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  Thread: General Urban Cambridge Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Cambridge Updates and Rumours
I wonder how much of his business is with meal delivery services like Uber Eats or Skip the Dishes? That could explain a desire for easy car access.
   nms Urban Areas 376 353,799 09-13-2024, 05:52 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: Taxation and the middle class
A lot of the government energy that inspired big things after the Second World War can be traced to the desire to avoid the turmoil that immediately followed the First World War, plus the fear that no...
   nms Politics 146 29,959 09-13-2024, 05:51 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
I forget the timeline, but was the Boardwalk not proposed before the first GO train even rolled into Kitchener? Given planning timeliness, and when the land was purchased, it was unlikely that the de...
   nms Transportation and Infrastructure 2,059 1,247,515 09-09-2024, 07:53 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
Momo26 Wrote: (09-05-2024, 03:44 PM) -- Re that Breslau station...that would be new last stop correct? Or come before Kitchener? -- Breslau would come before Kitchener Central as it's to the east. ...
   nms Transportation and Infrastructure 2,059 1,247,515 09-05-2024, 09:59 PM
  Thread: 169 Victoria St S | 8 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 169 Victoria St S | 8 fl | Proposed
It could also be setback as the ROW may actually nearly touch the existing porches. I know that elsewhere, the City/Region right-of-way often stretches almost 3m back from the existing curbs.
   nms Urban Areas 11 661 08-27-2024, 05:05 PM
  Thread: UW Indigenous Residence
Post: RE: UW Indigenous Residence
Preliminary construction has started with a significant number of trees cut down, the pedestrian bridge blocked off and parts of the parking lot fenced off.
   nms University Area 16 3,437 08-10-2024, 10:22 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: Taxation and the middle class
The Canadian federal debt was relatively low until the late 1970s, then took off around 1984, shrank starting around 1996 and then has increased every year since 2008.  The most recent rise since 2008...
   nms Politics 146 29,959 08-01-2024, 09:36 AM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
London has their massive hospital complex in the south-east corner of the City.  As the crow flies, it's about 3km from their downtown core (I used Budweiser Gardens as a reference). The new site i...
   nms Urban Issues 315 62,741 07-25-2024, 08:11 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
Out of curiosity, how is this current plan by Metrolinx in Halton Hills different than the the plans that were first proposed by Metrolinx (and the Liberal Ontario government) prior to 2018 which were...
   nms Transportation and Infrastructure 2,059 1,247,515 07-25-2024, 07:38 AM
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Who gets the final say on whether to separate the grade crossings? I can't imagine that what the Region wants takes priority over what Transport Canada, Metrolinx or even CN wants or requires. In ...
   nms Transportation and Infrastructure 1,171 1,107,272 07-18-2024, 08:29 AM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
tomh009 Wrote: (07-16-2024, 02:23 PM) -- nms Wrote: (07-16-2024, 07:49 AM) -- Martin's either has additional orchards throughout the Region or contracts to buy apples from other orchards in the Regi...
   nms Politics 226 18,111 07-17-2024, 09:22 AM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Martin's either has additional orchards throughout the Region or contracts to buy apples from other orchards in the Region. I would expect truck traffic to increase, not the least because this propos...
   nms Politics 226 18,111 07-16-2024, 07:49 AM
  Thread: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
I wonder whether Downsview Airport had similar restrictions? The "as the crow flies" distance between the western end of runway 26 at Breslau and the Tek tower is about 8km. The "as the crow flies" ...
   nms Urban Areas 112 23,820 07-16-2024, 07:14 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Joel Rubinoff wrote a column about the state of downtown Kitchener.  Various locals were interviewed included the owner of the Yeti Café, A Second Look Books as well as former Mayor Carl Zehr and The ...
   nms Urban Areas 5,656 4,197,492 07-10-2024, 09:44 PM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Square Wrote: (06-29-2024, 06:39 AM) -- I wonder who owns the helipad land.  Could put another tower there. -- Depending on the lot lines (https://open-kitchenergis.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/998...
   nms Urban Areas 1,750 1,063,412 07-05-2024, 06:52 AM
  Thread: Costco--but with 800 apartments
Post: RE: Costco--but with 800 apartments
This an example of the pre-mid 20th Century version of the downtown retail store with housing above, but on steroids. Would this kind of development be possible in Ontario given our current zoning pr...
   nms Outside Waterloo Region 18 1,490 07-05-2024, 06:40 AM
  Thread: Market Square
Post: RE: Market Square
In general, for the about the last 30 to 40 years, cuts to social services have lead to either a downloading of responsibility to municipalities or non-profit organizations (eg churches, the House of ...
   nms Urban Areas 207 97,931 07-05-2024, 06:22 AM
  Thread: Urban parks
Post: RE: Urban parks
When comparing Victoria Park to other city parks, Victoria Park is busy during most daylight hours regardless of the day of the week. I have been at suburban parks with similar amenities during simil...
   nms Urban Areas 70 28,128 06-24-2024, 12:54 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
The monitoring devices are typically on poles that look like shepherd's hooks attached to a signal pole. A sign, "Traffic surveillance device" is also attached to the pole.
   nms Transportation and Infrastructure 3,201 2,349,349 06-22-2024, 08:40 AM
  Thread: Bramm Yards Master Plan
Post: RE: Bramm Yards Master Plan
Waterloo Region hosted the Ontario Summer Games in the early 2000s after London hosted the Canada Summer Games. Ontario last hosted the Canada Summer Games in 2022 so it would be a matter of having t...
   nms Urban Areas 42 6,019 06-17-2024, 05:53 PM
  Thread: Bramm Yards Master Plan
Post: RE: Bramm Yards Master Plan
I guess we could also convince a billionaire to ask the City for massive tax break to build a stadium for a sports team. That seems to be about the only "big picture" risk that cities are willing to ...
   nms Urban Areas 42 6,019 06-12-2024, 04:31 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
Isn't GO Transit rolling out more bus routes beyond the edges of the rail network? Procurement takes time.
   nms Transportation and Infrastructure 3,201 2,349,349 06-12-2024, 04:29 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Given that the Charcoal Group has 10 restaurants in their roster, I would suspect that the Steakhouse will likely survive a move, whether into this building, or elsewhere.
   nms Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,372 2,136,614 06-10-2024, 07:38 AM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Given the number of shots of the CN tower in the opening slide reel, the Platform is either being marketed to people with no sense of geography. or to those who plan to buy a unit and then spend most ...
   nms Urban Areas 1,750 1,063,412 06-10-2024, 07:31 AM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
The Anglican Church of the Holy Saviour on Allen St E in Waterloo is renovating (https://www.holy-saviour.on.ca/rebuild-project) to rearrange their programming space.  They are adding a new addition b...
   nms Urban Areas 1,266 1,058,425 06-03-2024, 07:20 PM
  Thread: 1198 Fischer Hallman Rd | 14 & 22 | Proposed
Post: RE: 1198 Fischer Hallman Rd | 14 & 22 | Proposed
What's the point of removing all the top soil?
   nms Suburbs 28 5,519 05-22-2024, 09:38 PM

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