[WaterlooInvestor]

Weather update: The latest report is in...and it looks like we're going to have a lot of rain on Sunday, May 27th. In order not to dampen the community's spirits...we're still having a parade and we're still having a party...we've just moved the picnic/party part of the day from Waterloo Park over to the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex. There will be lots of music, entertainment, children's activities, food and cake! So don't miss this great day.

What this meant: 1) Instead of King Street, the parade took an undeveloped route to the Rec Centre. 2) The Rec Centre was used instead of Waterloo Park 3) The crowds are smaller than you'd expect :( :( :( I also had a bad location for the parade, so keep this all in mind when viewing the thread.

Logo:
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Map:

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Parade:

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New Construction:

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The Barrel Yards Proposal (for reference):

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Centre for International Governance Innovation:
The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) is a Canadian-based international research institution that was founded in 2001. CIGI's main purpose is to develop solutions to important global governance challenges through world-class research. CIGI strives to find and develop ideas for global change by studying, advising and networking with scholars, practitioners and governments on the character and desired reforms of multilateral governance. Through conferences, publications, public events and technology, CIGI aims to raise the Canadian domestic capacity to effect change in public policy in Canada and around the world.

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Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics:
Perimeter Institute began in the summer of 1999 when Mike Lazaridis, founder and Co-CEO of Research In Motion (RIM) — maker of the successful BlackBerryTM — found himself in a position to help foster research and innovation in Canada. Howard Burton, a PhD graduate from the University of Waterloo, was hired by Mike as Executive Director in August of that year to best determine how a world-class organization devoted to theoretical physics would take shape. Since research operations began in the fall of 2001, the Institute has grown to include over 60 resident researchers who are involved in day-to-day operations. Additionally, the vigorous Visitor Program has enabled PI to host hundreds of international researchers each year for collaborations and workshops. The current areas of cross-disciplinary research include:
1) Cosmology
2) Quantum Foundations
3) Particle Physics
4) Quantum Gravity
5) Quantum Information Theory
6) Superstring Theory

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Waterloo Park View
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Mike Lazaridis Theatre of Ideas: Before Spacetime, Presented by Fotini Markopoulou
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Outside - Front (for reference- not my picture)
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Outside - Back (for reference- not my picture)
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Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex:

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Waterloo Park's Silver Lake:

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A few other City of Waterloo pics from the weekend:

Bauer Lofts - 1
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Bauer Lofts - 2
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Bauer Lofts w/ Sunlife (Waterloo Region's Tallest)
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WLU Co-op - 1
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WLU Co-op - 2
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Andy's Apartments - 1
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Andy's Apartments - 2
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School of Accountancy Crane:
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On a personal note, my great-great-great grandfather made the Waterloo 150! I'm one happy guy! :banana:
Waterloo 150:
In celebration of the City of Waterloo's 150th birthday, we present Waterloo 150! Waterloo 150 is a project that showcases individuals who have shaped the Waterloo community over the past 150 years. The list contains men and women, past and present, who have significantly contributed to the growth of our community.

Thank-you for viewing the thread :)

[Waterlooson]

Great tour!

How did your great-great-great grandfather make the Waterloo 150?

[Cambridgite]

It may be a bad location now, but it will feel a lot more urban after Barrelyards. I can't wait until that development starts.

By the way, the Perimeter Institute actually looks pretty good from the INSIDE. From the outside, it looks like something from Dr. Suessland.

[Waterloo_Guy]

My hood! Thanks. My dad was in that parade. And I will be starting work at CIGI in the fall doing research.

[Tony]

Just wondering, what was the parade route? Why would it go down Father David Bower instead of King?

[WaterlooInvestor]

Great tour!

How did your great-great-great grandfather make the Waterloo 150?

Thomas Hilliard
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The working life of an insurance salesman doesn’t often conjure up images of physical labor, but in late nineteenth century Waterloo such was the life of Irish immigrant Thomas Hilliard.

An early account of the Dominion Life Assurance Company puts Hilliard, its founder, up before dawn, wearing a coonskin fur coat and cap, with oven bricks and a buffalo robe to keep him warm. He drove a cutter through deep snow pulled by a horse on a bitter winter day.

“It was a day to stay at home. But Thomas Hilliard was not a man to be held back by bad weather. Two miles from town he found the road level with the fence-tops. The only way to make any progress was to drive over the fence and into the fields where the snow was less deep. And this he did, for he was absolutely determined to make two calls that day. One was to a Methodist preacher and the other to a farmer who was a prominent Methodist layman. He felt sure that he could interest them both in life insurance policies.”

Hilliard, a former teacher and journalist, worked six days a week, fourteen hours a day in the months after the Dominion Life Assurance Company was conceived. He took on the new enterprise at the age of forty-seven, after spending his career as a school inspector and the publisher of what is now the Waterloo Chronicle.

The idea for the new enterprise came about during a discussion with his fellow “hot stove committee” members at Simon Snyder’s Drug Store.

Five members of the local elite were chatting one spring day in 1888 about new opportunities for Hilliard when they all agreed there was room in the community for a new life insurance company.

Within days, Hilliard had prepared a business plan and set out throughout the county selling stock for the fledgling company. Hilliard, a devout Methodist, was inspired in his mission by the many times he had seen large families left destitute by the early death of the father. “In those days, death was always just outside the door and far more real in people’s minds than it is today.”

Hilliard was particularly critical of the “demon rum” and offered life insurance benefits to abstainers. A founder of the St. James Methodist Church in Waterloo he was once described as “straight-backed, no-nonsense Methodist lay preacher.” The native of Fermanagh County, Ireland who married one of his students, Catherine Sauder, “ruled his ten children with an iron hand, the perfect example of a Victorian patriarch.”

The company received its charter on July 12, 1889 with Hilliard being appointed managing director, and then serving as president from 1905 until 1929. It opened in a building on Erb and Albert Streets where it remained until moving to Westmount Road.

In 1985, Dominion Life was purchased by Manulife Financial and a new complex was built near the Conestoga Expressway.

Thomas Hilliard was also involved in the founding of the Waterloo Trust and Savings Comany and was named its first president in 1913. Waterloo Trust merged with Canada Trust in 1968.

Hilliard’s home at 88 William St. W. was named a heritage landmark in 1979. Known as the “Grand Old Man of Waterloo” he was “one of the most influential citizens of early Waterloo. His presence can be felt most in the business and religious life of the community.”


NOTE: Unfortunately my great-grandfather screwed things up and nothing substantial was left (third generation curse) :(

It may be a bad location now, but it will feel a lot more urban after Barrelyards. I can't wait until that development starts.

By the way, the Perimeter Institute actually looks pretty good from the INSIDE. From the outside, it looks like something from Dr. Suessland.
My hood! Thanks. My dad was in that parade. And I will be starting work at CIGI in the fall doing research.

I agree, the area is really going to develop. :banana: Both the research institutes are amazing, plus there's the Clay & Glass Gallery in between, and even the Rec Complex is nice.

I'm sure you'll enjoy working at CIGI. There's a huge "cool" factor inside: historic barrels, high ceilings, etc..

Where was your dad in the parade?

[WaterlooInvestor]

Just wondering, what was the parade route? Why would it go down Father David Bower instead of King?

It appeared to initially go up King, turn left on Willis Way, and then continue on Father David Bower Drive.

It went down Father David Bower due to rain. Instead of having outdoor festivities at Waterloo Park (King St. Parade), the event had to be moved indoors to the Rec Complex (Father David Bower Parade). See the Weather update at the top.

[WaterlooInvestor]

Waterloo turns 150
City looks to future developments as it celebrates its early beginnings
LAURA THOMPSON
WATERLOO (May 28, 2007)

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An antique fire truck takes part in a parade celebrating Waterloo's 150th anniversary.


Grahame Farquhar has seen a lot of changes in the forty or so years he's called Waterloo home.

He still remembers what it was like when the site of the Waterloo Town Square Mall was a factory that made farm machinery -- before the city core transformed from a manufacturing centre to a commercial one.

He also remembers the smells that came from the Seagrams Distillery, which has since become condos and home to the Centre for International Governance Innovation.

"You smelled whisky distilling or beer fermenting. It was wonderful," he recalled with a laugh.

As far as this retired University of Waterloo engineering professor is concerned, the changes he's seen have been for the better.

"I think Waterloo has been able to retain a focus . . . in the downtown. Waterloo has been able to keep people here," he said.

Farquhar joined thousands of residents yesterday who lined city streets for a parade and festivities in honour of the 150th anniversary of Waterloo.

The celebration commemorated the founding of the village of Waterloo on May 27, 1857, when the crossroads at Erb and King were incorporated.

But exactly 150 years later, it was time to reflect on not only where the city has been, but also where it's going.

"A community's future is rooted in its past and understanding and appreciating what's already happened and what's gone into the building of the community," said Stephen Worotynec, a software developer who works at RIM.

The 43-year-old Kitchener man took in the parade yesterday, which kicked off the official birthday party.

He watched marching bands pass and the spectators capture the moment with their point-and-shoot cameras.

There were antique cars from the 1920s and passengers in period costume. Unfortunately, there was also rain, though it held off just long enough for revelers to take cover in one of the many buildings that opened their doors to the public.

The inside of the Perimeter Institute was transformed into a rowdy science fair of sorts.

The Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex offered free food, birthday cake and entertainment.

While the day was a time for reflection, it also got people thinking about what could be improved in their city.

Everyone seemed to have a different idea -- better access to family doctors, more regular flights out of the regional airport and a cleanup of areas with a lot of student housing.

Jackie Van De Valk, an environment consultant who went to university in Waterloo left for a year and then came back, said she hopes the future means civic engagement finds a home online.

"All citizens should be able to provide input to the local government through the Internet," she said.

But for the young people who are growing up in this community, they feel Waterloo is both safe and accessible.

"I really like it," said Joy Simms, a Grade 9 student at Waterloo Collegiate Institute. "You feel at home."

[Waterloo_Guy]

I'm sure you'll enjoy working at CIGI. There's a huge "cool" factor inside: historic barrels, high ceilings, etc..

Where was your dad in the parade?

My dad isn't in the pics, and I didn't actually show up myself so I don't know where he was. I should have gone.