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  Thread: Filming in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Filming in Waterloo Region
Under Armour, recently, did a film shot at The Aud.
   jeffster Arts and Culture 34 16,137 09-08-2024, 02:38 PM
  Thread: 864-872 King St W | 55, 44, 38, 16 fl | proposed
Post: RE: 864-872 King St W | 55, 44, 38, 16 fl | propos...
Bjays93 Wrote: (08-25-2024, 08:09 PM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (08-25-2024, 04:06 PM) -- Stopped ... how, and then what? We have absolutely zero rules for architecture outside the heritage districts. How a...
   jeffster Urban Areas 28 2,621 08-26-2024, 04:28 PM
  Thread: Garment Street Condos | 25 & 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Garment Street Condos | 25 & 6 fl | U/C
tomh009 Wrote: (08-04-2024, 08:36 AM) -- Momo26 Wrote: (08-04-2024, 01:17 AM) --  Went from about 0.51 to 0.87/sqft. Fired the concierge and it still went up that much. Management changed and did no...
   jeffster Urban Areas 519 236,107 08-13-2024, 09:39 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: Taxation and the middle class
Acitta Wrote: (07-09-2024, 07:15 PM) -- ac3r Wrote: (07-09-2024, 07:08 PM) -- You can't really blame the entirety of wasteful spending on whatever political party is in office. It's more of an econo...
   jeffster Politics 146 29,969 07-31-2024, 11:32 PM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Very concerning that Redman and the Region went ahead and destroyed the fields for their project. While I do understand the why - it made no sense to destroy all that corn. Harvested before the destru...
   jeffster Politics 226 18,111 07-31-2024, 11:19 PM
  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 ...
ac3r Wrote: (07-23-2024, 03:57 PM) -- WANTED https://i.imgur.com/YvE46WN.jpeg FOR SCAMMING INVESTORS KNOWN TO HANG OUT IN PARKS DOING KUNGFU Jokes aside...has anything been happening with t...
   jeffster Urban Areas 218 97,787 07-27-2024, 05:49 PM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
CuilTard Wrote: (06-14-2024, 01:13 PM) -- My regular update wasn't until next week, but in case U-Haul moves back in the way, here's one from today. Crane got taller, right? https://i.imgur.com/VL...
   jeffster Urban Areas 686 170,515 07-05-2024, 02:23 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Acitta Wrote: (06-26-2024, 06:55 PM) -- Company closing Kitchener factory, blames cost of development and government overregulation (https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/company-closing-kitchener-factory-bla...
   jeffster Urban Areas 5,656 4,197,499 07-05-2024, 02:20 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
danbrotherston Wrote: (06-19-2024, 04:17 PM) -- Acitta Wrote: (06-19-2024, 03:30 PM) -- New Kitchener bylaw would assist tenants, replace some rental housing lost to redevelopment (https://www.there...
   jeffster Urban Areas 5,656 4,197,499 06-24-2024, 02:56 PM
  Thread: Schneider Family Lands donation to rare charitable reserve
Post: RE: Schneider Family Lands donation to rare charit...
bravado Wrote: (01-21-2024, 11:39 PM) -- It's so remarkably cynical to see the lengths that municipal governments will go for the things they actually care about, unlike tedious things like housing, ...
   jeffster Townships 7 4,666 03-22-2024, 09:58 PM
  Thread: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
Post: RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
tomh009 Wrote: (02-20-2024, 09:08 PM) -- danbrotherston Wrote: (02-20-2024, 02:46 PM) -- It's all a question of scale. I'm not suggesting anything about this project, but many cities spend a signifi...
   jeffster Urban Areas 425 104,952 02-23-2024, 07:08 PM
  Thread: Block 599 (599 Strasburg Rd) | 8 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Block 599 (599 Strasburg Rd) | 8 fl | U/C
mastermind Wrote: (01-31-2024, 10:32 AM) -- This is quite a long building.  Or maybe it only looks that way since it's not super tall. -- It's long. It goes around the block, and it seems like it w...
   jeffster Suburbs 42 17,433 02-22-2024, 10:57 PM
  Thread: Bingeman Park former Campground area
Post: RE: Bingeman Park former Campground area
LuxoCamper Wrote: (01-05-2024, 01:13 PM) -- :huh: Does anyone know what is being built on the [now completely flattened] former campground area at Bingeman Park? My only humble speculation is anoth...
   jeffster Urban Design 10 2,338 02-22-2024, 10:33 PM
  Thread: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
Post: RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
Bytor Wrote: (02-17-2024, 03:41 PM) -- bravado Wrote: (02-12-2024, 01:03 PM) -- Or we could just avoid the shiny new thing and make the bones of downtown better, causing more developments to start, ...
   jeffster Urban Areas 425 104,952 02-17-2024, 08:46 PM
  Thread: Housing shortfall, costs and affordability
Post: RE: Housing shortfall, costs and affordability
tomh009 Wrote: (01-05-2024, 07:56 PM) -- ac3r Wrote: (01-05-2024, 07:21 AM) -- $15 million in provincial funding may be cut due to the region falling drastically short of its 2023 housing goal: http...
   jeffster Urban Issues 180 34,625 01-07-2024, 09:25 PM
  Thread: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
nms Wrote: (12-12-2023, 10:13 PM) -- jeffster Wrote: (12-11-2023, 07:10 AM) -- Will the crane even be close to 235 meters? That's 771'. Also, when looking at the map, those airlines would be mak...
   jeffster Urban Areas 112 23,820 12-12-2023, 11:50 PM
  Thread: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
ZEBuilder Wrote: (12-12-2023, 02:13 PM) -- This was approved last night at council without opposition from anyone (even Chapman). At the original committee meeting on October 30th staff wanted it to ...
   jeffster Urban Areas 112 23,820 12-12-2023, 05:52 PM
  Thread: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
Will the crane even be close to 235 meters? That's 771'. Also, when looking at the map, those airlines would be making quite a sharp turn towards the north to come close to this project. A straigh...
   jeffster Urban Areas 112 23,820 12-11-2023, 07:10 AM
  Thread: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Crossing
Post: RE: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Cross...
Acitta Wrote: (11-02-2023, 10:03 AM) -- KevinL Wrote: (11-01-2023, 08:47 PM) -- Do we have an anticipated completion date? From how it looks here I'm guessing that's sometime in the spring. -- Con...
   jeffster Transportation and Infrastructure 114 52,078 12-06-2023, 07:15 PM
  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion
danbrotherston Wrote: (12-02-2023, 04:22 PM) -- jeffster Wrote: (12-02-2023, 03:25 PM) -- Not a fan for Brooklin. She made some fairly strong but untrue comments, over of Reddit, which I called her ...
   jeffster Politics 466 191,691 12-03-2023, 07:56 PM
  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion
Chris Wrote: (12-01-2023, 10:27 AM) -- Looking forward to what's next for Ward 10. Stephanie Stretch finished just behind Aislinn last October with third place way off. Are we close enough to the vo...
   jeffster Politics 466 191,691 12-02-2023, 03:25 PM
  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion
danbrotherston Wrote: (11-21-2023, 01:48 PM) -- the_conestoga_guy Wrote: (11-21-2023, 01:30 PM) -- This comment is Ainsley Clancy erasure! In all seriousness, of all the lawn signs I’ve seen in m...
   jeffster Politics 466 191,691 11-21-2023, 10:40 PM
  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion
Chris Wrote: (10-30-2023, 03:44 PM) -- This Kitchener by-election keeps getting better. I jokingly suggested Albrecht but they picked a candidate that lives in Keswick, ON. Dougie isn't even trying ...
   jeffster Politics 466 191,691 11-21-2023, 01:12 PM
  Thread: 102 Fountain Street South (former Preston Springs Hotel) | 26, 24 & 22 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 102 Fountain Street South (formerly Preston Sp...
westwardloo Wrote: (11-21-2023, 12:10 PM) -- Wow that is a gorgeous! This proposal is far too nice to ever be built in the region. Would love to see it, but I know the neighbourhood will oppose it, d...
   jeffster Urban Areas 61 9,494 11-21-2023, 01:05 PM
  Thread: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
ZEBuilder Wrote: (11-20-2023, 01:47 AM) -- jeffster Wrote: (11-19-2023, 11:30 PM) -- Unsure why Waterloo Regional Airport flightpaths would be an issue here. It's about 8.5 KM from the edge of the r...
   jeffster Urban Areas 112 23,820 11-20-2023, 02:05 PM
  Thread: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
ZEBuilder Wrote: (11-06-2023, 10:08 PM) -- There was no reason provided but this has been delayed again this time to the December 11th council meeting. Presumably NAV Can hasn't worked out the issues...
   jeffster Urban Areas 112 23,820 11-19-2023, 11:30 PM

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