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KW’s Record Shops: A Comprehensive Guide
TCE’s very own Matt Smith loves vinyl and shopping for vinyl. A lot. Just in time for the holidays, we sent Matt on a little quest throughout Kitchener Waterloo to […]
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If Streets Could Talk: Kingsdale/Vanier/Fairview
Officially, my neighbourhood is called Kingsdale, though some say Kingsdale-slash-Vanier-slash-Fairview and I typically describe it as the best-smelling place in the city. The sweet scent comes from Dare Foods, a […]
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Rebuilt WR: “Main Street,” Uptown Waterloo
In 1910, Main Street bisected Waterloo. In 2016, King Street runs through uptown
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Rebuilt WR: At the Formerly Grand Downtown YMCA
It’s fun to stay at the YMCA, it’s fun to stay at the YMCA, or at least it was between 1922 and 1982 when the local Y made its home […]
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Chips Off the Old Block
Nothing says summer like the alluring scent of fresh cut french fries in a grease-bath
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Multicultural Festival, Kitchener’s Victoria Park
Many thousands of people ate, danced and became cultured at this year’s multicultural festival, in Kitchener’s Victoria Park.
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Rebuilt WR: Where King and Princess Meet
The only thing constant is change and the building at the corner of King and Princess apparently
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Rebuilt WR: Carnegie KPL
Cities change, and buildings come and go. TCE looks back
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Unbuilt WR: WESTIN HOTEL IN UPTOWN SQUARE
In the mid 2000s, soon after the Waterloo Town Square mall was partially demolished, the King Street frontage redeveloped, and the remaining indoor section rebranded as “The Shops,” a luxury hotel was set to rise next door at Caroline and Willis Way.
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The Berlin: A “Kitchener” Restaurant in the Making
Downtown Kitchener will soon be home to a new restaurant at 45 King Street West. The Berlin, slated to open late November, is co-owned by Head Chef Jonathan Gushue and General Manager Ryan Lloyd-Craig. The two are currently hard at work transforming the space, which formerly housed Peter Martin’s The 41 Gastro Pub. Their vision…
