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  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
There are plenty of reasons. The point is that Sportsworld makes more sense, especially if they also build that GO train spur from Cambridge. It would be a short bus or LRT trip to Sportsworld, then t...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 4,338 3,256,153 Yesterday, 04:26 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Not really. The Sportsworld terminal is closer to the 401 and 8 highways, GO buses, local buses and eventually a nearby LRT station and sits between two cities. It has significantly more useful trans...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 4,338 3,256,153 Yesterday, 02:02 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
Do any of you actually care about healthcare and the community? We're about to build a state of the art facility with no less than 1000 beds when we are so desperate for those we put patients in hallw...
   ac3r Urban Issues 232 36,598 Yesterday, 12:45 PM
  Thread: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Crossing
Post: RE: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Cross...
I like it. It's simple and functional. It can certainly look better. I've designed two bridges in my career, one in Sweden and one in Iceland. The Swedish one ended up quite basic due to the clients c...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 87 38,961 05-11-2024, 01:47 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
Well that's obviously not the connection I was drawing. We all want a new hospital to be very central because transportation matters, but people's health matters more. The sites they've chosen to ...
   ac3r Urban Issues 232 36,598 05-11-2024, 01:40 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
I know the sites they're looking at. Not ideal, but meh... healthcare matters more than anything, so any new hospital will be good. I know this forum is obsessed with transit, bikes and all that stuff...
   ac3r Urban Issues 232 36,598 05-11-2024, 12:06 PM
  Thread: The Junction | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: The Junction | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
The police have tried keep them off this space and it's one reason why the owner put up a fence a long time ago. It mostly worked. Hopefully that when they need to have them vacate the area, the SJWs ...
   ac3r Urban Areas 136 38,844 05-11-2024, 06:38 AM
  Thread: 15 Cedar Street North | 3 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Oh yeah, I forgot about this one. It's one of the first large projects the people involved have done...will be interesting to see how it turns out. No idea if Vive is still involved with it or not. I ...
   ac3r Urban Areas 11 1,627 05-09-2024, 08:10 PM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
It'll depend on how well it's put together, as in whether there are obvious gaps between panel sections or misalignments. Builders regularly screw that up. The long term quality of the materials will ...
   ac3r Urban Areas 591 137,874 05-08-2024, 07:53 PM
  Thread: Bingeman Park former Campground area
Post: RE: Bingeman Park former Campground area
I know nothing about Bingemans so I have no idea if the following is where they are doing this, but they've applied to build a new 166 space parking lot.
   ac3r Urban Design 10 1,280 05-08-2024, 07:40 PM
  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
The owner of 111 Hoffman Street in Kitchener has applied to convert the 8 existing units into the building into 15 units. Not sure what the interior of the place is like, but it's a few decades old so...
   ac3r Suburbs 1,231 955,175 05-08-2024, 06:32 PM
  Thread: Three-bedroom madness
Post: RE: Three-bedroom madness
Yeah...that sounds strange. If a couple wanted to move in together - a boyfriend and girlfriend - they wouldn't be allowed? Or roommates? Surely that isn't a legally enforceable policy, is it?
   ac3r Outside Waterloo Region 20 595 05-07-2024, 03:28 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: Taxation and the middle class
dtkvictim Wrote: (05-05-2024, 01:33 AM) -- ac3r Wrote: (05-04-2024, 07:24 PM) -- ... -- You don't seem to have comprehended what they wrote. They didn't say more or less, they said differently. Yo...
   ac3r Politics 111 20,699 05-07-2024, 02:50 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: Taxation and the middle class
bravado Wrote: (05-04-2024, 08:17 AM) -- Imagine thinking you’re entitled to pay less than others do for public services because your income is acquired a different way -- I can't agree with that. W...
   ac3r Politics 111 20,699 05-04-2024, 07:24 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: Taxation and the middle class
Imagine thinking you're entitled to what I earned...
   ac3r Politics 111 20,699 05-04-2024, 07:29 AM
  Thread: Three-bedroom madness
Post: RE: Three-bedroom madness
Everyone I know in NYC hates it so much. It seems the cost of living, migrants, homelessness, an explosion of crime, aging infrastructure and much more has ruined an otherwise wonderful city. You need...
   ac3r Outside Waterloo Region 20 595 05-03-2024, 07:30 PM
  Thread: Homer Watson Business Park. (Formerly JDP Business & Technology Park)
Post: RE: Homer Watson Business Park. (Formerly JDP Busi...
The pruning isn't a big issue, it's the roots that will wrap around the base of the pole over the years. That causes them to begin tilting which can become a much bigger issue and costlier to complete...
   ac3r Suburbs 28 9,167 04-30-2024, 04:07 PM
  Thread: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
Post: RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
Are they actually planning to build anytime soon? It just seems like they're moving dirt...extremely slowly. Which is odd because they have (or had?) a lot of equipment on the site that must be costin...
   ac3r Urban Areas 609 332,622 04-29-2024, 02:08 PM
  Thread: City Centre/Young Condominiums | 17, 25 & 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: City Centre/Young Condominiums | 17, 25 & 6 fl...
Are they occupied yet? I know the retail space is empty (surprise!) but I'd hate if the residential units were. I can't tell if the cheap Canadian Tire patio furniture belongs to someone or if it's ju...
   ac3r Urban Areas 695 418,684 04-28-2024, 02:34 PM
  Thread: Louie Condos (Columbia St and Albert St) | 8 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Louie Condos (Columbia St and Albert St) | 8 f...
Sad! https://i.imgur.com/Cdv4IJ7.jpeg
   ac3r University Area 17 4,905 04-27-2024, 04:39 PM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
No idea, but that doesn't imply that it was to hand over to a single large company.
   ac3r Politics 196 7,553 04-27-2024, 02:04 PM
  Thread: Homer Watson Business Park. (Formerly JDP Business & Technology Park)
Post: RE: Homer Watson Business Park. (Formerly JDP Busi...
Lol yeah I'd say. Probably worth emailing the city about that while it's still possible to replant it while it's small.
   ac3r Suburbs 28 9,167 04-27-2024, 01:55 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
plam Wrote: (04-27-2024, 01:48 AM) -- ac3r Wrote: (04-26-2024, 11:36 AM) -- Took them long enough! That's great news. They collaborate so much already, that it only makes sense to merge the two. I'm...
   ac3r Urban Areas 5,589 3,988,764 04-27-2024, 01:54 PM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
ijmorlan Wrote: (04-26-2024, 02:52 PM) -- Every international organization’s existence disproves this statement. Whenever various groups have common interests, it may make sense for them to collabor...
   ac3r Politics 196 7,553 04-26-2024, 04:42 PM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
SF22 Wrote: (04-26-2024, 12:19 PM) -- Well, it's apparently not going to be an EV plant. Does that put us back to square one on speculating the end result? https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-reg...
   ac3r Politics 196 7,553 04-26-2024, 12:50 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
bravado Wrote: (04-26-2024, 11:58 AM) -- ac3r Wrote: (04-26-2024, 11:36 AM) -- Took them long enough! That's great news. They collaborate so much already, that it only makes sense to merge the two. ...
   ac3r Urban Areas 5,589 3,988,764 04-26-2024, 12:25 PM

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