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RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C - Watdot - 07-25-2019
(07-25-2019, 12:31 PM)panamaniac Wrote:(07-25-2019, 10:29 AM)Rainrider22 Wrote: I think it is going to tie in very nicely to the Manulife Building....
If only Manulife would go ahead with adding a tower to the building. The foundation was originally built to accommodate a tower.
Not just the foundation - the building at Water and Charles is the podium of the never-built tower.
Is that a true fact? I only remember that building from my childhood as a mall, for retail. Manulife is a "more recent" tenant.
RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C - panamaniac - 07-25-2019
(07-25-2019, 01:40 PM)Watdot Wrote:(07-25-2019, 12:31 PM)panamaniac Wrote: Not just the foundation - the building at Water and Charles is the podium of the never-built tower.
Is that a true fact? I only remember that building from my childhood as a mall, for retail. Manulife is a "more recent" tenant.
As opposed to a false fact? It is a fact.
RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C - Coke6pk - 07-31-2019
I was thinking the same.... I remember it as a mall. Would be unusual for a mall in the 70's/80's to plan a tower addition...
Coke
RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C - robdrimmie - 07-31-2019
(07-31-2019, 09:47 AM)Coke6pk Wrote: I was thinking the same.... I remember it as a mall. Would be unusual for a mall in the 70's/80's to plan a tower addition...
Coke
The Waterloo Public Library has some of its image archives online and I was able to find a copy of the Waterloo Chronicle from 20 April 1977 that included an article describing the mall which includes:
Quote:The project, to be called King Centre, includes a retail mall, Robinson's department store, a super-market, drug store, parking garage and office building.
The multi-million dollar project would have its main entrance on King Street where the Dunker building now stands.
Except for the office tower, the project will be low-rise -- two storeys on King Street and three storeys on Charles Street. The office tower will extend 12 feet above the Canada Trust building on the corner of King and Water Streets.
http://images.ourontario.ca/waterloo/3547690/page/3?n=
RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C - Watdot - 07-31-2019
Cool, thanks for the article! Fact vs rumour. Clears that up.
RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C - KevinL - 07-31-2019
Great find, Rob!
RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C - kwtech - 08-03-2019
As of Aug 3 2019
RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C - GtwoK - 08-09-2019
They're on the third story as of today
RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C - BruceAshe - 08-20-2019
Taken through a window at Manulife
RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C - Spokes - 08-20-2019
Thanks for the pictures!
RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C - robdrimmie - 08-21-2019
That's a great angle, Bruce!
RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C - Rainrider22 - 08-21-2019
It is hard to believe that the building is still further underground than it is above ground. Great pic though. It really puts the building into perspective and how nice it is going to look at that location.
RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C - ac3r - 08-21-2019
It may be a visual trick, but that middle pillar looks off...like the floors are lower at that point than at the others.
RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C - boatracer - 08-21-2019
If that is above grade parking in the back than it is probably sloped structure for drainage.
RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C - robdrimmie - 08-21-2019
Yeah, you can see some the same sloping from the other direction as well, eg in https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/showthread.php?tid=710&pid=71677#pid71677 which is taken from the Charles Terminal corner of Charles and Gaukel.