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  Thread: KW Chamber Orchestra & KW Symphony
Post: RE: KW Chamber Orchestra & KW Symphony
Thanks for digging! Government grants at roughly 60%, ticket sales at 20% and donations at 20% of revenue. A drop in half of ticket sales would still only drop the total by about $500K, and presumably...
   tomh009 Arts and Culture 15 3,733 Yesterday, 10:10 PM
  Thread: Bramm Yards Master Plan
Post: RE: Bramm Yards Master Plan
750,000 sqft of employment space in eight acres. Had to do some conversion, that's about 70,000 m^2 of space in 3.2 hectares (32,000 m^2) of land. That's a FAR of only about 2.2 for the employment spa...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 7 200 Yesterday, 09:54 PM
  Thread: KW Chamber Orchestra & KW Symphony
Post: RE: KW Chamber Orchestra & KW Symphony
panamaniac Wrote: (Yesterday, 07:07 AM) -- The latest news is that they are looking at all options, including insolvency.  One hopes that a benefactor will come to the rescue, although the $2million ...
   tomh009 Arts and Culture 15 3,733 Yesterday, 02:33 PM
  Thread: Amalgamation
Post: RE: Amalgamation
danbrotherston Wrote: (Yesterday, 11:52 AM) -- Make the statement an active personal statement "I feel the park's name should be retained"...even better, justify WHY this is, so that we understand yo...
   tomh009 Urban Issues 417 190,107 Yesterday, 02:30 PM
  Thread: Amalgamation
Post: RE: Amalgamation
City of Kitchener-Waterloo seems easy to me ...
   tomh009 Urban Issues 417 190,107 09-19-2023, 11:58 AM
  Thread: 15 Church St | 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: 15 Church St | 6 fl | U/C
nms Wrote: (09-18-2023, 11:42 PM) -- Churches (and likely other religious denominations too) have a long history of stepping up to provide accommodation to those in need when others do not (whether m...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 10 416 09-19-2023, 11:55 AM
  Thread: 15 Church St | 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: 15 Church St | 6 fl | U/C
Square Wrote: (09-18-2023, 04:16 PM) -- When I read Church Street, I was hoping it was the plot of land that the lady bought for like 15 million dollars I think.  Has there been any other big sale of...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 10 416 09-18-2023, 07:46 PM
  Thread: 15 Church St | 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: 15 Church Street | 6 fl | U/C
ac3r Wrote: (09-18-2023, 03:40 PM) -- Yes but there is a weird theological slant to why they do this. It's Christian flavoured goodwill. I'd rather our government build houses for people as it should...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 10 416 09-18-2023, 04:05 PM
  Thread: Modern house designs
Post: RE: Modern house designs
danbrotherston Wrote: (06-13-2023, 03:57 PM) -- Modernist homes are virtually the norm in the Netherlands. I've heard some criticise the architecture here, but I find it really astonishing the variet...
   tomh009 Urban Design 18 16,634 09-18-2023, 10:42 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
taylortbb Wrote: (09-16-2023, 04:27 PM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (09-16-2023, 03:57 PM) -- Pre-pandemic, peak monthly LRT ridership was 410K in November 2019, which equates to roughly 14K boardings per day...
   tomh009 Transportation and Infrastructure 4,137 3,019,892 09-16-2023, 07:03 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Pre-pandemic, peak monthly LRT ridership was 410K in November 2019, which equates to roughly 14K boardings per day. See the Power BI dashboard here: https://www.grt.ca/en/about-grt/performance-mea...
   tomh009 Transportation and Infrastructure 4,137 3,019,892 09-16-2023, 03:57 PM
  Thread: 499 Dundas St N | 6 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 499 Dundas St N | 6 fl | Proposed
bravado Wrote: (09-14-2023, 11:11 AM) -- I suppose this project can be changed to Approved. https://www.cambridgetimes.ca/news/cambridge-city-council-satisfied-with-tasty-dundas-street-development...
   tomh009 Suburbs 13 1,978 09-14-2023, 06:39 PM
  Thread: The Junction | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: The Junction | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
DK519 Wrote: (09-14-2023, 12:22 PM) -- panamaniac Wrote: (09-14-2023, 12:20 PM) -- "East" of Cameron. -- "East-south-east" of Cameron. -- "Kitchener east" of Cameron!
   tomh009 Urban Areas 106 27,807 09-14-2023, 06:17 PM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
SF22 Wrote: (09-14-2023, 12:07 PM) -- I think we need more of this scattered throughout the city in general. Things that make people want to stop and linger for a moment instead of just getting throu...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 1,643 892,780 09-14-2023, 12:13 PM
  Thread: Strong mayor powers
Post: RE: Strong mayor powers
danbrotherston Wrote: (09-14-2023, 01:45 AM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (09-13-2023, 07:56 PM) -- Vrbanovic a neo-conservative? I'm curious, on what do you base that assessment? -- You think he is not? Tha...
   tomh009 Politics 12 569 09-14-2023, 12:09 PM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Momo26 Wrote: (09-14-2023, 10:33 AM) -- It'll be interesting to see what businesses gobble up the office floors (all in that white podium I presume?) -- It'll be a tough sell filling those floors u...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 1,643 892,780 09-14-2023, 12:03 PM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Lebronj23 Wrote: (09-13-2023, 05:46 PM) -- This includes a grocer, pharmacy, and 4 levels of office. It’s 185 metres tall. -- The Junction also promises a grocery on the ground level. If we had an ...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 1,643 892,780 09-13-2023, 08:07 PM
  Thread: Amalgamation
Post: RE: Amalgamation
Committee membership here: https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/committees/heritage-infrastructure-cultural-policy/parliament-43/members 8x PC, 2x NDP, 1x Liberal.
   tomh009 Urban Issues 417 190,107 09-13-2023, 07:59 PM
  Thread: Strong mayor powers
Post: RE: Strong mayor powers
danbrotherston Wrote: (09-13-2023, 02:01 PM) -- I dunno...the previous mayor of Waterloo was very much in the neoconservative sphere...and I'd argue the same is true of the current mayor of Kitchener...
   tomh009 Politics 12 569 09-13-2023, 07:56 PM
  Thread: Strong mayor powers
Post: RE: Strong mayor powers
danbrotherston Wrote: (09-13-2023, 08:01 AM) -- [quote="ijmorlan" pid="110855" dateline="1694602849"] But not using them doesn't make our society less autocratic or less at risk of corruption as a r...
   tomh009 Politics 12 569 09-13-2023, 11:01 AM
  Thread: The Junction | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: The Junction | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
westwardloo Wrote: (09-13-2023, 08:25 AM) -- I assume those are townhouses on the King street side? I think this could have been a 6 storey mid-rise, but I guess townhouses are what people consider t...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 106 27,807 09-13-2023, 10:55 AM
  Thread: Fairview Park Mall - Grand Market District
Post: RE: Fairview Park Mall - Grand Market District
It seems that the Grand Market is buried, with a stake through its heart. Maybe they were just using it as a pretext for tearing down the Sears building in the first place?
   tomh009 Suburbs 319 169,027 09-09-2023, 07:42 PM
  Thread: The Inclusive on Courtland | 38, 34, 30 & 29 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: The Inclusive on Courtland | 38, 34, 30 & 29 f...
ZEBuilder Wrote: (09-08-2023, 09:19 PM) -- If that's what's built it will be one of the ugliest sets of buildings in KW, it's a lot like a lot of the stuff by the universities. -- Yeah, it definite...
   tomh009 Suburbs 294 172,346 09-09-2023, 07:36 PM
  Thread: Housing shortfall, costs and affordability
Post: RE: Housing shortfall, costs and affordability
Bytor Wrote: (09-03-2023, 04:39 PM) -- "Among those in Canada for five years, for example, the rate fell continuously from 68.1% in 1996 to 43.0% in 2016. Among immigrants in Canada for nine years, t...
   tomh009 Urban Issues 102 13,738 09-03-2023, 07:29 PM
  Thread: Housing shortfall, costs and affordability
Post: RE: Housing shortfall, costs and affordability
dtkvictim Wrote: (09-02-2023, 04:43 PM) -- I have never worked with a single Indian contractor (located in India) that was anything but a burden, and we allegedly used some of the most expensive and ...
   tomh009 Urban Issues 102 13,738 09-02-2023, 10:07 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
ac3r Wrote: (09-02-2023, 03:25 PM) -- That Thai restaurant at 345 King is now open. -- Thaifoon! Thanks ... was not open on Thursday yet so must have just opened. Casa Toro should be very soon, ...
   tomh009 Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,247 1,885,031 09-02-2023, 04:15 PM

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