-23-2025, 10:28 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Is that a jab at me? I complain about it a lot. But I've had a home here for over 30 years. I am very familiar with how things work in this region. I've worked directly and indirectly for the Region o...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 17,559 11,734,886 04-15-2025, 10:11 AM
  Thread: General University Area Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General University Area Updates and Rumours
Yeah for a yard you only need space and a place to put tracks. They could build one at the SunLife parking lot if they really wanted by building a spur that goes off King.
   ac3r University Area 414 510,290 04-15-2025, 09:58 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
I'm glad they're keeping that, though the whole structure could have been maintained and with creative architecture, integrated into the new project. Still, nice to see some preservation of local cult...
   ac3r Urban Areas 5,811 4,448,477 04-15-2025, 09:57 AM
  Thread: Eureka (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 15 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Eureka (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 15 fl | U/...
This will look "better" but still horrible.
   ac3r Urban Areas 188 56,956 04-15-2025, 08:59 AM
  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 don't have a picture, but it looks like they're working on the 3rd floor. I had no idea they were that far along already!
   ac3r Urban Areas 188 56,956 04-15-2025, 06:59 AM
  Thread: Work in the 21st century
Post: RE: The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 11 fl | Compl...
Rainrider22 Wrote: (04-09-2025, 05:08 PM) -- I need to be able to get to know a person properly to ensure they are on task and have a good life work balance. -- This...so much! It's incredibly impor...
   ac3r Waterloo Region Economy 23 1,473 04-09-2025, 05:46 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
bravado Wrote: (04-07-2025, 07:49 PM) -- I think we can all agree that Ion is not the kind of project that we would build if we had respect for actual transit principles, a normal cost structure, and...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 17,559 11,734,886 04-09-2025, 05:38 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
neonjoe Wrote: (04-07-2025, 07:42 PM) -- Perhaps if we held out longer for full funding we could have had a better solution. But I believe we would have ended up in the same situation as Hamilton or ...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 17,559 11,734,886 04-09-2025, 05:16 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Acitta Wrote: (04-07-2025, 07:11 PM) -- We do not live in a paternalistic, authoritarian society where the people in charge can just build whatever they deem good for the people. It would be great if...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 17,559 11,734,886 04-09-2025, 05:01 PM
  Thread: Work in the 21st century
Post: RE: The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 11 fl | Compl...
I guess it depends on the industry and where you work. Sure I can see nobody wanting to pay for an office lease because it's Waterloo Region. In Toronto, office buildings are still busy (statistically...
   ac3r Waterloo Region Economy 23 1,473 04-09-2025, 04:56 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Acitta Wrote: (04-05-2025, 04:43 PM) -- Seriously? We had enough complaints about it during construction as it was. Do you think that people would have accepted cut and cover tunnelling along King St...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 17,559 11,734,886 04-07-2025, 06:46 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Tunnelling in this area is very possible. People always point to the water table to say it would be infeasible, but...we know how to make tunnels in any condition. It would have been costly, but if th...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 17,559 11,734,886 04-04-2025, 08:55 PM

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