All Posts Tagged With: "Division Street"
What if Kingston…
In the early 90′s, McDonald’s did their worst to tempt consumers with everything from pizzas to McRibs, supersized menu items as well as a brief experiment with home delivery. I can’t say that I was ever hungry or lazy enough to wait 30 minutes to enjoy the gluttonous luxury of a delivered Big Mac, but [...]
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King’s Crossing: Phase Two
Just over three years ago, King’s Crossing laid down the first pieces of their plan to develop a massive, vacant parcel of land bordering Division Street and the 401. To date, the big box fashion outlet hasn’t spelled doom and gloom for downtown competitors, nor have the effects been negative for businesses elsewhere in the [...]
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The State of… Williamsville’s Main Street (Part 3 of 3)
In our original three-part series that focused on upper and lower Princess Street, as well as neighbouring side streets, we took a snapshot of new development and also documented long-standing vacancies. Two years later, we revisited this topic of conversation, while it has proven to be as divisive as any other contested issue in the [...]
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Public Invited To Williamsville Main Street Study Charette
The public and affected businesses, organizations and residents, are invited to attend an upcoming Charette on the Williamsville Main Street Study. It is set for 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 4 at St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 236 Nelson St. The consulting team of Brook McIlroy Inc. will be leading participants in a [...]
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Overnight Power Outage Planned
The downtown area will be affected by a planned overnight power outage scheduled to start at 11 p.m. the evening of Sunday, Feb. 13, and end at 6 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 14. This outage will accommodate electrical infrastructure upgrades being made by Utilities Kingston on behalf of Kingston Hydro. The area affected is surrounded [...]
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Weekly Poll: Worst Street in Kingston
Back in 2009, Kingston made CAA’s disgraceful list of the 20 worst roads in Ontario. While Brock Street was ultimately singled out as Kingston’s most sub-par street, I am certain that many local residents could have easily drafted their own list of roads that simply don’t get the job done. Whether we’re talking about avenues [...]
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The State of… Upper Princess (Part 3 of 3)
Late last December we launched a three-part series which documented vacant storefronts, recent relocations as well as new businesses in downtown Kingston. In part one we combed lower Princess Street from Ontario to Division, highlighting unfortunate closures such as S&R and Downtown Kingston Sports, as well as positive growth including Urban Outfitters and Sima Sushi. [...]
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The State of… Lower Princess (Part 1 of 3)
With this week’s announcement that Downtown Kingston Sports is set to close up shop after 112 years of dutiful service, the Limestone City’s core is set to lose another iconic fixture. In this case, high taxes, the recession, as well as competition from big box outlets and online competitors, are to blame. While this sad [...]
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Ikea, I hardly knew ya.
When I moved to Kingston last spring, it was the first time I’d ever put down roots in a town without an Ikea. I’ve since found plenty of people with whom to commiserate about this sad fact, but at the time, I was shocked and appalled. Where would I get my cheap rugs and toilet [...]
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Little Cat
I am loathe to say that it’s been nearly a week since I last posted. That sounds like a confession of sorts, but needless to say I’ve been enjoying the contributions from our two new team members. With everybody else picking up the slack, I’ve been keeping myself busy by developing some new ideas that [...]
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