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  Thread: 2018 municipal elections
Post: 2018 municipal elections

Melissa Durrell announced today she won't seek reelection for the Uptown Waterloo ward.  LinkedIn announcement (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-seeking-re-election-2018-municipal-election-melissa-du...
  kwliving Politics 9 6,953 05-01-2018, 09:59 AM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails

timc Wrote: (06-16-2017, 10:17 AM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (06-15-2017, 09:58 PM) -- Not intending to provide any excuse for this sort of sloppiness, but the University of Waterloo isn’t helping by calli...
  kwliving Transportation and Infrastructure 2,679 1,574,340 06-19-2017, 04:08 PM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF

By the look of that map it looks like they are looking at Wingham. :)
  kwliving Transportation and Infrastructure 1,373 1,101,225 06-15-2017, 04:24 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

panamaniac Wrote: (06-14-2017, 08:43 AM) -- Condo Culture is a bit of a mystery to me.  Are they just real estate agents specializing in condos, or something else? -- They are the hip young cool ki...
  kwliving Urban Areas 5,530 3,915,998 06-15-2017, 04:22 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails

Where did that chart come from? "Accessability"?  Good grief.
  kwliving Transportation and Infrastructure 2,679 1,574,340 06-15-2017, 04:13 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News

Got this in email today. Quote: -- The Bauer Kitchen will be holding their second annual Patio Opening Party this coming Friday June 2, 2017 from 5-8pm. ...a number of vendors with sample bev...
  kwliving Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,285 2,009,534 05-30-2017, 02:28 PM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region

Markster Wrote: (05-24-2017, 09:49 PM) -- I don't blame him for not wanting to cross the street and bike in the bike lane, he should just be on the sidewalk.  Of course, this is Lexington, where the ...
  kwliving Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,945,791 05-25-2017, 10:17 AM
  Thread: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Unique Houses of Waterloo Region

Andy Wrote: (03-03-2017, 09:47 AM) -- Not to one up, but this is the most expensive house (https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Single-Family/17485018/4-OLD-COTTAGE-Place-Kitchener-Ontario-N2K4K2) I've...
  kwliving Urban Design 170 165,776 03-21-2017, 10:30 AM
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: King and Victoria Intermodal Station

Do we know how any of this is being funded yet?
  kwliving Transportation and Infrastructure 1,143 1,012,272 02-15-2017, 06:11 PM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region

jamincan Wrote: (12-03-2016, 08:36 AM) -- I wish they would experiment with the Copenhagen-style of bike line here in Waterloo Region. It has a number of advantages: being inside the parking lane (an...
  kwliving Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,945,791 01-26-2017, 12:04 PM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region

danbrotherston Wrote: (10-22-2016, 01:09 AM) -- Why?  Black is a great color. Looks great on me. -- I thought black was the absence of color? I think a conversation with my grade 8 art teacher is i...
  kwliving Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,945,791 10-22-2016, 10:29 AM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion

panamaniac Wrote: (05-29-2016, 05:41 PM) -- So, I was second in line this afternoon at the traffic light on Water St at King.  Not only was Water St closed up ahead, and King St to the left, but also...
  kwliving Transportation and Infrastructure 3,085 2,206,215 05-29-2016, 07:24 PM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours

tvot Wrote: (05-17-2016, 04:27 PM) -- Uhm....The Carnegie library building is the former home for Habitat for Humanity, not the former police station. They are very close to each other, so I understa...
  kwliving Urban Areas 1,223 973,279 05-17-2016, 05:18 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

I just watched the sign removal on Westmount Rd that said King St at Union St intersection was closed. That should make getting across town a lot easier again.
  kwliving Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,491 05-16-2016, 02:30 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Canard Wrote: (05-16-2016, 12:47 PM) -- I was just about to mention Japan! I couldn't believe how everywhere they have "the groove". I would see people just flying along with their cane locked into i...
  kwliving Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,491 05-16-2016, 02:26 PM
  Thread: Walper Hotel
Post: RE: Walper Hotel

tomh009 Wrote: (05-12-2016, 02:51 AM) -- If it's only a single step, a ramp is probably not required.  (Admittedly I'm too lazy to check at the moment ...) -- An electric wheelchair cannot go up on...
  kwliving Waterloo Region Heritage 47 47,815 05-12-2016, 11:42 AM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News

Casa Rugantino in Belmont Village is expanding. They have taken over the former toy store that is attached to it on the north side. I also noticed that it appears that a car was driven in to the ol...
  kwliving Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,285 2,009,534 04-17-2016, 08:26 PM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: King's Crossing | 12 fl | Proposed

This project reminds me of City Centre in Las Vegas. It has a bunch of raised sidewalks and I find it terrible to get around. Stairs everywhere. Hopefully whatever is done with King's Crossing will...
  kwliving Urban Areas 1,667 968,858 04-07-2016, 12:34 PM
  Thread: One Victoria | 63 m | 19 fl | Complete
Post: RE: One Victoria | 63 m | 19 fl | U/C

ac3r Wrote: (03-26-2016, 08:56 PM) -- Starbucks...unless you really like cheap, bad coffee.  -- You lost me. Expensive, overpriced, low quality, yes. Cheap, no.  :s
  kwliving Urban Areas 340 527,731 03-28-2016, 01:23 PM
  Thread: Cost of rail travel
Post: RE: Cost of rail travel

plam Wrote: (03-19-2016, 05:16 AM) -- You can pay 3100CHF for a card that gets you onto all Swiss public transit for free for a year. -- "Free". Like Canada has free healthcare.  ;)
  kwliving Transportation and Infrastructure 25 24,984 03-23-2016, 12:34 PM
  Thread: Big Music Fest | McLennan Park
Post: RE: Big Music Fest | McLennan Park

panamaniac Wrote: (03-14-2016, 09:12 PM) -- Big Music Fest 2016 has been cancelled. http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6390691-no-big-names-so-music-fest-on-hold/ -- No sorrow here. The promote...
  kwliving Arts and Culture 12 16,423 03-15-2016, 04:29 PM
  Thread: Urbanism
Post: RE: Urbanism

144/155 are only a block from LRT stops. I think commercial space there could improve the lives of anyone who lives nearby and will or does use public transit.
  kwliving Urban Issues 44 39,634 03-11-2016, 05:44 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Disappointed those covers weren't made in Canada.  The little logo on top reminded me of something purely Canadian though. http://i.imgur.com/SGpnJR4.jpg
  kwliving Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,491 12-20-2015, 12:32 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

I'd rather subsidise free transit than pay staff and consultants an equal amount to study the effects of it, which seems to be the long term trend.
  kwliving Transportation and Infrastructure 4,282 3,205,668 12-17-2015, 12:46 PM
  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours

Lens Wrote: (12-04-2015, 10:35 PM) -- Apparently the Wendy's on Fairway road is boarded up. It'll probably see the same fate as the Pizza Hut in the same strip. Buy n' Sell also recently moved to the...
  kwliving Suburbs 1,191 934,437 12-07-2015, 01:04 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Spokes Wrote: (11-20-2015, 11:02 AM) -- Square Wrote: (11-19-2015, 03:38 PM) -- Here is the link   http://www.rapidtransit.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/projectinformation/resources/2014Schedule15-Sch.15-2...
  kwliving Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,491 11-24-2015, 04:03 PM

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