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  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
tomh009 Wrote: (04-14-2024, 02:54 PM) -- About 500K permanent residents per year. Non-permanent ones generally leave once their work permits expire so you can't really count all of those. -- Why ca...
   dtkvictim Politics 133 2,803 04-14-2024, 10:39 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
panamaniac Wrote: (04-12-2024, 10:57 PM) -- Anybody familiar with Crowsfoot in Conestogo?  Wondering if it's a good place to take guests from out of town?  Lunch or dinner? -- I find it fairly gene...
   dtkvictim Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,302 2,024,519 04-13-2024, 01:40 AM
  Thread: Vertikal (471-481 King St E) | 23 & 19 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Vertikal (471-481 King St E) | 23 & 19 fl | U/...
Only a small difference since Tom's photo 2 months ago. https://i.imgur.com/5Lk5Q7g.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/6wCWV5f.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/ZQbH7m7.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/2Qiuzf2.jpeg
   dtkvictim Urban Areas 780 428,410 04-08-2024, 01:50 AM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
The trail area adjacent to the Innovation Arena looks like it was recently cleaned up and flatten compared to what I remember, and I think the construction fencing has moved in. Hopefully trail work i...
   dtkvictim Transportation and Infrastructure 2,700 1,589,707 04-05-2024, 01:00 AM
  Thread: UW Innovation Arena
Post: RE: UW Innovation Arena
Few incidental shots I got while checking on the adjacent trail. Looks like a pretty far cry from the original renders so far. Would this cladding be painted or final? https://i.imgur.com/hQWN786.j...
   dtkvictim Urban Areas 49 13,061 04-05-2024, 12:54 AM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
Every time I drive that stretch of Victoria I wonder the same thing. It's pointless, ugly, and makes crossings even bigger. I've provided feedback as such (while complaining about the tax waste of ext...
   dtkvictim Transportation and Infrastructure 3,111 2,222,331 03-31-2024, 02:10 AM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
bravado Wrote: (03-30-2024, 12:17 PM) -- If only there were municipal zoning tools to help small local retail thrive and not die all the time in wasteful plazas… -- You might have a point, but this...
   dtkvictim Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,302 2,024,519 03-31-2024, 02:04 AM
  Thread: 300 King St W | 50, 55 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 300 King St W | 50, 55 fl | Proposed
Spokes Wrote: (03-29-2024, 08:50 AM) -- Tom is right here.  He wasn't in the business of owning those businesses.  He was in the business of land acquisition.  That's where the real money is. -- Th...
   dtkvictim Urban Areas 25 1,175 03-29-2024, 03:46 PM
  Thread: 300 King St W | 50, 55 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 300 King St W | 50, 55 fl | Proposed
Other renderings from the document. I'm curious about the apparent forest and... lake(?) behind the TD building from the renders in OP. https://i.imgur.com/sCllMmW.png https://i.imgur.com/Fpistc...
   dtkvictim Urban Areas 25 1,175 03-29-2024, 02:26 AM
  Thread: 300 King St W | 50, 55 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 300 King St W | 50, 55 fl | Proposed
tomh009 Wrote: (03-28-2024, 10:08 PM) -- dtkvictim Wrote: (03-28-2024, 09:59 PM) -- I believe he owns every property on the block, and those businesses listed. -- Well, then those businesses won't...
   dtkvictim Urban Areas 25 1,175 03-29-2024, 02:22 AM
  Thread: 300 King St W | 50, 55 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 300 King St W | 50, 55 fl | Proposed
tomh009 Wrote: (03-28-2024, 08:23 PM) -- dtkvictim Wrote: (03-28-2024, 03:42 PM) -- He also owns La Cucina, Players, McCabes (if it ever reopens), and Dallas on that block. So those along with the l...
   dtkvictim Urban Areas 25 1,175 03-28-2024, 09:59 PM
  Thread: 300 King St W | 50, 55 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 300 King St W | 50, 55 fl | Proposed
SF22 Wrote: (03-28-2024, 12:07 PM) -- I was under the impression that Tony diBattista still owned most of this block. Maybe this is his project? Honestly he owns like half of King St between Water...
   dtkvictim Urban Areas 25 1,175 03-28-2024, 03:42 PM
  Thread: Charles Place | 25, 32, 34, 36, 40, 46, and 46 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Charles Place | 25, 32, 34, 36, 40, 46, and 46...
Joedelay Highhoe Wrote: (03-27-2024, 03:47 PM) -- Tower 3/4/5 are gonna get hit with so many balls. Can't count the number of times I've smashed one into the printing shack -- So you're telling me ...
   dtkvictim Urban Areas 12 514 03-27-2024, 03:56 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
danbrotherston Wrote: (03-24-2024, 02:08 AM) -- dtkvictim Wrote: (03-23-2024, 06:15 PM) -- That's about the most recent coverage you can have on Gaukel since the demolition and closure of Gaukel wer...
   dtkvictim Transportation and Infrastructure 2,700 1,589,707 03-24-2024, 03:06 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
ac3r Wrote: (03-23-2024, 05:39 PM) -- A lot of the street view is out of date as well. If you put the little man on Gaukel, you still see the old gas bar and cafe that was there before the tower as w...
   dtkvictim Transportation and Infrastructure 2,700 1,589,707 03-23-2024, 06:15 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
SF22 Wrote: (03-19-2024, 04:00 PM) -- Anyone with a status update on the Transit Hub/Cherry Park trail that runs along Stewart to Joseph? I know they started installation last year, but the actual li...
   dtkvictim Transportation and Infrastructure 2,700 1,589,707 03-20-2024, 03:22 AM
  Thread: Walking in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Walking in Waterloo Region
danbrotherston Wrote: (02-27-2024, 02:21 AM) -- First of all, you don't have to defend anyone...nobody is forcing you to, you're welcome to just say nothing...just because you feel someone is wrong o...
   dtkvictim Transportation and Infrastructure 1,401 1,168,903 02-29-2024, 07:26 PM
  Thread: Walking in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Walking in Waterloo Region
Seriously? I can't believe how quickly I have to turn around an defend ac3r after just calling him an idiot. Do any of you talk to real humans outside of your terminally online extremist echo chambers...
   dtkvictim Transportation and Infrastructure 1,401 1,168,903 02-26-2024, 09:25 PM
  Thread: Walking in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Walking in Waterloo Region
ac3r Wrote: (02-22-2024, 07:27 PM) -- But there has always been a desire and market for nice, big vehicles all over Europe. Europeans are no different than anyone else, they want the same things. And...
   dtkvictim Transportation and Infrastructure 1,401 1,168,903 02-23-2024, 12:47 AM
  Thread: Walking in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Walking in Waterloo Region
danbrotherston Wrote: (02-22-2024, 04:43 PM) -- As for whether people have any agency...that is a wildly philosophical question. I am not suggesting that you see an SUV ad and you become an automaton...
   dtkvictim Transportation and Infrastructure 1,401 1,168,903 02-23-2024, 12:28 AM
  Thread: Walking in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Walking in Waterloo Region
danbrotherston Wrote: (02-22-2024, 03:44 AM) -- The causation is explicit, like, companies exist to make money, moving towards higher margin vehicles isn't an accident, or luck, it's the explicit int...
   dtkvictim Transportation and Infrastructure 1,401 1,168,903 02-22-2024, 04:02 PM
  Thread: Walking in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Walking in Waterloo Region
bravado Wrote: (02-21-2024, 12:41 AM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (02-20-2024, 09:02 PM) -- Can't really blame the car companies for not making sedans when people don't want to buy them. If people wanted them...
   dtkvictim Transportation and Infrastructure 1,401 1,168,903 02-21-2024, 02:17 AM
  Thread: Other Forum Issues
Post: RE: Other Forum Issues
Bytor Wrote: (02-17-2024, 03:23 PM) -- When using the "What's new" link, is there any way to have thread items link to go to the first newest item (just after the last read one), instead of just a li...
   dtkvictim Forum Issues 418 296,429 02-17-2024, 04:02 PM
  Thread: What does DTK need?
Post: RE: What does DTK need?
danbrotherston Wrote: (02-13-2024, 02:16 AM) -- I wouldn't blame the courts, they are applying the sentences prescribed by the law, and there are lots of reasons for recidivism, and "too short/lenien...
   dtkvictim Urban Issues 176 21,259 02-13-2024, 11:06 PM
  Thread: What does DTK need?
Post: RE: What does DTK need?
I don't think I've seen (horse) mounted police since roughly around the pandemic. I have seen pairs out on bicycles a few times during each summer. I have never seen an officer patrolling on foot. As...
   dtkvictim Urban Issues 176 21,259 02-12-2024, 11:05 PM
  Thread: Housing shortfall, costs and affordability
Post: RE: Housing shortfall, costs and affordability
tomh009 Wrote: (02-12-2024, 03:21 PM) -- dtkvictim Wrote: (02-10-2024, 01:31 AM) -- Frankly I don't find what ac3r wrote worth censoring, nor is it close to the worst breaches of civility on this fo...
   dtkvictim Urban Issues 177 25,179 02-12-2024, 10:42 PM

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