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  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Canard Wrote: (07-23-2016, 09:06 PM) -- http://www.clker.com/cliparts/T/J/o/J/s/E/hotel-icon-near-transit-stop-hi.png -- Don't confuse me! That image is definitely one of the televisions we had ...
   eizenstriet Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,623,091 07-24-2016, 10:35 AM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
Pheidippides Wrote: (07-21-2016, 06:49 AM) -- Some vegetation was ripped out at the end of York where it meets the Iron Horse, perhaps to make the transition easily, safer, and more visible? -- I r...
   eizenstriet Transportation and Infrastructure 2,700 1,609,819 07-21-2016, 10:06 AM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Canard Wrote: (07-19-2016, 12:09 PM) -- modding racks! ...the smart...my pocket bike... --   You could achieve some real gas savings by making a rack to carry your Smartcar on the back of your pocke...
   eizenstriet Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 3,005,802 07-19-2016, 03:25 PM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region
chutten Wrote: (07-19-2016, 02:31 PM) -- So... how exactly _does_ one go about finding a garage to install a hitch? -- Try this place (http://www.sauderscamping.com/) (no affiliation).
   eizenstriet Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 3,005,802 07-19-2016, 02:45 PM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Canard Wrote: (07-17-2016, 04:51 PM) -- ...installing a Curt hitch (1-1/4")... -- This is a good starting point for bike carrying, IMO. Some people think hitches are klutzy, but they fade into the ...
   eizenstriet Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 3,005,802 07-17-2016, 11:02 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Canard Wrote: (07-04-2016, 07:05 AM) -- ... the visual cue... -- A really cool and unmistakable visual cue for MUTs would be to use some sort of corduroy road material.
   eizenstriet Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,623,091 07-04-2016, 09:31 AM
  Thread: Sage Condominiums II | ?m | 25 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Sage Condominiums II | ?m | 25 fl | U/C
rangersfan Wrote: (07-04-2016, 06:19 AM) -- An update on the second story conversion to residential. http://m.therecord.com/news-story/6750259-waterloo-asks-230-000-for-density-bonus-at-spruce-st...
   eizenstriet University Area 81 116,650 07-04-2016, 09:20 AM
  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
tomh009 We need affordable housing.  Let's not allow that to fall victim to yet another NIMBY reaction. DHLawrence Am I the only one skeptical of the reason they don't like it? It would really...
   eizenstriet Suburbs 1,234 955,608 07-01-2016, 10:07 PM
  Thread: Vogue Residences (née District Condos) | 21 + 14 fl | U/C
Post: RE: District Condos | 83m | 26 fl | Proposed
tomh009 Wrote: (06-30-2016, 05:05 PM) -- (As an aside, I don't see why anyone would want to invite condo owners to a neighbourhood BBQ, surely they would care about residents, not owners.  Or do they...
   eizenstriet University Area 226 202,369 06-30-2016, 05:36 PM
  Thread: Vogue Residences (née District Condos) | 21 + 14 fl | U/C
Post: RE: District Condos | 83m | 26 fl | Proposed
Markster Wrote: (06-30-2016, 12:02 PM) -- ... it would be nice to get something... nice.  Like the buildings going up on Albert St http://i996.photobucket.com/albums/af81/jcollins1311/222-Albert-F...
   eizenstriet University Area 226 202,369 06-30-2016, 05:25 PM
  Thread: Vogue Residences (née District Condos) | 21 + 14 fl | U/C
Post: RE: District Condos | 83m | 26 fl | Proposed
tomh009 Wrote: (06-30-2016, 12:18 PM) -- So why was it rejected?  I suspect not because of the design ... -- You are setting me a tough task, here, t’9. Going by memory, which is fast fading… ...
   eizenstriet University Area 226 202,369 06-30-2016, 04:43 PM
  Thread: Vogue Residences (née District Condos) | 21 + 14 fl | U/C
Post: RE: District Condos | 83m | 26 fl | Proposed
myfaceisonfire Wrote: (06-30-2016, 08:44 AM) -- ... this tower is an  abomination. --   The development application was unanimously rejected by Council on June 27. The Record and Chronicle reporters...
   eizenstriet University Area 226 202,369 06-30-2016, 09:23 AM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
Drake Wrote: (06-26-2016, 10:07 AM) -- ... Davenport...Margaret... -- Interesting comparison. Bonus: I am no longer one of the few people on Earth who had not seen "the honeybadger".
   eizenstriet Transportation and Infrastructure 3,126 2,245,703 06-26-2016, 02:32 PM
  Thread: We paid $37B above market?
Post: RE: We paid $37B above market?
tomh009 Wrote: (06-25-2016, 04:42 PM) -- There is no free lunch.  We pay more taxes to fund our health care; Americans need to pay for their (more advanced but more expensive) health care privately. ...
   eizenstriet Politics 33 36,484 06-25-2016, 10:06 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
clasher Wrote: (06-24-2016, 10:22 PM) -- ...cycling route for people to use to get from uptown to the mall. -- A very nice way to do this is on the Laurel Trail. Start at Waterloo City Hall, contin...
   eizenstriet Transportation and Infrastructure 3,126 2,245,703 06-24-2016, 11:15 PM
  Thread: Completion dates poll
Post: RE: Completion dates poll
MacBerry Wrote: (06-24-2016, 12:07 AM) -- Additional bonus: I imagine good "sound proofing" too while sitting on sculpted foam seat. -- It's true the benefit would be most pronounced at the user in...
   eizenstriet Urban Issues 21 24,484 06-24-2016, 04:50 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
danbrotherston Wrote: (06-24-2016, 09:07 AM) -- Does anyone know how advanced our traffic signal system is or how it compares with this: https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2016/06/21/traffic-light...
   eizenstriet Transportation and Infrastructure 3,126 2,245,703 06-24-2016, 11:01 AM
  Thread: Completion dates poll
Post: RE: Completion dates poll
notmyfriends Wrote: (06-22-2016, 08:24 PM) -- My bathroom renovation - I'm hoping for this summer, but November is seeming more likely.  This is all way off original plans of completion in 2014. -- ...
   eizenstriet Urban Issues 21 24,484 06-22-2016, 11:05 PM
  Thread: Downtown Kitchener Tall Building Urban Design Guideline.
Post: RE: Downtown Kitchener Urban Design Guidelines
tomh009 Wrote: (06-10-2016, 09:50 PM) -- Yes ... a quite unnecessary snide remark on Waterloo. -- Waterloo has to start hearing it. It is difficult for the independent thinkers there to influence t...
   eizenstriet Urban Design 47 54,106 06-11-2016, 12:33 AM
  Thread: Ottawa LRT
Post: RE: Ottawa LRT
KevinL Wrote: (06-08-2016, 01:20 PM) -- Massive sinkhole shuts down Rideau Street in downtown Ottawa http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/sinkhole-rideau-street-downtown-ottawa-1.3621949 -- If you...
   eizenstriet Outside Waterloo Region 393 232,133 06-08-2016, 04:52 PM
  Thread: 268 Lester St | 6 Fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 268 Lester St | 6 Fl | Proposed
chutten Wrote: (06-07-2016, 08:57 AM) -- First thing to go will be the balcony trees. Second thing will be the panels. Third will be one of the facing materials (I'm thinking the white at the top). ...
   eizenstriet University Area 4 9,719 06-07-2016, 09:23 AM
  Thread: One Young (née Mayfair Hotel) | 5 fl | Complete
Post: RE: Mayfair Hotel | 0 fl | Complete
Canard Wrote: (06-07-2016, 08:27 AM) -- It's kind of inexcusable to me that this is just going to sit here and rot. :( -- Pretty well what it was doing before, only with something to look at. No...
   eizenstriet Urban Areas 733 533,759 06-07-2016, 09:15 AM
  Thread: General Arts and Culture News
Post: RE: General Arts and Culture News
Canard Wrote: (06-05-2016, 08:41 PM) -- ... it's brutalist heaven. -- One thing that was "brutal" about it in its early days was the interior environment. It was downright awful when inside smoking...
   eizenstriet Arts and Culture 519 502,086 06-05-2016, 11:25 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
isUsername & Canard: These technical details (among the variety of others in this thread) are so interesting and informative. They make one more appreciative when viewing the evolving (and, I expec...
   eizenstriet Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,623,091 06-05-2016, 06:18 PM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Re the photos of the Spurline Crossing do-over, is that styrofoam surface-sculpted to look like precast concrete? It's the great imposter of building materials! I wonder if it could be made to resembl...
   eizenstriet Urban Areas 1,237 995,377 06-01-2016, 10:47 PM
  Thread: New Member - Introduction and thanks!
Post: RE: New Member - Introduction and thanks!
BuildingScout Wrote: (06-01-2016, 09:00 AM) -- Cartcanuck Wrote: (06-01-2016, 01:13 AM) -- while realtors may be pricing their homes more aggressively to get their commissions more quickly. -- Thi...
   eizenstriet General and Off-Topic Discussion 29 26,899 06-01-2016, 10:05 PM

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