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  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: SIXO Midtown | 25? + 20? + 12? + ? fl | Propos...

tomh009 Wrote: (01-24-2017, 09:45 PM) -- Viewfromthe42 Wrote: (01-24-2017, 09:59 AM) -- I'm afraid that "urban village" means great things for those who live there, who, if online materials are to b...
  BuildingScout Urban Areas 1,667 968,887 01-24-2017, 10:55 PM
  Thread: Becky's Apartment (Former Failte's)
Post: RE: Failte Irish Pub Closed

We need a new thread "Becky's apartment"
  BuildingScout Food, Dining and Nightlife 3 5,885 01-09-2017, 02:47 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

urbd Wrote: (01-09-2017, 10:14 AM) -- Canard Wrote: (01-08-2017, 11:48 PM) -- I don't think I'll ever fully understand why having parking is so frowned upon here. -- do you know anything about urb...
  BuildingScout Urban Areas 5,530 3,916,066 01-09-2017, 10:53 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

According to the TV show "How's it made?" ballasted track is also preferred on bridges because of dampened vibration.
  BuildingScout Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,742 12-06-2016, 07:00 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

Pheidippides Wrote: (12-03-2016, 02:41 PM) -- Markster Wrote: (12-02-2016, 10:29 PM) -- I don't imagine they'll be changing the railway crossing portion of that, when they build the bus mall. -- W...
  BuildingScout Transportation and Infrastructure 4,282 3,205,716 12-03-2016, 10:23 PM
  Thread: General Business Updates and News
Post: RE: General Business Updates and News

BuildingScout Wrote: (11-05-2016, 08:59 PM) -- Quote: -- On the local front, both Waterloo Region and Guelph saw their unemployment rates continue to trend downward. Waterloo Region’s rate for ...
  BuildingScout Waterloo Region Economy 611 579,542 12-02-2016, 02:50 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Indeed, I thought Frenzi closed this summer, but it was actually a year go. Time flies.
  BuildingScout Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,742 12-01-2016, 11:03 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Elmira Guy Wrote: (11-28-2016, 07:39 PM) -- I'd like to know which businesses so I would know which ones not to patronise in the future. Businesses affected by LRT construction turning to legal ar...
  BuildingScout Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,742 12-01-2016, 07:11 PM
  Thread: Walking in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Walking in Waterloo Region

darts Wrote: (11-30-2016, 11:57 PM) -- BuildingScout Wrote: (11-30-2016, 03:47 AM) -- An important part of the city-cleared sidewalks argument is that it wold be substantially cheaper if done using ...
  BuildingScout Transportation and Infrastructure 1,401 1,163,902 12-01-2016, 03:07 AM
  Thread: Walking in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Walking in Waterloo Region

danbrotherston Wrote: (11-29-2016, 09:45 PM) -- Hard to say for sure, I do know I've heard many individuals express the belief that the city should clear the sidewalks.  They don't seem to clue in th...
  BuildingScout Transportation and Infrastructure 1,401 1,163,902 11-30-2016, 03:47 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

MidTowner Wrote: (11-28-2016, 09:06 AM) -- We're supposed to be a forward-thinking region. It would be nice for us to take a chance on a small order of New Flyer's electric buses, or even buses from ...
  BuildingScout Transportation and Infrastructure 4,282 3,205,716 11-28-2016, 06:21 PM
  Thread: The Gaslight District | completed
Post: RE: General Urban Cambridge Updates and Rumours

jgsz Wrote: (11-17-2016, 05:22 PM) -- white_brian Wrote: (11-17-2016, 03:05 PM) -- Found this on HIP's page following the announcement this afternoon! http://www.thegaslightdistrict.ca/ -- It lo...
  BuildingScout Urban Areas 235 125,605 11-17-2016, 06:21 PM
  Thread: General Retail News
Post: RE: General Retail News

LCBO launches innovation hub in Kitchener to explore new technology http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/sb-managing/lcbo-launches-innovation-hub-in-kitchener-to-explo...
  BuildingScout Retail 983 875,861 11-14-2016, 04:41 PM
  Thread: The evolution of KW
Post: RE: The evolution of KW

Canard Wrote: (11-14-2016, 08:23 AM) -- My favourite quote about the Region was by former mayor Carl Zehr: "...we're a big little city becoming a little big city." -- RoW is poised to continue g...
  BuildingScout Urban Issues 93 96,123 11-14-2016, 10:48 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

danbrotherston Wrote: (11-10-2016, 06:36 PM) -- But actually, I would add, that I don't really complain about rolling stops per se, in that I think most of our intersections should be yield's instead...
  BuildingScout Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,742 11-10-2016, 07:35 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

The best way to fix and put and end to the "walking by the rail tracks" debate is high speed railway. People used to walk by the rails in Germany and there were a large number of un-signalled level cr...
  BuildingScout Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,742 11-10-2016, 08:50 AM
  Thread: Gastropub No. 29
Post: RE: Gastropub No. 29

I think the name gastropub is a bad choice, popular as it might be among some hipsters. It sounds more like a medical diagnosis than a place where one wants to go and hang around.
  BuildingScout Food, Dining and Nightlife 29 30,259 11-08-2016, 08:48 PM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF

Rainrider22 Wrote: (11-07-2016, 10:45 AM) -- Markster Wrote: (11-07-2016, 09:57 AM) -- The one time I took the Bearskin flight, it was a 24 seat plane. One aisle, 12 rows, 1 seat on each side -- ...
  BuildingScout Transportation and Infrastructure 1,373 1,101,248 11-07-2016, 11:15 AM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF

MidTowner Wrote: (11-07-2016, 08:50 AM) -- I think Ottawa and Montreal should be near the top of the list. Ottawa and this Region both have strong tech sectors with several companies having operation...
  BuildingScout Transportation and Infrastructure 1,373 1,101,248 11-07-2016, 09:32 AM
  Thread: General Business Updates and News
Post: RE: General Business Updates and News

panamaniac Wrote: (11-06-2016, 08:33 AM) -- When you look at the figures beyond the unemployment rate, however, things seem a bit less rosy - labour force, number employed, and participation rate are...
  BuildingScout Waterloo Region Economy 611 579,542 11-06-2016, 01:47 PM
  Thread: General Business Updates and News
Post: RE: General Business Updates and News

Quote: -- On the local front, both Waterloo Region and Guelph saw their unemployment rates continue to trend downward. Waterloo Region’s rate for October was measured at 5.1 per cent – its lowe...
  BuildingScout Waterloo Region Economy 611 579,542 11-05-2016, 08:59 PM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF

YKF Wrote: (11-05-2016, 05:47 PM) -- Considering Jetlines won't have the connection heft that AC or WS have, our wish list should realistically be based on routes with O-D traffic. Given that Jetl...
  BuildingScout Transportation and Infrastructure 1,373 1,101,248 11-05-2016, 06:38 PM
  Thread: Vacant properties
Post: RE: Vacant properties

That entire neighbourhood looks like it was bombed out not long ago... and it's so close to DTK. It's a blight in the urban patchwork and I cannot wait until it is developed. It's equivalent in UTW wa...
  BuildingScout Suburbs 35 36,771 11-04-2016, 09:44 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Canard Wrote: (11-03-2016, 06:12 PM) -- CBC is now running an article on it: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/province-s-transit-agency-metrolinx-files-notice-to-terminate-bombardier-contact-...
  BuildingScout Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,742 11-03-2016, 08:08 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Canard Wrote: (11-03-2016, 06:51 AM) -- DHLawrence Wrote: (11-02-2016, 10:57 PM) -- I can't believe Shantz Hill is on the books again. It is physically impossible for a rail vehicle of any kind to m...
  BuildingScout Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,742 11-03-2016, 08:03 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

KevinL Wrote: (11-02-2016, 11:49 PM) -- I believe the idea for Shantz Hill was to ease the grade by partially elevating the track - possibly right across the Speed, if using that alignment. It's tric...
  BuildingScout Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,742 11-03-2016, 07:44 AM

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