(12-21-2017, 12:53 PM)Spokes Wrote: Is that where Braun's locksmiths used to be?

(12-20-2017, 10:48 PM)tomh009 Wrote:

(12-20-2017, 10:37 PM)panamaniac Wrote: Work has been proceeding intermittently for at least two years on that building.   It's a wonderful interior, but I don't think the owners have a tenant for the space.

One of the first things they did was to paint over the old advertising sign on the side wall facing Eby (Braun Bicycles?).  I remember thinking at the time that that was a bone-headed thing to do!

I check this frequently, and there does not appear to be anything active.

(11-24-2017, 06:17 PM)panamaniac Wrote: Well it has long been known, or at least assumed, that the church would be demolished.  What was new, at least to me, was that the sale may be in the works and that the Trinity congregation might or might not seek to incorporate a church facility into the project.

Quote:KITCHENER — Astonishing. Extraordinary. A model for the continent and the world.

(12-30-2017, 09:10 AM)jgsz Wrote: The Record has an update of the history of recent development in downtown Kitchener.

Quote:KITCHENER — Astonishing. Extraordinary. A model for the continent and the world.

(12-30-2017, 11:09 AM)DHLawrence Wrote: Which buildings are the rentals in?

(12-30-2017, 10:02 AM)Pheidippides Wrote: Quotes like the one below from the same articel are misinformed, and not helping to change the stereotypical impression many still have of downtown Kitchener:
"If somebody told me this was going to happen, even five years ago, I would have said they were on drugs like a lot of people in downtown Kitchener," said Haldenby.

Quote:Haldenby's short list of concerns is nothing to compared to the many challenges plaguing the downtown in the past 20 years.
Crack cocaine and later, crystal meth. Prostitution. Abandoned buildings. Absentee landlords who did not care about their buildings or tenants. A declining population. Two failed shopping malls. For a long time that's what people saw downtown.

(12-30-2017, 11:52 AM)tomh009 Wrote:

(12-30-2017, 10:02 AM)Pheidippides Wrote: Quotes like the one below from the same articel are misinformed, and not helping to change the stereotypical impression many still have of downtown Kitchener:
"If somebody told me this was going to happen, even five years ago, I would have said they were on drugs like a lot of people in downtown Kitchener," said Haldenby.

Yes.  A very positive article overall but some of it is not right.

Quote:Haldenby's short list of concerns is nothing to compared to the many challenges plaguing the downtown in the past 20 years.
Crack cocaine and later, crystal meth. Prostitution. Abandoned buildings. Absentee landlords who did not care about their buildings or tenants. A declining population. Two failed shopping malls. For a long time that's what people saw downtown.

While those all happened in Kitchener, "20 years ago" would be far more accurate than "in the past 20 years". Manulife took over King Centre in 1999, Centre Block was cleaned up maybe 10 years ago, and Cedar Hill has been in far better shape for a long time now.

Still, I'm happy to see the positive article.  And even happier with the momentum we now have in DTK.

(12-30-2017, 10:19 AM)rangersfan Wrote: Neat article, 3500 residential units in Downtown not including Sixo, that is very impressive.
Also that 10 of the projects will be at least One Victoria in size is new information.