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Old Posted Mar 3, 2014, 8:56 PM
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For anyone interested in local urban issues, Dal's annual planning conference is going on this weekend, as well as the Elizabeth May Symposium which generally touches on urban issues. Both conferences are open to the public and most events are free.
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Old Posted Mar 3, 2014, 9:00 PM
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The Audi dealership is going to be a lot different. Audi has two designs that they stick to and it will stand out on the street.

A big improvement over the previous buildings.
The original building was built for Towne Toyota in the 1970s and was pretty undersized even then. Any improvement would be welcome.
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Old Posted Mar 4, 2014, 4:24 AM
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Some random commercial building going up at 66 Highfield Park Drive. Photo by me today;


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Old Posted Mar 4, 2014, 3:35 PM
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Some random commercial building going up at 66 Highfield Park Drive. Photo by me today;


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Is that near the new St. John Ambulance building?
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Old Posted Mar 5, 2014, 3:32 PM
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Is that near the new St. John Ambulance building?
yes between SJA and the Gallery 1/Convergys
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Old Posted Mar 5, 2014, 7:56 PM
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May Street Townhouses. Taken today by me ;

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Old Posted Mar 5, 2014, 9:01 PM
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May Street Townhouses. Taken today by me ;

Interesting, I thought this one wasn't going to happen a few years back.
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Old Posted Mar 5, 2014, 10:11 PM
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The Bay / Eurofax Building Expansion is moving forward. First reading for the MPS amendments will be on Tuesday (February 18th, 2014). A public hearing will follow and after the amendments are in affect the development agreement will be approved separately.

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In response to the PIM held in 2012 the exterior of the existing parkade will now be lined timber to hide the concrete.
The public hearing for this is on April 1st at Regional Council.
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Old Posted Mar 6, 2014, 3:05 AM
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Here's a rendering for May Street:


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Perhaps I should buy one of these units so I can be in close proximity to the Ecology Action Center. I wonder if they have sufficient parking for a large SUV? Do they have a common yard where I could install a chiminea? A deck where I could blow smoke from a Havana in their general direction?

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Old Posted Mar 7, 2014, 8:34 PM
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North End Updates (photos by me today);

RONA on Almon Street :





Morris House Expansion (Charles & Creighton) :

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That will be great to have a Rona on the peninsula
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That will be great to have a Rona on the peninsula
Totally.
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That will be great to have a Rona on the peninsula
There already is a RONA there (formerly Piercey's). The new store is to replace the old location, and the old location will stay open as a clearance center for the next little while.

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There already is a RONA there (formerly Piercey's). The new store is to replace the old location, and the old location will stay open as a clearance center for the next little while.

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Haven't been there since it was Piercey's and that was such a poor store I never went back. I would head out to Bayers Lake for hardware.
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Old Posted Mar 8, 2014, 12:55 PM
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Where on Almon is this?
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Old Posted Mar 8, 2014, 12:59 PM
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Next to Shoppers Drug where the old Fowles Motors used to be.
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Old Posted Mar 8, 2014, 3:47 PM
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I can't understand why they didn't design a windowed wall along the Almon St side.
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I can't understand why they didn't design a windowed wall along the Almon St side.
The blank wall is shameful.
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Old Posted Mar 8, 2014, 5:13 PM
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The blank wall is shameful.
It's as if they took one of their stock store designs from a place like Bayers Lake and dropped it onto this lot without any consideration of the fact that it fronted on a street.
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