London Coffee Talk Thread - Page 20

MrSlippery519 · #**381** Posted **Oct 6, 2017, 2:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by haljackey

I've been doing this for years now. People think I'm an —, but I'm not only within my legal right to use the ending lane to the merge point, but I'm actually helping out traffic flow by doing so. Those who are not letting me in are actually the — hahaha

Having said that, If I happen to be in the lane that's continuing I'm not going to be a jerk and change lanes just to merge back in.

Everyone should do it. It won't be a 100% system but every little bit helps!

Absolutely, that is part of the problem now though since not all are aware or on board. You get people that are already in the left lane shooting into the "merge" lane which then causes people to get angry.

This method moves traffic so much better in high congestion situations.

Dupcheck · #**382** Posted **Oct 6, 2017, 3:50 PM**

City of London makes a step forward on revising its internal complaint process...Maybe we can get more things done.

http://www.lfpress.com/2017/10/05/london...d-two-politicos-want-to-keep-it-that-way

haljackey · #**383** Posted **Feb 22, 2018, 12:47 AM**

So... How about that flooding?

I park in the lot in lower Harris Park to save $. By the time I left yesterday (about 2:30pm), it was about a half hour before the lot flooded.

Some pics around the Forks. The snow mound visible is where I park and is probably 5m high.

https://imgur.com/a/NHDnk#aimAfQy

MolsonExport · #**384** Posted **Feb 23, 2018, 2:44 PM**

YIKES! I have never seen it that high. Does anyone have any pics of the overflow near Guy Lombardo bridge? I heard that wonderland rd was shut due to flooding!

MolsonExport · #**385** Posted **Feb 23, 2018, 2:45 PM**

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MolsonExport · #**386** Posted **Feb 23, 2018, 2:46 PM**

Found a shot of Wonderland Road with ducks swimming across:

lfp

Gibbons park:

shawglobal

SoHo district, I think (near Jeanne Mance School):

lfp

canada.ca

K85 · #**387** Posted **Feb 23, 2018, 9:56 PM**

that last photo looks like it's from the early 90's

MolsonExport · #**388** Posted **Feb 25, 2018, 3:08 AM**

well, it wasn't date stamped. thanks for the nasty smilie, though.

manny_santos · #**389** Posted **Feb 26, 2018, 10:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by K85

that last photo looks like it's from the early 90's

December 30, 1990 to be exact.

https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-cli...quantity/floods/general-information.html

K85 · #**390** Posted **Feb 27, 2018, 2:36 AM**

damn I'm good

haljackey · #**391** Posted **May 9, 2018, 11:13 PM**

Dank.

https://www.reddit.com/r/londonontario/c..._years_of_living_downtown_youd_think_id/

Dupcheck · #**392** Posted **May 16, 2018, 4:45 PM**

Have you guys heard about this project that our city is working on?

https://getinvolved.london.ca/smartcities

I think it is cool. There are a few good ideas listed that i would love to see in action. My favourite is this one:

“Create a city of London ON app that can push notifications to residents such as garbage days, spring cleanup, council updates, weather alert”

MolsonExport · #**393** Posted **May 23, 2018, 3:27 PM**

Some cool photos of before and after London on this site: https://londonfuse.ca/

https://londonfuse.ca/then-and-now-a-mil...ood-old-days-in-downtown-london-ontario/

Djeffery · #**394** Posted **Jul 13, 2018, 9:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

No one injured in fast-moving Hyde Park plaza fire that forced employees and customers of 14 stores to flee

Crews battle massive fire that destroys businesses

Don't know why I didn't notice before but the rebuild of this plaza is well underway. Lots of steel framing up now.

haljackey · #**395** Posted **Jul 31, 2018, 7:42 PM**

Looks like the Bell Building was supposed to be much taller

http://www.designmatrixinc.com/100dundas.html

Second before/after pic shows this:

It only got up to that thick white line... Possible future expansion or something?

Djeffery · #**396** Posted **Jul 31, 2018, 9:03 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by haljackey

Looks like the Bell Building was supposed to be much taller

http://www.designmatrixinc.com/100dundas.html

Second before/after pic shows this:

It only got up to that thick white line... Possible future expansion or something?

Even back then, people bitched and moaned about how tall a building was being planned for, so they shrank it lol

sparky212 · #**397** Posted **Aug 1, 2018, 4:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by Djeffery

Even back then, people bitched and moaned about how tall a building was being planned for, so they shrank it lol

There was a proposal called Talbot square even before that which was even taller. I tried to find the photo I saw of it years ago but no such luck.
https://www.emporis.com/complex/106098/talbot-square-london-canada

GreatTallNorth2 · #**398** Posted **Aug 1, 2018, 1:16 PM**

My friend's dad was an architect for the Bell building. I believe it was built so they can add more floors on top if the demand was there.

As far as proposals go, nothing comes close to what was proposed for the Talbot block where the Budweiser Gardens is now located. It was going to be a large mall with 3 or 4 towers on top, including one about 45 floors. The developer was Cambridge Corp, but the city had room for one downtown mall, which Campeau built the Galleria (now Citi Plaza).

Dupcheck · #**399** Posted **Aug 1, 2018, 4:22 PM**

Tens of bus shelters vandalized in one day last weekend.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/london-ontario-bus-shelter-vandalism-masonville-1.4767013

Shame on the cowards that do such things.

tyeman200 · #**400** Posted **Aug 7, 2018, 3:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by Dupcheck

Tens of bus shelters vandalized in one day last weekend.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/london-ontario-bus-shelter-vandalism-masonville-1.4767013

Shame on the cowards that do such things.

Sickening, and all of the bus shelters just got replaced too.