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  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C

jeffster Wrote: (12-10-2021, 08:02 PM) -- I really don't think DTK is bad. I am upset that it doesn't look like the original renders, but overall, it looks nice, IMHO. Though it does look like ty...
  kwlifer Urban Areas 1,392 593,364 12-10-2021, 09:44 PM
  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C

Bjays93 Wrote: (04-02-2021, 04:53 PM) -- This is really starting to tower over downtown. Even though it's not officially a skyscraper, it feels like one -- Agreed, contrary to all the negativity (and...
  kwlifer Urban Areas 1,392 593,364 04-02-2021, 05:06 PM
  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C

I'm not well versed as most of you guys on this forum when it comes to building material choices and aesthetics. I do read with interest and learn from you all which I do appreciate.  All I like to sa...
  kwlifer Urban Areas 1,392 593,364 03-16-2021, 12:51 PM
  Thread: Viva Towns (19-41 Mill St) | 4 + 3fl | U/C
Post: RE: 19-41 Mill St | 8 + 3fl | Proposed

Rainrider22 Wrote: (03-09-2021, 01:54 PM) -- kwlifer Wrote: (03-09-2021, 01:28 PM) -- What a way to discourage commentary from someone who rarely does (Joedelay). I follow closely and very much appr...
  kwlifer Urban Areas 118 39,370 03-09-2021, 02:03 PM
  Thread: Viva Towns (19-41 Mill St) | 4 + 3fl | U/C
Post: RE: 19-41 Mill St | 8 + 3fl | Proposed

Rainrider22 Wrote: (03-09-2021, 11:39 AM) -- Joedelay Highhoe Wrote: (03-09-2021, 09:48 AM) -- Stacked townhouses isn't the worst compromise. Shame they scrapped over 100 units, but I'm sure none of...
  kwlifer Urban Areas 118 39,370 03-09-2021, 01:28 PM
  Thread: Public/Street Art in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Public/Street Art in Waterloo Region

panamaniac Wrote: (09-14-2020, 08:55 AM) -- I'm thinking that the "Huck" name was also removed from the facade of the old factory. -- Yes, it was "blackened" out. I'm not sure if this is still the ca...
  kwlifer Arts and Culture 175 89,946 09-14-2020, 09:15 AM
  Thread: Public/Street Art in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Public/Street Art in Waterloo Region

panamaniac Wrote: (09-12-2020, 07:31 PM) -- jeffster Wrote: (09-12-2020, 07:24 PM) -- I hope that we see a lot more murals going up. I keep hoping that someone repaints the Pepsi mural on Victoria. ...
  kwlifer Arts and Culture 175 89,946 09-13-2020, 07:20 PM
  Thread: Circa 1877 (née Brick Brewery) | 20 fl | Complete
Post: RE: Circa 1877 - Brick Brewery Redevelopment | 20f...

westwardloo Wrote: (08-04-2020, 09:09 AM) -- Personally I like it. I get the hate on for the parking podium. Although both side will see development in the future, so i am not worried. The proposal o...
  kwlifer Urban Areas 512 422,467 08-04-2020, 10:36 AM
  Thread: The Barrel Yards | 25 fl | U/C
Post: RE: The BarrelYards | 25 fl | U/C

panamaniac Wrote: (04-12-2019, 02:36 PM) -- Sometimes I wonder what Barrel Yards will be like when it's fully built out.  At the moment, it manages to be both upmarket and dreary.  Very Waterloo, but...
  kwlifer Urban Areas 297 279,179 04-12-2019, 03:57 PM
  Thread: The Glove Box | 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: The Glove Box | 6 fl | Proposed

100% agree.
  kwlifer Urban Areas 152 66,491 11-03-2018, 02:56 PM
  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours

Northfield Medical Center @ The Boardwalk, I used to go to the original doctor's office on Northfield Drive.
  kwlifer Suburbs 1,234 957,601 11-02-2018, 11:01 PM
  Thread: The Glove Box | 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: The Glove Box | 6 fl | Proposed

My dad used to work on the third floor at Huck Glove. I used to go upstairs after school to wait for his shift to end so I could get I ride home. He wouldn't believe the changes, but would be quite i...
  kwlifer Urban Areas 152 66,491 11-02-2018, 10:29 PM
  Thread: General Retail News
Post: RE: General Retail News

GtwoK Wrote: (10-14-2018, 08:51 PM) -- Anyone know what's going in on Hespeler road next to Starbucks? Used to be an RBC there I believe, before it was torn down. Whatever store it's for, the buil...
  kwlifer Retail 985 895,087 10-15-2018, 10:41 PM
  Thread: 36-42 Erb St E, and 39 Dupont St E | 24 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 36-42 Erb St E, and 39 Dupont St E | 24 fl | P...

rangersfan Wrote: (09-28-2018, 07:27 AM) -- I feel like in past decades all that was ever built for multi-residential here were generic mid rise apartments. Then there was the initial explosion of st...
  kwlifer Urban Areas 81 40,946 09-28-2018, 07:55 AM
  Thread: Caroline St Private Residences | 22 fl | Complete
Post: RE: Caroline St Private Residences | 22 fl | U/C

I like it, think it looks classy, we should have more of that imo, everybody has their preferences though, I respect that.
  kwlifer Urban Areas 242 232,304 08-02-2018, 01:27 PM
  Thread: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region!
Post: RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region!

Canard Wrote: (04-06-2018, 09:46 PM) -- Absolutely stunning as always, Matt! -- Hi Matt (and all others by the way!), I have never posted on this forum. I read with much interest (and amusement...
  kwlifer Waterloo Region Photography 536 434,087 04-08-2018, 07:41 PM

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