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Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
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#976
09-01-2020, 05:32 PM
(09-01-2020, 05:15 PM)jgsz Wrote: September 1, 2020

DTK this afternoon.  It looks like the crane will have to be raised soon.
It looks like there putting forms up to finish the podium in the bottom of the picture.
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#977
09-02-2020, 12:00 PM
CTV has identified the deceased from the car explosion; apparently he was involved in a family court matter with his estranged wife. https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/man-killed-...-1.5088344
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09-02-2020, 12:29 PM
(09-02-2020, 12:00 PM)KevinL Wrote: CTV has identified the deceased from the car explosion; apparently he was involved in a family court matter with his estranged wife. https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/man-killed-...-1.5088344

Wow, that took a while.  So who was he?
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09-03-2020, 12:14 PM
CBC has a bit more info. Looks like violent domestic abuse and mental health issues.


Quote:"Those who knew Keith have lost his smile and deep insight into the world around us. He was known for the great love he bore for his children," read the online notice of the service.

According to court documents, Sandford had been in matrimonial litigation for about two years. There had been allegations of spousal violence and questions about the state of his mental health.
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#980
09-03-2020, 01:02 PM
What do these last few posts have to do with the Duke Tower? They sound more like idle gossip about someone you didn't even know.
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09-03-2020, 02:11 PM (This post was last modified: 09-04-2020, 09:15 AM by Bjays93.)
(09-03-2020, 01:02 PM)CedarHillAlum Wrote: What do these last few posts have to do with the Duke Tower? They sound more like idle gossip about someone you didn't even know.
They don't, they have to do with the car bomb thay went off in front of the building. Whether that makes it applicable to the thread or not, I dont know.
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#982
09-03-2020, 02:12 PM
That's just how the internet works, haha. Threads will get off topic at times. But yeah this has nothing to do with the tower, apart from the fact it happened across the street.
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#983
09-04-2020, 07:22 AM
I thought it went off in front of the court house.
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#984
09-04-2020, 10:56 AM
The original tounge-in-cheek thought was maybe the (what looks be bad at the moment) decal wall went up in flames on the Frederick side. Turned out that wasn't the case. Then we just wanted to see the story through. I think this much deviation - to close a loop - is acceptable in a thread.
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#985
09-11-2020, 08:21 AM
Duke Tower is starting to get a finished look from the street. Some windows and siding on the first floors.

   
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#986
09-11-2020, 08:46 AM
A festival of spandrel ...
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#987
09-11-2020, 09:56 AM
Yikes. This might somehow turn out even worse than I thought from the renders.
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#988
09-11-2020, 11:01 AM
I drove by this week and looked at it. You know, In person, I am liking it..
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#989
09-11-2020, 04:41 PM
DTK is going to be a tall building, which is great. But neither the Frederick or Duke (podium) facades are really striking my fancy.
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09-12-2020, 11:10 AM (This post was last modified: 09-12-2020, 11:22 AM by ac3r.)
A shot of DTK from this morning:

[Image: c3Uyql0.jpg]

That facade makes me want to vomit.
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