General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

[Momo26]

What's the new location for Walper Tobacco?

[DK519]

What's the new location for Walper Tobacco?

603 King St East where RJ Malleck was.

[KevinL]

We have strayed SO off topic here...

[tomh009]

We have strayed SO off topic here...

Indeed. Now moved to the taxation thread:
https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/...p?tid=1453

[dtkvictim]

A recording studio seems to be moving into/has moved into the old Cafe Pyrus location

https://track-house-studio.business.site/

[ac3r]

Those are some cool Technics 1200 pillows

[Momo26]

That's seems pretty neat. Didn't realize until recently that Cafe Pyrus moved into where the juice/lunch place was across from La Cucina...

[Bjays93]

Unofficial but I'm hearing the office space at 30 union has been sold, potentially to a condo developer. Doesn't surprise me given the location.

[danbrotherston]

Unofficial but I'm hearing the office space at 30 union has been sold, potentially to a condo developer. Doesn't surprise me given the location.

Man, I've walked past that a dozen times and never even noticed it wasn't a house.

Zoning is such bullshit.  Sure it makes sense when we're talking about 1920s factories which pollute the land and air...but the real solution is to stop polluting.

[plam]

Unofficial but I'm hearing the office space at 30 union has been sold, potentially to a condo developer. Doesn't surprise me given the location.

Man, I've walked past that a dozen times and never even noticed it wasn't a house.

Zoning is such bullshit.  Sure it makes sense when we're talking about 1920s factories which pollute the land and air...but the real solution is to stop polluting.

Includes noise pollution and trucks going back and forth. I don't actually want to live near heavy industry, and it's hard to imagine lack thereof.

[danbrotherston]

Man, I've walked past that a dozen times and never even noticed it wasn't a house.

Zoning is such bullshit.  Sure it makes sense when we're talking about 1920s factories which pollute the land and air...but the real solution is to stop polluting.

Includes noise pollution and trucks going back and forth. I don't actually want to live near heavy industry, and it's hard to imagine lack thereof.

Yeah, there are probably exceptions...but most zoning is way too restrictive.

Even industry doesn't have to be too impactful on a neighbourhood.  Here is a light industrial plaza right in the middle of a neighbourhood, it in no way impacts the neighbourhood (the school on the other side is far noisier during recess times).

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.4420628,-...312!8i6656

Here is another medium factory in a neighbourhood right where I used to live. The ONLY objectionable part of it was an occasional smell. 

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/43%C2%B...80.5109819

In both cases, what is provided is easily accessible jobs. I was told that when the factory I lived near was operating with ... less automation...most homes in my neighbourhood were occupied by factory workers. And they didn't need to drive to work.

Heavy industry and shipping might need to be separated, but most things could be more mixed than they are now.

[plam]

Sure. I'm all for less restrictive zoning in general. Just pointing out that no zoning is probably still not what we want.

[jeffster]

Unofficial but I'm hearing the office space at 30 union has been sold, potentially to a condo developer. Doesn't surprise me given the location.

Though that be Waterloo side. I used to live in that area when I was a wee little child.

[tomh009]

Sure. I'm all for less restrictive zoning in general. Just pointing out that no zoning is probably still not what we want.

Half a dozen different zones, with much-simplified regulations, oughtto be workable.

[bgb_ca]

Unofficial but I'm hearing the office space at 30 union has been sold, potentially to a condo developer. Doesn't surprise me given the location.

Man, I've walked past that a dozen times and never even noticed it wasn't a house.

Same with me. (Guess because i always walked on the other side of the street and never paid attention).