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  Thread: General University Area Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General University Area Updates and Rumours
It’s been a while since I’ve been back to UW - have they built any new parking lots in that time? If not, then that’s an impressive amount of growth with no new parking and a lot of the credit could g...
   bravado University Area 368 409,453 Yesterday, 07:27 PM
  Thread: General University Area Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General University Area Updates and Rumours
SF22 Wrote: (Yesterday, 11:42 AM) -- 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 ...
   bravado University Area 368 409,453 Yesterday, 12:27 PM
  Thread: 130-142 Victoria Street South | 25 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 130-142 Victoria Street South | 25 fl | Propos...
Joedelay Highhoe Wrote: (09-19-2023, 03:22 PM) -- I'm baffled that she's representing the NDP. She seems like an archetypical conservative - someone who resists progress at every opportunity. It make...
   bravado Urban Areas 69 10,531 09-19-2023, 03:58 PM
  Thread: 130-142 Victoria Street South | 25 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 130-142 Victoria Street South | 25 fl | Propos...
ac3r Wrote: (09-19-2023, 11:39 AM) -- Haha. That dumb broad couldn't tell you the first thing about architectural or cultural heritage, it's just an easy objection to raise. Chapman is contrarian bec...
   bravado Urban Areas 69 10,531 09-19-2023, 11:58 AM
  Thread: KW Chamber Orchestra & KW Symphony
Post: RE: KW Chamber Orchestra
Not to mention no refunds which won’t go down well.
   bravado Arts and Culture 15 3,740 09-18-2023, 04:12 PM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
I think "ground breaking" architecture is exactly the wrong kind heh... give me normal, common designs that fit the history and nature of the place they are in any day!
   bravado Urban Areas 1,646 892,881 09-17-2023, 06:40 PM
  Thread: 61-69 Ainslie Street South | 20+15fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 61-69 Ainslie Street South | 20+15fl | Propose...
Happy to announce that this totally dilapidated bowling alley on site is finally being demolished today. Whether or not it will lead to actual construction is another matter. https://i.imgur.com/5w...
   bravado Urban Areas 12 2,802 09-16-2023, 06:04 PM
  Thread: Amalgamation
Post: RE: Amalgamation
I say we make Kitchener and Waterloo equally angry and just commit to “Cambridge”. I am a master negotiator.
   bravado Urban Issues 417 190,126 09-15-2023, 07:03 PM
  Thread: 499 Dundas St N | 6 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 499 Dundas St N | 6 fl | Proposed
ac3r Wrote: (09-14-2023, 11:37 AM) -- Is it just the camera angle or is that just an extremely tiny KFC? -- Just a really wide shot to catch the majesty and grandeur of the decaying parking lot in ...
   bravado Suburbs 13 1,982 09-14-2023, 11:54 AM
  Thread: 499 Dundas St N | 6 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 499 Dundas St N | 6 fl | Proposed
I suppose this project can be changed to Approved. https://www.cambridgetimes.ca/news/cambridge-city-council-satisfied-with-tasty-dundas-street-development/article_437bafe8-63fb-51dc-9f2e-3508db176...
   bravado Suburbs 13 1,982 09-14-2023, 11:11 AM
  Thread: 30-40 Margaret Ave | 3 fl townhouses | Planned
Post: RE: 30-40 Margaret Ave | 3 fl townhouses | Planned
ac3r Wrote: (09-11-2023, 02:57 PM) -- Imagine complaining about whether or not a roof should be flat or not. These people are dumb. -- Im stealing my own joke on twitter here, but the flat roof is ...
   bravado Urban Areas 248 81,235 09-11-2023, 03:22 PM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Here's some badly needed data from Kitchener about local cycling trends. https://x.com/mattjrodrigues/status/1700915326945239159 (https://x.com/mattjrodrigues/status/1700915326945239159) https://p...
   bravado Transportation and Infrastructure 4,664 2,706,032 09-10-2023, 05:56 PM
  Thread: General media thread for architecture, urban planning and design
Post: RE: General media thread for architecture, urban p...
Quote: -- Join us on Friday, September 15, 2023, at 6:30pm at 15 Main St Cambridge for the opening reception of "Commuting Communities", an exhibition of undergraduate student projects from the Win...
   bravado Urban Design 39 6,477 09-06-2023, 09:31 PM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region
danbrotherston Wrote: (09-05-2023, 04:43 AM) -- dtkvictim Wrote: (09-05-2023, 02:40 AM) -- Curbs at crossings on the Weber St MUT (Water St to Spur Line) have been replaced and widened, and crossrid...
   bravado Transportation and Infrastructure 4,664 2,706,032 09-05-2023, 12:23 PM
  Thread: What does DTK need?
Post: RE: What does DTK need?
I have to say this whole discussion seems very out of touch. Software already exists for all these problems and a compellingly designed downtown/commercial zone draws people in regardless of apps.
   bravado Urban Issues 141 11,978 09-01-2023, 11:50 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
clasher Wrote: (08-29-2023, 12:29 PM) -- I'd had a few pops so I was a bit pissed so I ended up with a 18$ cab ride. I'd normally just do a drunken walk home but my partner was in heels. I could ...
   bravado Transportation and Infrastructure 4,137 3,020,021 08-29-2023, 02:12 PM
  Thread: The Georgie (16-20 George St N) | 5 fl | proposed
Post: RE: The Georgie (16-20 George St N) | 5 fl | propo...
What’s annoying is that Queen’s Square in Galt across the street has plenty of real stone architecture and human-scale buildings you can copy - not some kind of Disney-town kitsch.
   bravado Urban Areas 13 669 08-28-2023, 03:30 PM
  Thread: Growing Together (City of Kitchener)
Post: RE: Growing Together (City of Kitchener)
Maybe the city/region can take some of those absurdly high park fees on new development and maybe provide some parks?
   bravado Urban Design 14 684 08-28-2023, 03:28 PM
  Thread: The Georgie (16-20 George St N) | 5 fl | proposed
Post: RE: 16-20 George St N | 5 fl | U/C
This was an earlier rendering of one of the options that got shot down by local losers: https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/cambridgetoday/images/development/screenshot-2023-04-03-52714-pm.png
   bravado Urban Areas 13 669 08-26-2023, 06:54 PM
  Thread: The Georgie (16-20 George St N) | 5 fl | proposed
Post: The Georgie (16-20 George St N) | 5 fl | proposed
It looks like this project fell through the cracks years ago when it was proposed and stuck in OLT hell for a while. I noticed that the former heritage homes have been demolished and fencing is up. ...
   bravado Urban Areas 13 669 08-26-2023, 04:14 PM
  Thread: 30 George | 8 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 30 George | 8 fl | Proposed
This remarkably old project (2014!) is almost finished. I'll have to find the time for photos since it doesn't look like that horrible thing in the top post.
   bravado Urban Areas 9 12,315 08-26-2023, 03:57 PM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
This is only indirectly related, but a useful read for how different infrastructure costs are across the western world... Britain's infrastructure is too expensive https://www.samdumitriu.com/p/br...
   bravado Transportation and Infrastructure 1,074 599,681 08-26-2023, 09:29 AM
  Thread: 93-99 Benton St & 39 -43 St George St | 12 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 93-99 Benton St & 39 -43 St George St | 12 fl ...
I feel for the residents. Since the city refuses to upzone, real places like this will continue to be the only spots that developers can use. Developers getting the blame for another public policy fai...
   bravado Urban Areas 32 2,463 08-21-2023, 03:36 PM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
ijmorlan Wrote: (08-20-2023, 01:01 PM) -- bravado Wrote: (08-18-2023, 09:46 PM) -- The Strong Towns approach says that you should stop building infrastructure before the destination exists. You need...
   bravado Transportation and Infrastructure 1,074 599,681 08-20-2023, 05:52 PM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
danbrotherston Wrote: (08-19-2023, 02:17 AM) -- bravado Wrote: (08-18-2023, 09:46 PM) -- Lots of chit chat from Mayor Liggett (bleh) about changing the route of Phase 2. It's a bit odd since her ins...
   bravado Transportation and Infrastructure 1,074 599,681 08-19-2023, 06:43 PM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Lots of chit chat from Mayor Liggett (bleh) about changing the route of Phase 2. It's a bit odd since her insane plan would cause the LRT to stop right near my house, but it's still a moronic plan to ...
   bravado Transportation and Infrastructure 1,074 599,681 08-18-2023, 09:46 PM

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