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Old Posted Feb 25, 2015, 9:53 PM
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Here is a view of Kitchener with the Bramm Street Yards in the foreground, an area forecasted to add 15000 jobs and 4000 residents in the coming years


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Old Posted Feb 25, 2015, 11:01 PM
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Thunder Bay's still got Grain Elevators at least.

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Old Posted Feb 25, 2015, 11:06 PM
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In the small Ontario town I grew up, there used to be a big grain elevator, it was by far the biggest building in the town. It burned down, I think when I was 8 or 9, and that was the end of that.
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Old Posted Feb 26, 2015, 2:24 AM
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Saskatoon still has some concrete giants. I love them.

The neon sign on the Robin Hood mill still lights up at night. I don't want to imagine the cityscape without it:


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The Parrish & Heimbecker mill:


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Old Posted Feb 26, 2015, 4:02 AM
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Saskatoon still has some concrete giants. I love them.

The neon sign on the Robin Hood mill still lights up at night. I don't want to imagine the cityscape without it.
That's one thing that's still pretty vivid in my childhood memories.
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Old Posted Feb 26, 2015, 4:34 AM
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Saskatoon still has some concrete giants. I love them.
It's really just the small town wooden elevators that are endangered... the big concrete and metal beasts are here to stay. After all, all that grain has to be stored somewhere!

In the old days when it took the better part of a day to go 20 km, you needed an elevator in every whistle stop. These days, grain companies have a smaller number of much larger terminals. A single facility like this one in Lethbridge replaces several small country elevators:



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the latest iteration of concrete-and-aluminum grain elevators have zero charm and are 100% utilitarian in appearance, compared to their clapboard predecessors, which fit so well into the surroundings.

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Old Posted Feb 26, 2015, 1:32 PM
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Here is a view of Kitchener with the Bramm Street Yards in the foreground, an area forecasted to add 15000 jobs and 4000 residents in the coming years


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That photo of the future "Innovation District" really speaks to Kitchener's character. Maybe a sow's ear can become a silk purse if you believe and really work at it. I honestly don't know if they will succeed, but I love the optimistic energy that seems to drive the place. It's as though if you told them they were in the rust belt, they'd figure out how to make money from the rust!
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Old Posted Feb 26, 2015, 9:13 PM
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That photo of the future "Innovation District" really speaks to Kitchener's character. Maybe a sow's ear can become a silk purse if you believe and really work at it. I honestly don't know if they will succeed, but I love the optimistic energy that seems to drive the place. It's as though if you told them they were in the rust belt, they'd figure out how to make money from the rust!
I believe it will take time of course but it's a large piece of land very close to the new transit hub, health sciences campus, not to mention The Tannery. The first new build is slated to start this year with the two OneHundred towers so that may kickstart things.
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^A lot of people down highway 8 are watching KW's growth with great interest.
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Old Posted Feb 28, 2015, 5:46 AM
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As they should!

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The Parrish & Heimbecker mill:


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It appears as if this might be getting the wrecking ball soon.
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kamploops looks so scenic.
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kamploops looks so scenic.
It really is a beautiful town. The rolling desert hills are awesome and the city is quite urban for its size.
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