Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest

[jeffster]

Any idea what it’s like? Any historical or architectural interest?

I want to say that it was kind of a standard issue red brick commercial building, but my memory of it is pretty vague.  Wasn’t the storefront a children’s clothing store at one time?

It probably was at some point, as I seem to recall that too. It also was some sort of ski shop before Oktoberfest took it.

The building I don't remember being anything special. Yet, somehow, it was made into something that looked worse. Fake windows...like...wow.

[tomh009]

Riordan Ski & Sport! But that was a looooong time ago ...

Yes, I remember Riordan's, but I was thinking that it was children's clothing before that.  Could be wrong - memories do fade.

I think Riordan's was in the 70s/80s, anything before that is beyond my memory horizon!

[panamaniac]

Yes, I remember Riordan's, but I was thinking that it was children's clothing before that.  Could be wrong - memories do fade.

I think Riordan's was in the 70s/80s, anything before that is beyond my memory horizon!

My earliest DTK recollection would be going in to Kresge's at age six to buy my Mom a rhinestone brooch for Christmas - it was ugly as sin and I remember being thrilled to be buying it with "my own money".  I still have the brooch, which I saved when we cleared out my mother's home.  

Actually, I have a vague memory of sitting in the window inside the old Waterloo Trust (King/Ontario) and singing a hymn at the top of my voice while my mother did her banking - I couldn't have been more than four years old, which would take it (just) to the 1950s in DTK!