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RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - Momo26 - 11-19-2020
What's the new location for Walper Tobacco?
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - DK519 - 11-19-2020
(11-19-2020, 08:56 PM)Momo26 Wrote: What's the new location for Walper Tobacco?
603 King St East where RJ Malleck was.
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - KevinL - 12-02-2020
We have strayed SO off topic here...
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - tomh009 - 12-02-2020
(12-02-2020, 06:30 PM)KevinL Wrote: We have strayed SO off topic here...
Indeed. Now moved to the taxation thread:
https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/showthread.php?tid=1453
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - dtkvictim - 12-08-2020
A recording studio seems to be moving into/has moved into the old Cafe Pyrus location
https://track-house-studio.business.site/
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - ac3r - 12-08-2020
Those are some cool Technics 1200 pillows
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - Momo26 - 12-08-2020
That's seems pretty neat. Didn't realize until recently that Cafe Pyrus moved into where the juice/lunch place was across from La Cucina...
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - Bjays93 - 12-09-2020
Unofficial but I'm hearing the office space at 30 union has been sold, potentially to a condo developer. Doesn't surprise me given the location.
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - danbrotherston - 12-10-2020
(12-09-2020, 11:25 PM)Bjays93 Wrote: Unofficial but I'm hearing the office space at 30 union has been sold, potentially to a condo developer. Doesn't surprise me given the location.
Man, I've walked past that a dozen times and never even noticed it wasn't a house.
Zoning is such bullshit. Sure it makes sense when we're talking about 1920s factories which pollute the land and air...but the real solution is to stop polluting.
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - plam - 12-10-2020
(12-10-2020, 12:11 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(12-09-2020, 11:25 PM)Bjays93 Wrote: Unofficial but I'm hearing the office space at 30 union has been sold, potentially to a condo developer. Doesn't surprise me given the location.
Man, I've walked past that a dozen times and never even noticed it wasn't a house.
Zoning is such bullshit. Sure it makes sense when we're talking about 1920s factories which pollute the land and air...but the real solution is to stop polluting.
Includes noise pollution and trucks going back and forth. I don't actually want to live near heavy industry, and it's hard to imagine lack thereof.
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - danbrotherston - 12-10-2020
(12-10-2020, 12:15 AM)plam Wrote:(12-10-2020, 12:11 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: Man, I've walked past that a dozen times and never even noticed it wasn't a house.
Zoning is such bullshit. Sure it makes sense when we're talking about 1920s factories which pollute the land and air...but the real solution is to stop polluting.
Includes noise pollution and trucks going back and forth. I don't actually want to live near heavy industry, and it's hard to imagine lack thereof.
Yeah, there are probably exceptions...but most zoning is way too restrictive.
Even industry doesn't have to be too impactful on a neighbourhood. Here is a light industrial plaza right in the middle of a neighbourhood, it in no way impacts the neighbourhood (the school on the other side is far noisier during recess times).
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.4420628,-80.4894322,3a,75y,282.06h,89.17t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sdGSQqSzMmWWUDPqRmV1ybw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DdGSQqSzMmWWUDPqRmV1ybw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D160.52809%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
Here is another medium factory in a neighbourhood right where I used to live. The ONLY objectionable part of it was an occasional smell.
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/43%C2%B027'03.4%22N+80%C2%B030'37.9%22W/@43.4516214,-80.5115958,17.64z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d43.4513695!4d-80.5109819
In both cases, what is provided is easily accessible jobs. I was told that when the factory I lived near was operating with ... less automation...most homes in my neighbourhood were occupied by factory workers. And they didn't need to drive to work.
Heavy industry and shipping might need to be separated, but most things could be more mixed than they are now.
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - plam - 12-10-2020
Sure. I'm all for less restrictive zoning in general. Just pointing out that no zoning is probably still not what we want.
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - jeffster - 12-10-2020
(12-09-2020, 11:25 PM)Bjays93 Wrote: Unofficial but I'm hearing the office space at 30 union has been sold, potentially to a condo developer. Doesn't surprise me given the location.
Though that be Waterloo side. I used to live in that area when I was a wee little child.
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - tomh009 - 12-10-2020
(12-10-2020, 05:46 AM)plam Wrote: Sure. I'm all for less restrictive zoning in general. Just pointing out that no zoning is probably still not what we want.
Half a dozen different zones, with much-simplified regulations, oughtto be workable.
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - bgb_ca - 12-10-2020
(12-10-2020, 12:11 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(12-09-2020, 11:25 PM)Bjays93 Wrote: Unofficial but I'm hearing the office space at 30 union has been sold, potentially to a condo developer. Doesn't surprise me given the location.
Man, I've walked past that a dozen times and never even noticed it wasn't a house.
Same with me. (Guess because i always walked on the other side of the street and never paid attention).