The City of Kitchener’s Cycling Master Plan, approved in 2010, identifies cycling upgrades for Young Street and Duke Street. They are ready to get started on the following:
- Goal: Provide a safer and more convenient route into the downtown across Weber St.
- Proposed contraflow bike lane, enabling two-way bicycle travel on a road that is designated as one way for motor vehicles.
- Dedicated bicycle signal and sensor at the Weber and Young intersection.
- Goal: Provide a means for residents to bike on Duke in both directions.
- Proposed contraflow bike lane
- Coordination with King East Neighbourhood Association’s resident-led traffic calming project featuring street murals.
Local History & Heritage Resources
Thank you to our speaker Sandra Parks for her talk
From Arches to Turrets: architectural styles in Olde Berlin Town
She has graciously shared some resources with us for those looking to do more research. They are:
Heritage Kitchener’s “Civic Centre Historical Walking Tour” with details on 23 properties of note
For those looking for some photos of historical Olde Berlin, the website history pin has a number of photos of the Civic Centre.You can use the map feature to find them.
Books available in the Grace Schmidt Room at KPL
• Evolving urban landscapes: a photographic memoir by Philippe Elsworthy – (779.092 Elswo)
• Images of progress 1946-1996: modern architecture in Waterloo Region, Steven Mannell, editor – (720.971344 Manne)
• Ontario architecture: a guide to styles and building terms, 1784 to the present by John Blumenson – (720.9713 Blume)
• Ontario house styles: the distinctive architecture of the province’s 18th and 19th century homes by Robert Mikel – (728.37 Mikel)
• Well-preserved: the Ontario Heritage Foundation’s manual of principles and practice for architectural conservation by Mark Fram – (363.6909713 Fram) – also available online, search for title at www.heritagetrust.on.ca
Events
• Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, North Waterloo Region branch – your Neighbourhood Association is a member – annual lecture series, November to May; June AGM; December Seasonal Celebration; online blog
• Architectural Films – Apollo Theatre or Princess Cinemas
• Architectural Walking Tours – Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, $10
• Doors Open Waterloo Region – Saturday, September 21, 2019 various
• Grand River Conservation Authority – Heritage Day Workshop in February
• Jane’s Walks – first weekend in May, usually annual
• Schneider Haus & Waterloo Region Museum – learn about their buildings
• Waterloo Historical Society – History Under the Trees in July
• Waterloo Region Museum – regular public speaker series – annual volume regularly has articles about local heritage buildings
• Waterloo Region Heritage Foundation – Discovering Heritage event in May
Miscellaneous
• Grand magazine – available at KPL, check out the last page for an article about local architecture by Doors Open organizer Karl Kessler
• Civic Centre Historical Walking Tour – available at www.kitchener.ca – search for ‘walking tours’
Websites
• Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, North Waterloo Region branch • Architectural Style Definitions
• The Buildings of Canada: A guide to pre-20th-century styles in houses, churches and other structures.
• Canada’s Historic Places — The Canadian Register of Historic Places (CRHP)
• Doors Open Waterloo Region
• Grace Schmidt Room of Local History
• National Trust for Canada
• Ontario Architecture
• Region of Waterloo Archives
• Waterloo Historical Society
2019 Annual General Meeting
1:00 – 4:00pm, Saturday, March 2nd, 2019
Church of the Good Shepherd, 116 Queen St. N. (Queen and Margaret).
Entrance via the parking lot off Margaret Avenue. Look for the purple door.
Agenda:
1:00 “Architectural Styles in Olde Berlin” talk by Sandra Parks
1:30 Reports from Past Year
1:45 Current Issues: Tell the group what’s important to you
2:00 Call for Volunteers and Elections
2:30 Secondary Plan Review (Neighbourhood re-zoning) Introduction
2:45 Coffee break
3:00 See the proposed zoning maps, try the “appropriate transition playshop” and share your comments
Hope to see you there!
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