Wonderful Waterloo Archive

This site is maintained by Sam Nabi as a record of the vibrant Wonderful Waterloo community, which was taken offline in 2014. This site is a partial archive, containing some posts from 2009-2013. To read more about the recovery effort and access the data in a machine-readable format, check out the GitHub page.

Posts by DHLawrence

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Guelph Transit Route to Waterloo Region?
Post #3709
A Pinebush-U of Guelph connection wouldn't hurt either. It would meet up with Route 51, iXpress[...]
Planning for Main Street
Post #3996
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Flights from Waterloo Airport to Toronto
Post #4234
It will probably be more of a mid-flight stop rather than a point-to-point flight. A stop on a Toron[...]
What Does Downtown Need?
Post #4366
The apartments above stores need to be more pleasant to live in. Some property owners are working on[...]
What Does Downtown Need?
Post #4396
A department store downtown would be nice. Budd's doesn't quite fit the bill. Maybe if The[...]
VIA Rail News
Post #6635
Where are the RDCs for the North Mainline being stored? I only know of two at Mimico and a number of[...]
U/C RIM World Headquarters | 12 m | 3 fl | Double Cranes
Post #7527
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Fountain Street and King Street Class EA | Shantz Hill Road to Eagle Street
Post #7768
When we last heard about this intersection, the developer who wanted to put a conference centre and [...]
Proposed King & Victoria Intermodal Station
Post #10518
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Proposed King & Victoria Intermodal Station
Post #10569
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Proposed King & Victoria Intermodal Station
Post #10732
Same with Guildwood, Brampton, and Georgetown--and TO of course. Oakville is an anomaly among cities[...]
Small Urban Cambridge Construction
Post #11109
Frozen by all indications. They still have ads on the building for apartments, but construction hasn[...]
Proposed Riverbank Lofts | 16m | 4fl | Municipally Approved
Post #11175
Looks good to me. Now let's get on with the show--Hespeler needs all the help it can get![...]
Proposed King & Victoria Intermodal Station
Post #11441
Is the Asian market still open? I think End of the Roll is gone.<br /> <br /> [...]
Small Urban Cambridge Construction
Post #11443
I don't know, but they've really cleaned it up! That building used to be a total dive.[...]
Small Uptown Waterloo Construction
Post #11998
Not starting at <a href="/web/20110226031014/http://blazeproperties.ca/index.php?id=6" [...]
Cambridge Election Talk
Post #12076
Donna or Sean had better be interested in transit and urban development; I'm not going to vote [...]
227 King Street South, Waterloo | Photo Tour
Post #14042
That cubicle maze is rather unfortunate. Still, better a cubicle maze unworthy of the space it occup[...]
Cambridge Election Talk
Post #14283
For me Ward 1 is only a two or three-person contest; I refuse to vote for someone who doesn't l[...]
Small Suburban Kitchener Construction
Post #14345
Coffee's coffee no matter who brews it.[...]
Candidate Surveys
Post #15475
Well, at least one of the people on my ballot is supportive of light rail.[...]
Oktoberfest 2010 | October 8-16
Post #16107
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U/C Lena Crescent Apartments #3 | 43 m? | 14 fl?
Post #17184
The good thing about living in a building like that is that you don't have to look at it when y[...]
U/C Lena Crescent Apartments #3 | 43 m? | 14 fl?
Post #17193
Nah, most of it is parking lot. Cambridge Centre could linger for a while--maybe give it a bit of an[...]
The Conestoga Parkway: Is it good for K-W?
Post #18671
They do, yes. <br /> <br /> I feel sorry for people who live on streets [...]
Rally For Rails | December 5, 2010 12 - 1 PM @ Waterloo Public Square
Post #20122
Could have been worse; at least Outhit didn't write it.[...]
Rally For Rails | December 5, 2010 12 - 1 PM @ Waterloo Public Square
Post #20352
I was approached by him, but when the TriTAG rep came up to me a moment later I asked him if he had [...]
Rally For Rails | December 5, 2010 12 - 1 PM @ Waterloo Public Square
Post #20359
Good to meet you then! <img src="/web/20101210223310im_/http://www.wonderfulwaterloo.com/ima[...]
The Penny
Post #21207
Getting rid of the two-dollar note was a mistake. At least they backed off on getting rid of the fiv[...]
Small Uptown Waterloo Construction
Post #22854
To see a proper one, you really have to go to <a href="/web/20110226030940/http://www.sunday[...]
U/C HSBC Uptown | 12 m | 3 fl
Post #24159
It isn't ideal but it gives the building a suggestion of history, as if the third floor and ent[...]
TEDxWaterloo
Post #26079
They're a series of seminars in which big ideas are shared for the future in every discipline: [...]