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  Thread: The Hub | 44m | 14fl | Complete
Post: RE: The Hub | 44m | 14fl | U/C
Lens Wrote: (04-30-2019, 07:49 PM) -- bgb_ca Wrote: (04-30-2019, 06:20 PM) -- Here is one I just took a few minutes ago -- YIKES YIKES YIKES -- lol, yeah, it does look rather copy & pasted.  ...
   Memph University Area 52 65,476 04-30-2019, 09:15 PM
  Thread: General University Area Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General University Area Updates and Rumours
What's going on at the end of Batavia Street? I noticed there seems to be a midrise or something under construction.
   Memph University Area 400 449,302 04-30-2019, 06:04 PM
  Thread: The Hub | 44m | 14fl | Complete
Post: RE: The Hub | 44m | 14fl | U/C
I don't live in Southern Ontario anymore, so curious to know how this turned out since it looks like it's been finished for a little while now.
   Memph University Area 52 65,476 04-30-2019, 05:53 PM
  Thread: Population and Housing
Post: RE: Population and Housing
A bedroom here in Thunder Bay is about $500, so I don't see prices in Waterloo dropping to $300-$400 since Thunder Bay is a no growth city with a much lower ranked university. Waterloo does have the a...
   Memph Urban Issues 518 267,328 03-09-2017, 11:23 AM
  Thread: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region!
Post: RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region!
How's the Waterloo skyline shaping up? It's been a couple years since I've been in Waterloo. From what I remember the view from the little hill under these powerlines is relatively decent: https://ww...
   Memph Waterloo Region Photography 536 430,126 02-07-2017, 05:18 PM
  Thread: Shops at Waterloo Town Square
Post: RE: Shops at Waterloo Town Square
jamincan Wrote: (08-24-2016, 11:19 AM) -- The outward-facing commercial units definitely seem to do much better there. I almost wonder if they wouldn't be better off taking off the roof and making it...
   Memph Retail 150 178,545 11-15-2016, 05:34 PM
  Thread: 357 King St East
Post: RE: 357 King St East
Still, it seems surprising that it's worthwhile to demolish a building only to build a new one that's the same size.
   Memph Urban Areas 49 49,514 10-30-2016, 02:28 PM
  Thread: 246 Albert St. | 12 fl | Complete
Post: RE: 246 Albert St. | 12 fl | Proposed
Yeah, title should be updated to completed.
   Memph University Area 15 18,549 10-11-2016, 04:55 PM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
jamincan Wrote: (07-10-2016, 06:50 AM) -- I lived one block from there until recently. -- Remember when some guys built a giant snow couch in front of one of the homes? Anyways, I think most of the...
   Memph Urban Areas 1,237 986,522 07-10-2016, 08:00 PM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
rangersfan Wrote: (06-26-2016, 04:40 PM) -- Noticed today that at the intersection of Dunbar and Erb there are 4 houses in a row that were all sold by the same realtor. Not sure if there is a potenti...
   Memph Urban Areas 1,237 986,522 07-09-2016, 11:27 PM
  Thread: "LRTs displace all the poor people"?
Post: RE: "LRTs displace all the poor people"?
nms Wrote: (05-09-2016, 01:17 PM) -- Viewfromthe42 Wrote: (05-09-2016, 07:49 AM) -- Keep in mind that many in the public view things differently. A group of Jane's Walk-ers were discussing how impor...
   Memph Urban Issues 107 114,463 05-11-2016, 09:47 PM
  Thread: "LRTs displace all the poor people"?
Post: RE: "LRTs displace all the poor people"?
JoeKW Wrote: (05-04-2016, 07:22 PM) -- Do you have examples of FSR's for other cities downtown cores? 3 seems very low. -- I would say 3 is pretty low for downtown, but ok for downtown adjacent nei...
   Memph Urban Issues 107 114,463 05-08-2016, 08:21 AM
  Thread: Silver Lake
Post: RE: Silver Lake
clasher Wrote: (04-18-2016, 07:37 AM) -- I would image it is filling up with silt from upstream, much like the pond in Vic Park. Goose poop and the people that feed them also exacerbate the problem. ...
   Memph Sports and Recreation 22 22,413 04-20-2016, 11:42 AM
  Thread: Change Kitchener's name back to Berlin?
Post: RE: Change Kitchener's name back to Berlin?
DHLawrence Wrote: (03-04-2016, 06:37 PM) -- jgsz Wrote: (03-03-2016, 09:59 PM) -- Many of the very expensive services are already provided at the Regional level.  More can be added and in time Kitch...
   Memph Urban Issues 161 141,452 03-12-2016, 09:50 PM
  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
KevinL Wrote: (01-26-2016, 11:45 PM) -- Green Acre Trailer Park (and Erbsville Kartway, if it remains) will now have a more upscale surroundings! -- From the map, looks like the Green Acre Trailer ...
   Memph Suburbs 1,214 944,452 03-11-2016, 09:47 PM
  Thread: The evolution of KW
Post: RE: The evolution of KW
And it's not just about the width of the sidewalk itself, which is not too bad, since despite being downtown this particular stretch is not as busy. But most places with sidewalks this width will be e...
   Memph Urban Issues 93 96,457 01-21-2016, 02:57 PM
  Thread: The evolution of KW
Post: RE: The evolution of KW
And then there's just the big bulk of the building. IMO height is not so important as width for these kinds of things. Most of the time people are looking forward or sideways, not up, so there isn't r...
   Memph Urban Issues 93 96,457 01-21-2016, 02:48 PM
  Thread: Environment: Grand River
Post: RE: Environment: Grand River
plam Wrote: (12-22-2015, 12:16 AM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (12-21-2015, 11:37 PM) -- My question is, how much water did the Grand have historically?  Has it always been this shallow?  I have not been able...
   Memph Waterloo Region Heritage 5 7,500 12-22-2015, 02:09 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
MidTowner Wrote: (12-17-2015, 01:40 PM) -- I don't know what GRT's farebox recovery rate is, but I seem to recall it's in the high thirty percent range. I do know that their goal is to increase it to...
   Memph Transportation and Infrastructure 4,325 3,231,457 12-18-2015, 11:12 PM
  Thread: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
Post: RE: Schneiders site redevelopment
27 acres is a lot of space. The island of Trogir is exactly 27 acres. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/57/64/79/5764797a45de42d460003b746eb89172.jpg That's the whole island including the...
   Memph Urban Areas 597 327,646 12-16-2015, 11:06 PM
  Thread: "LRTs displace all the poor people"?
Post: RE: "LRTs displace all the poor people"?
Yeah, Northdale development is getting better now, there's still some developments that aren't as nice, but at this point a big part of the next step will be the public realm - notably nicer, wider si...
   Memph Urban Issues 107 114,463 11-29-2015, 06:33 PM
  Thread: "LRTs displace all the poor people"?
Post: RE: "LRTs displace all the poor people"?
I had a friend who rented in a house on Church St, but moved to Preston due to rents a couple years ago. However he didn't work in the core but rather at various auto-oriented locations in Cambridge a...
   Memph Urban Issues 107 114,463 11-29-2015, 01:17 AM
  Thread: Midtown Lofts | ?m | 6 fl | Complete
Post: RE: Midtown Lofts | ?m | 7 fl | Proposed
I don't think there's an especially high number of vacant storefronts in downtown Kitchener. Looking at street view I counted 12 vacant storefronts on King from Madison to Francis, a 1.3 km stretch. ...
   Memph Urban Areas 182 221,231 09-06-2015, 11:07 AM
  Thread: Population and Housing
Post: RE: Population and Housing
My understanding is there is already greenfield land available for SFH housing, it's just that Waterloo Region has decided that it doesn't need any more.
   Memph Urban Issues 518 267,328 06-13-2015, 06:18 PM
  Thread: Population and Housing
Post: RE: Population and Housing
Regarding the boomer market... The outer suburban neighbourhood of the GTA where I grew up had a lot of residents in their 50s-80s, and a lot of them have moved recently. There's basically three perio...
   Memph Urban Issues 518 267,328 06-13-2015, 06:17 PM
  Thread: UW Science Teaching Complex | ?m | 5 fl | U/C
Post: RE: UW Science Teaching Complex | ?m | 5 fl | U/C
One step closer to have the whole campus connected by tunnels/bridges...
   Memph University Area 18 24,015 03-20-2015, 04:37 PM

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