12-04-2014, 11:26 PM
I love this idea, progressive thinking from a downtown faith community, good on them. I wish the 4 churches project would have happened, but this sounds like the next best thing. Very forward thinking.
General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
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12-04-2014, 11:26 PM
I love this idea, progressive thinking from a downtown faith community, good on them. I wish the 4 churches project would have happened, but this sounds like the next best thing. Very forward thinking.
12-05-2014, 12:52 AM
Too bad the church beside the K2 condos site in Waterloo doesn't think about there property the same way trinity church thinks about there's.
12-06-2014, 01:04 AM
(12-05-2014, 12:52 AM)TMKM94 Wrote: Too bad the church beside the K2 condos site in Waterloo doesn't think about there property the same way trinity church thinks about there's. This is an apple and oranges comparison. The Orthodox Church has a small parcel of land with which there were very few options without finding a partner. Trinity United has a large piece of land which means that they can have more control about what is done with the property. I wonder if Knox at Caroline/Erb in Waterloo is kicking themselves and wishing that they had been able to something similar when they rebuilt.
12-06-2014, 08:50 PM
My guess is they probably could have if they really wanted to.
12-08-2014, 10:51 PM
Not really a project but the Region is selling a number of properties along Benton St next month. I wonder if these properties will attract interest from developers.
December 7, 2014 For sale: Five lots on Queen, Benton in Kitchener July 9, 2014 | Paige Desmond | Cambridge Times | LINK Quote:WATERLOO REGION — The region will sell a handful of properties on Queen and Benton streets that it has owned for at least 30 years.
12-09-2014, 11:35 AM
The headline is rather over the top (not D'Amato's fault, I know), but otherwise a good column on the Trinity Church redevelopment concept.
http://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/5...-downtown/
12-09-2014, 10:45 PM
I've noticed a number of miovision scout collection units deployed along Queen St lately. Are these being used by the city, the Region, developers? Are they counting pedestrian, bikes, vehicles, all?
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.
12-10-2014, 12:55 PM
At Bread & Roses housing co-op, they're counting the vehicles in and out of our front parking lot.
12-12-2014, 11:26 AM
I don't want to be starting/spreading rumours, but I wonder has anyone heard anything about a new Downtown supermarket?
12-12-2014, 03:21 PM
12-12-2014, 04:51 PM
12-12-2014, 04:56 PM
Yeah, turned out to be less than first heard - just the site of an eventual supermarket (Charles and Francis, behind Ziggy's), not about who or when there might actually be a supermarket.
In other news, B&T Supermarket is stocking shelves so I imagine they will be re-opening very soon.
12-17-2014, 05:08 PM
There has been some digging this week at the apartment project site on Courtland Ave. Not sure if it's the beginning of excavation, or just cleaning up the property.
12-19-2014, 07:44 PM
The Record's arts and culture columnist, Martin de Groot has concerns about the idea of tearing down Trinity United Church. He sees Trinity's value not as a heritage structure in itself, but as part of the larger collection of Downtown churches and other structures; and he sees the Trinity proposal as a bad precedent for other Downtown churches. He has a point with the first concern, but I'd be sceptical about the second. For me, it will come down to the quality of the development that's proposed to replace the existing church. If it includes well-designed social housing and space for the congregation along with a (non-ugly) condominium tower, I think it would be hard to argue for preservation of the existing building.
http://www.therecord.com/whatson-story/5...precedent/
12-19-2014, 09:16 PM
Quote:Under such a standard, very few of our churches, or any other kind of structure, would quality. On the other hand if anything mildly remarkable can never be torn as de Groot suggests then landlords will only build the most mediocre of structures lest they loose a chance to redevelop in the future. |
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