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  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit

Bytor Wrote: (03-04-2022, 04:54 PM) -- timio Wrote: (03-03-2022, 10:18 AM) -- My understanding is you just show your Presto card and they let you board.  For multi-bus trips to get to the station, I...
  goggolor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,984 1,158,973 03-06-2022, 10:46 AM
  Thread: Intercity bus transportation
Post: RE: Intercity bus transportation

I took Greyhound into Toronto for weekend/day trips for many years. Greyhound busses, especially on the weekend, were almost always full - on Sunday evenings they'd sometimes have to split the hourly ...
  goggolor Transportation and Infrastructure 74 17,689 09-21-2021, 09:10 AM
  Thread: The Bright Building (749 King St W) | 18 + 3 fl | U/C
Post: RE: The Bright Building (749 King St W) | 18 + 3 f...

I went into the tunnels under Village 1 in the late 90's. We entered by moving a piece of plywood that was just propped against a large hole in a basement hallway. It was mostly narrow tunnels filled ...
  goggolor Urban Areas 220 88,525 07-16-2021, 04:30 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit

I didn't realize we couldn't get to Toronto on the weekend now... I see now the weekend #31 to Toronto originates from Guelph, not Kitchener and the only way to get there is the 3+ hour trip via Squar...
  goggolor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,984 1,158,973 07-15-2021, 02:20 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit

GO Transit is offering a weekend pass for their entire network - $10 for one day travel on Saturday/Sunday/holidays, and $15 for two-day travel. A return trip from Kitchener to Toronto is normally $38...
  goggolor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,984 1,158,973 07-15-2021, 12:59 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News

The Kitchener Market has added a craft-brewer stall in the indoor market area. This week was Royal City but apparently the vendors will rotate through the summer. Great to be able to pick up local bre...
  goggolor Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,286 2,014,326 06-05-2021, 01:05 PM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region

My bike was stolen from my shed a couple years ago (around this time of year... spring seems to be prime time for shed thefts). They cut through the hasp to get into the shed. I thought I was being sm...
  goggolor Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,951,081 05-31-2021, 10:24 AM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region

Is the "Cyclists dismount" sign existing, or part of this project? Hoping this isn't like the Caroline St MUT where legally you're supposed to dismount and walk your bike across every intersection.
  goggolor Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,951,081 05-18-2021, 04:29 PM
  Thread: Cannabis shops in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cannabis shops in Waterloo Region

Budd & Sally's in Uptown has been acquired by the Canna Cabana chain: https://cannacabana.com/welcome-to-the-family-bud-sally/
  goggolor Retail 194 79,162 04-27-2021, 08:42 AM
  Thread: Grocery Stores
Post: RE: Grocery Stores

Yes Market (https://www.instagram.com/yesmarketca) with Turkish/European foods is open in Belmont. I'm loving that new places like this and Roua are accessible via the IHT. [twitter]https://twitter...
  goggolor Retail 379 269,365 03-31-2021, 04:34 PM
  Thread: Caroline St Private Residences | 22 fl | Complete
Post: RE: Caroline St Private Residences | 22 fl | Compl...

danbrotherston Wrote: (10-21-2020, 03:01 PM) -- panamaniac Wrote: (10-21-2020, 01:40 PM) -- I'm surprised by this.  Are there other sections of the IHT (or others) that are private property? -- I ...
  goggolor Urban Areas 242 229,387 10-23-2020, 09:14 AM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region

The Union Street East reconstruction project has an EngageWR site now: https://www.engagewr.ca/union-reconstruction They're evaluating between two options - reconstruction with dedicated cycle lane...
  goggolor Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,951,081 08-29-2020, 10:15 AM
  Thread: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region!
Post: RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region!

This is a copy someone annotated with street and building names: https://i.imgur.com/9l34POL.jpg
  goggolor Waterloo Region Photography 535 427,926 08-26-2020, 08:53 AM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region

The City has been promising a safer crossing for Victoria Street since January 2018: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/safer-crossing-iron-horse-trail-1.4498585 And in September 201...
  goggolor Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,951,081 08-17-2020, 09:41 AM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News

The Protecting Small Business Act passed in June halted commercial evictions until Aug 31 for any business eligible for Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (any business paying
  goggolor Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,286 2,014,326 08-12-2020, 09:36 AM
  Thread: General Arts and Culture News
Post: RE: General Arts and Culture News

They've been around since at least 1995/96 - originally on the main floor of the Jane Bond building where the kitchen is now. They recently had some ownership changes (a new owner came on board) and s...
  goggolor Arts and Culture 515 491,489 07-25-2020, 10:05 AM
  Thread: Netflix Recommendations
Post: RE: Netflix Recommendations

tomh009 Wrote: (06-26-2020, 09:26 AM) -- Have recently really been enjoying Midnight Diner on Netflix: short stories centred on a small late-night diner in Tokyo. Every story is quite different, but ...
  goggolor General and Off-Topic Discussion 48 21,157 06-26-2020, 11:46 AM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region

Coke6pk Wrote: (06-25-2020, 09:27 AM) -- goggolor Wrote: (06-25-2020, 09:16 AM) -- I had a discussion a couple years ago with a business who had a new bike rack outside, they said that they had just...
  goggolor Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,951,081 06-25-2020, 11:55 AM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region

I had a discussion a couple years ago with a business who had a new bike rack outside, they said that they had just called the city (or maybe the city called them?) and city workers installed the bike...
  goggolor Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,951,081 06-25-2020, 09:16 AM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region

danbrotherston Wrote: (06-24-2020, 08:58 AM) -- I noted this as well, I wondered if it might have been the plaza with the Foodbasics--somewhere that I do shop, always by bike, occasionally.  Only occ...
  goggolor Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,951,081 06-24-2020, 09:40 AM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region

Proposal for a massive temporary bike lane network on Regional Roads: [twitter]https://twitter.com/tomjgalloway14/status/1272189162482012162[/twitter] Quote from the doc: After a review of a ...
  goggolor Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,951,081 06-15-2020, 09:43 AM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails

Cafe Pyrus Outpost (Roger St, along the Spur Line Trail) has opened what might be the region's first/only "bike through" window - you can roll up to the takeout window directly from the trail: https:/...
  goggolor Transportation and Infrastructure 2,698 1,580,172 06-09-2020, 02:09 PM
  Thread: American Block Redevelopment | 3 fl | U/C
Post: RE: American Block Redevelopment | 3 fl | U/C

The Helen Anne Shop closed last year after the owner passed away. The space is now used by Home Hardware.
  goggolor Urban Areas 247 129,565 06-04-2020, 04:42 PM
  Thread: Restaurant casualties of COVID-19
Post: RE: Restaurant casualties of COVID-19

The Chainsaw featured in today's Maclean's article about the economic impact of COVID-19 - sounds like the closure wasn't as amicable as many had assumed: https://www.macleans.ca/economy/the-economy-m...
  goggolor Food, Dining and Nightlife 145 89,515 05-14-2020, 11:06 AM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News

ijmorlan Wrote: (04-16-2020, 12:51 PM) -- robdrimmie Wrote: (04-16-2020, 10:46 AM) -- I don't believe it's ever been a KFC. The uptown KFC was where Ethel's is now located. The building that houses ...
  goggolor Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,286 2,014,326 04-16-2020, 01:23 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News

KingandWeber Wrote: (02-19-2020, 03:41 PM) -- goggolor Wrote: (02-19-2020, 12:29 PM) -- There's signage up for "Score Pizza" at 80 King St S in Uptown Waterloo (formerly Copper Branch) - looks like ...
  goggolor Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,286 2,014,326 02-19-2020, 03:57 PM

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