General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours

[Rainrider22]

Is the "Andie's Boutique" on the hoarding not accurate?

There's been a sandwich-board sign on the sidewalk this week indicating that Andie's Boutiques is still open during the construction.

While the hoarding was going up, I saw a sign indicating a yoga studio and boxing club might be moving in, but I didn't get a picture of the signage.

As for the Schendel sign, apparently it's made up of tiny ceramic tiles - mosaic style.

Schendel Stationary, and later Schendel Office Supplies operated in Waterloo out of the Button Factory and elsewhere on King St from the 1940s to 1980s, possibly later. Given how few Schendels are listed for Waterloo during this time, I would not be surprised if the business was owned by P.A. Schendel, a Waterloo city councilor in 1947. You can faintly see the name Schendel on the sign underneath the balconies of the King St photo from 1953 (source: WPL archives). The business likely moved to the Andies location sometime in the 70s or 80s.



To add to the interest, the wires in the top left of the image appear to be from the electric trolley coach buses that used to operate along King St in Kitchener and Waterloo. Look closely in the image below for the old clock tower atop Kitchener City Hall.

I miss Fiedlers Delicatessen