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Today I noticed that the signs have moved. They are now where the tangle wood condos signs were.

I noticed that the site where Forest Glen Plaza is located now has a sign for new condos. The sign is worded along the lines of 'live here'. Could the plaza be up for redevelopment or could it just...

Jack Astor's looks to be opening a Kitchener location again, this time in Fairview Park mall in the old Lenscrafter's location.

Block Line Rd between Rittenhouse and Westmount has just received a much needed resurfacing.

Ricky's All Day Grill http://www.gotorickys.com/index.php is under construction in the old Pizza Hut at Westmount and Victoria. This will be their second Ontario Location. I ate at the one in...

This evening when I was at wine expert at Ottawa and Westmount, I noticed that the closed down Blockbuster Video had a Liquor License application notice on the window. It was for Mel's Diner - Off...

There used to be a Petro Canada at that corner along with the corner of Ottawa and Weber where the used car dealership is now. This one closed first as it was redundant. One of those two became Petro...

Fionn MacCool's on King St E opened, today. We tried it for lunch, food was pretty high quality for pub food and was delicious. I will definitely be returning.

Here is a link to their Facebook...

I think the plans go back long before that, the interchange at Wellington St is built to 1960s freeway to freeway standards.

http://www.city.waterloo.on.ca/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=1009
Noise bylaws for waterloo, it is different in kitchener

Sounds like they are allowed to operate on residential from 7:00am until 9:00...

Site is up http://www.williamsburgwalk.ca/

They have an ad posted on Kijiji as well, the postal code listed with the ad is for fairway rd.

Williamsburg Walk Condos
325 Max Becker Drive, Kitchener
...

I saw a sign this morning for a new 'Fionn MacCool's Irish Pub' on the site under construction beside the Turtle Jack's in Kitchener. Look's like it may be a pretty good place. ...

The tender has been awarded to Dufferin Construction . Tender 2001-3003 this project should be under way shortly.

I noticed one small renovation.
The McDonalds on Ottawa St South is closed for renovations.
The thing though that caught my attention is the sign... it says 'Drive Thur Open' when you are headed...

I just noticed that the 200 iX schedule has a gold colour scheme and the new 201 one has a green colour scheme.
It does appear that they are differentiating by both colour and number.

I was at Fairview Park this evening.
The Zumiez store was now open.
The new bootlegger and rickis are opening on Saturday.

Randy River and Please Mum are now closed.

My girlfriend noticed...

I have to agree, especially since I'm still tasting it from lunch today! Delicious!

Cleveland calls it's light rail 'the rapid' I think we should avoid anything that Cleveland used.

The new location of Future Shop in the Sunrise Shopping Centre seems a bit smaller than the old one.

There also appears to be work going on in the old location. The trim has been painted a beige...

That's a HUGE improvement compared to the former store.

The Westmount Retirement Community has a pretty substantial 3 storey expansion underway.
http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa402/Joe_Preiditsch/61a9e9d2.jpg...

Park space may be nice within the loop ramps of a parclo interchange. It may only be safe for pedestrians if its a signalized intersection where the ramps meet the surface road.
Another use...

My main peeve with the incumbent is that he has probably wiped out a forest the size of PEI with the weekly or even semi weekly propaganda mailer. These mailers are also being funded with government...

Both the the Weber St. and Westmount Rd. Price Chopper stores have construction equipment on their properties, looks like they are beginning renovations.

Bleams between Strasburg and Homer Watson with the frost under the road its probably one of the bumpiest I've seen its almost possible to get some air time.
Blockline Rd, the entire thing = HORRIBLE!

MTO Traffic Counts Can Be Found Here http://www.raqsa.mto.gov.on.ca/techpubs/TrafficVolumes.nsf/tvweb
I took a little time to get the counts at each exit on the Expressway in 2007
Highway 7/8 at...

Much of the delay to the start of this portion of the project was due to negotiations with the First Nations to allow for the widened crossing of the Grand River.

That would make the most sense, especially since Fairway is actually aligned on the historic Block Line.
But I doubt this would be the case as the extension is already up to the creek and it would...

I've noticed that Jeff has mentioned Buffalo's light rail system a few times as a system that didn't succeed. Buffalo was one of the cases of too little too late. The city has been declining for...

Just a tidbit that ties this in to local business.
The 'My Pick's' functionality and game on the night of the awards on Oscars.com is actually powered by a Local tech startup, LiveHive Systems.

To remove the collectors wouldn't all the bridges require rebuilding as they have pillars between the core and collector lanes?

Hopefully that fairweather sign is not meant for the unit with the black hoarding. That world be a huge disappointment. But it's probably a case of everything needing to shift over a bit to...

It seems every winter Fairview has a big rollover in terms of stores emptying and being replaced later in the year. It's all tenants pre renovation that have vacated every winter, the leases have...

I heard about JYSK coming a while back. I visited the one in Niagara Falls last year, its not bad but they do not have much in the way of furniture. Most of the stuff was textiles and house-ware.

Here you go ...http://www.ifixit.com/iPhone-Parts/iPhone-4-Liberation-Kit/IF182-019

Recent Changes and Upcoming closures at Fairview Park:
-Stars menswear is renovating, they are temporarily beside teaopea.
-Fairweather is having a closing down sale, it's quite a large location so...

I too checked the sobeys out. Both Duke and Urbanonicon impressions are similar to what I am thinking about the store.
The new concept is definitely a departure from the previous modern look of the...

Ontario Retail Holiday Act
There are 9 days a year stores must close with a few exceptions...

On the sobeys facebook page they have a note about the new store opening facebook link the image has the new logo and a new slogan 'the good food people'. I wonder if the other stores in kw will be...

Looks like people weren't scared away from Fairview, that is good to see. I only went to Conestoga this afternoon, the only line I saw was for GameStop.
I heard the Hollister at Fairview had over...

I went for a walk this morning and saw that they had signs up at the construction site in the Williamsburg Town Centre. The site is the one I mentioned before.
The new building is a Goodlife...

It was already cold when both Empire and Walmart Opened so there is a lesser opportunity for odor to be released into the air and for it to travel any distance. Wait until the summer you will...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_world_city#Alpha_world_cities
Toronto may not be world class but it is the only city categorized as an alpha world city in Canada based on it's economic power.

I believe the Cenotaph was moved to its current location. In this picture it would be in Market Square.
The building in the upper right is the Post Office... Speaker's corner currently sits there.
...

A building is under construction in the Williamsburg Town Centre on Max Becker Dr. across from Max Becker Common.
The location is here......

FreshCo at 1 Hespeler Road opened yesterday.

From their facebook page.

The Cambridge one was much better in my opinion. The chicken and beef were much better cuts, for example there were not chunks of fat attached to the meat and everything was thinly cut also since...

Having been in the new Walmart I actually like the Sunrise one better. The concrete floor throughout the new store makes it look horrible. Concrete should only be used in home improvement stores.