08-15-2017, 08:57 PM
(08-15-2017, 06:45 PM)KevinL Wrote:(08-15-2017, 05:48 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: But really I should use Kitchener directions when talking about Kitchener. Northbound traffic can use Benton/Frederick. Speaking of which, does anybody know why those streets have two separate names?
They used to be like Queen at King - not an exact straight connection - but it was even more skewed. It was easy to give them different names.
In the 70s the whole area was rebuilt, and the connection was straightened.
Yes, Benton was a rather narrow two lane street - the old, old, old Post Office was on the corner, where Speakers Corners is now located and that building extended out into what is now Benton. It came down in the mid-60s, if memory serves.