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  Thread: The Shannondale (née Electrohome, 152 Shanley St) | 8 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Electrohome Factory

The site is among the most contaminated in the Region.  There are offsite impacts that the owner (and new future owners) are responsible for unless other arrangements are made.  The city doesnt want t...
  Smore Urban Areas 164 7,636 05-11-2019, 03:38 PM
  Thread: ODC redevelopment (119 Roger St) | 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Ontario Die Company (119 Roger St.) | 6 fl | P...

panamaniac Wrote: (04-13-2019, 04:39 PM) -- So many Kitchener projects are moving forward faster than I ever would have expected.  Great to see! -- Well, actually this is Waterloo, which brings an ...
  Smore Urban Areas 105 91,024 04-14-2019, 10:53 PM
  Thread: The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 11 fl | U/C
Post: RE: The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 10 fl | Propo...

jeffster Wrote: (04-03-2019, 09:38 PM) -- lump23 Wrote: (04-03-2019, 11:54 AM) -- I knew somebody would catch on!!!!! Foiled again. Perimeter is leasing two parking areas from the city in the old br...
  Smore Urban Areas 633 291,034 04-03-2019, 09:50 PM
  Thread: St. Patrick's celebrations
Post: RE: St. Patrick's celebrations

jgsz Wrote: (03-07-2018, 12:29 PM) -- I think this event grew in popularity because it is illegal.  It is exhilarating to drink unlawfully in public along with thousands of others.   It's a bit like ...
  Smore Urban Issues 438 203,567 03-10-2018, 10:05 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion

In case others were wondering (i was), the approx 1 ft of concrete on the outside of curbing (more obvious when its adjacent to boulevard) is refered to as the "kill strip"! Not for that reason! ...
  Smore Transportation and Infrastructure 3,085 2,206,325 11-11-2017, 02:31 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion

Sod is in now on South side of reconstructed Bingamans Centre Dr and there will not be sidewalks on this side. Bus stop pads however have been installed, locked between 5 lanes of highway and fence.....
  Smore Transportation and Infrastructure 3,085 2,206,325 11-03-2017, 08:38 PM
  Thread: Homer Watson and Ottawa Three Lane Roundabouts
Post: RE: Homer Watson and Ottawa Three Lane Roundabouts

Also, as a former home services technician, all street numbers go up as you go away from "centre of town". I'm not sure but as people above have mentioned, it's possibly queen for n/streaming and def...
  Smore Transportation and Infrastructure 233 193,551 10-25-2017, 08:56 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Is KevinL Tom Galloway?
  Smore Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,957 10-02-2017, 10:30 PM
  Thread: Sunlife Towers | 2x 24 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Sunlife Towers | 22 + 21 fl | Proposed

Sometimes residential use is explictly forbidden, as is the case locally for 83-93 Ontario st and 1 vic, for example. Could be similar here.... PG1, bottom of cpu link https://www.lrcsde.lrc.gov....
  Smore Urban Areas 77 58,772 09-25-2017, 09:44 PM
  Thread: Homer Watson and Ottawa Three Lane Roundabouts
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion

Isn't Ottawa ramp closing?
  Smore Transportation and Infrastructure 233 193,551 09-15-2017, 08:49 PM
  Thread: Homer Watson and Ottawa Three Lane Roundabouts
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion

Let's allow all lanes to open before we pass judgement on the design....
  Smore Transportation and Infrastructure 233 193,551 09-15-2017, 08:48 PM
  Thread: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Post: RE: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph

@canard, your question didn't provide any quantitative evidence as requested.... I think others have eluded to what I was thinking, which is why not 4 lane this road in both directions....roundabo...
  Smore Transportation and Infrastructure 927 821,100 09-09-2017, 11:16 AM
  Thread: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Post: RE: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph

What is the quantitative evidence that a 4lane, divided highway is even necessary for this route?
  Smore Transportation and Infrastructure 927 821,100 09-08-2017, 08:56 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails

Not sure if this is the right thread, but the seemingly ample space for MUT along north side of Bingemans Crt Dr is most definitely not MUT...sidewalk forming started today and is of a standard width.
  Smore Transportation and Infrastructure 2,679 1,574,403 08-23-2017, 10:18 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

Pheidippides Wrote: (08-16-2017, 05:17 PM) -- From page 2 of http://kitchener.ca.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=651&meta_id=37669 "The properties will be sodded and maintained until...
  Smore Urban Areas 5,530 3,916,113 08-17-2017, 09:52 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News

ijmorlan Wrote: (08-08-2017, 03:24 PM) -- Markster Wrote: (08-08-2017, 01:02 PM) -- The comment is on the harsh reality that those 17 cars will get their orders before a single walk-in customer.  It...
  Smore Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,285 2,009,615 08-08-2017, 09:21 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

This whole wall needs some guerrilla ivy planting...
  Smore Urban Areas 5,530 3,916,113 07-30-2017, 10:55 AM
  Thread: Walking in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Walking in Waterloo Region

danbrotherston Wrote: (07-04-2017, 01:38 PM) -- Markster Wrote: (07-04-2017, 12:00 PM) -- I suspect that the engineer was thinking "Lodge St is a suburban industrial road, and needs to support truck...
  Smore Transportation and Infrastructure 1,401 1,163,920 07-05-2017, 10:47 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails

panamaniac Wrote: (07-02-2017, 09:55 AM) -- Sounds like the trail-using community needs to step up its advocacy with the City and with trail-bordering businesses (I wonder as well if some have just n...
  Smore Transportation and Infrastructure 2,679 1,574,403 07-02-2017, 07:12 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails

KevinL Wrote: (06-29-2017, 11:27 AM) -- So alongside the roundabout work on Ottawa South, the sidewalks on the south side of the road have been torn up much further west than the main project - beyon...
  Smore Transportation and Infrastructure 2,679 1,574,403 06-29-2017, 10:08 PM
  Thread: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Post: RE: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph

SammyOES2 Wrote: (06-24-2017, 09:06 PM) -- I'll be interested to see how it effects traffic 'downstream'.   I didn't drive the route that often at 'rush hour' but there were times when coming west...
  Smore Transportation and Infrastructure 927 821,100 06-25-2017, 10:21 AM
  Thread: One Hundred | 21 & 17 fl | U/C
Post: RE: One Hundred | 21 & 17 fl | U/C

Smore Wrote: (06-23-2017, 08:51 PM) -- https://www.therecord.com/news-story/7389678-crane-on-skyline-so-kitchener-helipad-closes/ KITCHENER — Patients transported by helicopter to and from Kitchen...
  Smore Urban Areas 577 594,699 06-23-2017, 09:29 PM
  Thread: One Hundred | 21 & 17 fl | U/C
Post: RE: One Hundred | 21 & 17 fl | U/C

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/7389678-crane-on-skyline-so-kitchener-helipad-closes/ KITCHENER — Patients transported by helicopter to and from Kitchener's hospitals will be diverted to the B...
  Smore Urban Areas 577 594,699 06-23-2017, 08:51 PM
  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours

rangersfan Wrote: (06-12-2017, 03:16 AM) -- There seems to be significant renovations taking place at the industrial / commercial buildings at 818-824 Victoria St N, this is the building located just...
  Smore Suburbs 1,191 934,505 06-12-2017, 10:37 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Rainrider22 Wrote: (06-11-2017, 08:29 PM) -- danbrotherston Wrote: (06-11-2017, 06:16 PM) -- Someone can tell Canard those aren't bike lanes.  They are only "edge lines" to optically narrow the exce...
  Smore Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,957 06-11-2017, 09:51 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Canard Wrote: (06-08-2017, 08:23 AM) -- You do if you don't want to rip up the concrete later though. What I'm suggesting is there could be a railing or fence at the end of the platform, before the r...
  Smore Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,957 06-08-2017, 09:08 PM

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