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RE: Waterloo Region's Top 10 Buildings - panamaniac - 11-07-2014 There are/were a number of good modernist buildings from the 1950s-early 1960s in Kitchener as well. Eastwood Collegiate on Weber St. was built in the 1950s to mimic modern industrial architecture - photos of the original building are quite striking. RE: Waterloo Region's Top 10 Buildings - BuildingScout - 11-07-2014 (11-07-2014, 03:55 PM)panamaniac Wrote: There are/were a number of good modernist buildings from the 1950s-early 1960s in Kitchener as well. Eastwood Collegiate on Weber St. was built in the 1950s to mimic modern industrial architecture - photos of the original building are quite striking. Picture above for your reference. Not my cup of tea. RE: Waterloo Region's Top 10 Buildings - panamaniac - 11-07-2014 I find it very solid. I like the break with pre-war styles and the sort of "progressive" attitude that it seems to project - very Kitchener of the time. That said, I would not include it in a "top 10" list. RE: Waterloo Region's Top 10 Buildings - jgsz - 11-07-2014 I really like the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home on King Street. A couple of years ago I had the chance to go though the building during Doors Open Waterloo Region. RE: Waterloo Region's Top 10 Buildings - BuildingScout - 11-07-2014 Here's my updated list incorporating the many suggestions from here, together with my rationale:
Dropped: CIGI, Burt Mathews Hall, CCGG, all GG award winners. So is the Waterloo regional museum, which is also missing. If the list was on architectural grounds alone I would place three of those back instead of the Tannery, Bauer Lofts and the Davis Centre. RE: Waterloo Region's Top 10 Buildings - mpd618 - 11-07-2014 Since mid-century architecture tends to get a bad rap, I'll throw in my two favourite 1960s buildings in Waterloo Region: the brutalist Math & Computer building, and the international style 305 King Street West. RE: Waterloo Region's Top 10 Buildings - The85 - 11-09-2014 Here are my 10 (in no particular order) - Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex (doesn't get the attention it should...from the outside for a recreation centre, it's pretty impressive and I challenge you to find another municipal indoor pool like it anywhere in SW Ontario) - CIGI - New Apostolic Church on Margaret Avenue - Kitchener City Hall - Sun Life/Clarica/Mutual Life Head Office - Galt Collegiate Institute - Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum Nano Building, UW - Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Cambridge (not necessarily looks, but sophistication; I've toured the interior a few years ago) - Perimeter Institute - new Consolidated Court House RE: Waterloo Region's Top 10 Buildings - Shawn - 11-09-2014 I would like to add: 305 King Street (at Water) - is it still the MCL building? I worked in that building when it was still the Canada Trust building (prior to that it was the Waterloo Trust Building). When I worked there I was told, at the time of it's construction, it was the tallest building in Waterloo Region and they would conduct tours to the top floor for the general public to see the view. RE: Waterloo Region's Top 10 Buildings - ookpik - 11-09-2014 (11-09-2014, 02:27 PM)Shawn Wrote: I worked in that building when it was still the Canada Trust building (prior to that it was the Waterloo Trust Building). When I worked there I was told, at the time of it's construction, it was the tallest building in Waterloo Region and they would conduct tours to the top floor for the general public to see the view. You mean this? Waterloo Trust tower was called a skyscraper Quote:The trust company used the first four floors. Atop the building a 25-ton neon sign displayed the words Waterloo Trust in four directions — with letters that were almost two metres high. Bonus questions for trivia buffs: Where was Waterloo Trust's main branch in Waterloo? What is at that location today? RE: Waterloo Region's Top 10 Buildings - Shawn - 11-09-2014 (11-09-2014, 03:03 PM)ookpik Wrote: You mean this? Bingo! That's exactly it! I worked on the 10th floor - and although I didn't have a window office - due to the floor to ceiling windows, even the storage / filing room had a great view. I was on the North side of the building and would look out towards Waterloo. RE: Waterloo Region's Top 10 Buildings - rangersfan - 11-09-2014 Kitchener Victoria Public School Kitchener City Hall Lang Tannery The Breithaupt Block Bread and Roses Co-operative Homes, 307 Queen st Waterloo Region Museum Kaufman Building UW School of Pharmacy TD Canada Trust building at 55 King St. W Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Preston Library Cambridge Cambridge Mill Former Galt Post Office Former American Standard complex Galt Collegiate Institute Gore Mutual Insurance Company head office Blacksmith Lofts Central Presbyterian Church Cambridge Arts Theater Mill Race Amphitheater Galt Public Library Waterloo Sunlife building The Bauer complex UW William G. Davis Computer Research Centre Perimeter Institute Waterloo Recreational Complex Basillie School of International Affairs Manulife Financial 500 King st N Seagram Lofts Centre for International Governance Innovation Huether Hotel Outside the tri-cities Castle Kilbride Honourable mention: St. Matthew's Lutheran church Kitchener Waterloo Region courthouse The Walper Hotel Church of the good shepherd Kitchener Krug Furniture building Former Hespeler furniture Company building Zion United Church Enermodal Engineering head office Waterloo Region top 10: Kitchener City Hall Lang Tannery The Breithaupt Block Kaufman Building UW School of Pharmacy Sunlife/Mutual Life building Castle Kilbride Centre for International Governance Innovation Cambridge Mill Former American Standard complex aka Riverbank Lofts RE: Waterloo Region's Top 10 Buildings - panamaniac - 11-09-2014 Waterloo Trust was on Erb near King St, no? The branch I remember best was the old main branch at King and Ontario Sts - it shared a beautiful red brick building with Walkers Department Store that was later covered over with bland grey concrete panels. This was before the Dolly Parton building went up. RE: Waterloo Region's Top 10 Buildings - ookpik - 11-09-2014 (11-09-2014, 06:24 PM)panamaniac Wrote: Waterloo Trust was on Erb near King St, no? Bingo! I was 99.9% certain it was in what's Hatashita Jewelers on the corner but Waterloo Trust and Savings Company, Waterloo, Ontario says 8 Erb St W in what today is the Titanium night club. See also this Waterloo Trust and Savings Company Annual Report 1958 and especially the page that describes their first "Neighbourhood" branch at Belmont and Claremont. That branch is still alive and well today. (In fact I bank there.) Also note the extended hours on Thursdays and Fridays as well as the drive-in teller's window which is no longer there. Thankfully the latter feature is long gone. RE: Waterloo Region's Top 10 Buildings - kitborn - 11-11-2014 (11-07-2014, 06:52 PM)jgsz Wrote: I really like the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home on King Street. A couple of years ago I had the chance to go though the building during Doors Open Waterloo Region. I took in this building in 2011. RE: Waterloo Region's Top 10 Buildings - Drake - 11-16-2014 (11-09-2014, 10:50 PM)ookpik Wrote: 8 Erb St W in what today is the Titanium night club. Titanium is no longer. That address houses the Taco Farm restaurant. |