Fonds - City of Kitchener - Downtown Revitalization fonds

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City of Kitchener - Downtown Revitalization fonds

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  • 1940-2002 (Creation)
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    City of Kitchener (Ont.)

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100 cm of textual records
15 cm of plans/maps/blueprints
40 cm of photographs

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(1854-)

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The revitalization of the Kitchener downtown has been an ongoing project for the city. Stores, businesses and residents have come and gone over the years. The downtown has fallen on hard times over the years and staff and council have been trying to rebuild a thriving downtown again.

    In the 1960’s as changes were taking place in the industrial area on the fringes of downtown Kitchener, a brochure was put together to find buyers for the industrial buildings.  During the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s the downtown was at its peak with stores such as Goudie’s, Budd’s and the King Centre Mall.  In the 1980’s streetscapes design improvements were implemented for the side streets off King St.   New lighting, phone booths, furniture, and paving changes were made.

Also in the 1980’s Kitchener Transit was looking at a new passenger terminal. Surveys were taken for passenger counts, bus stop locations, routes, statistics etc. and results were tabulated and terminal options were surveyed. When the new terminal was opened in 1988 there were the good and of course the bad comments. The out of town buses departed from this terminal as well.

In the 21st century the downtown is trying to rebuild and attract new businesses. King St. has been made over to attract special events and sidewalks have been widened. Buildings are being renovated such as the library and older buildings are being converted to condominiums such as Kaufman’s and Arrow. Other buildings are being converted to office space or schools such as the Lang building, Aikman & Collins and St. Jerome’s to Wilfred Laurier University. New buildings have been built, such as the University of Waterloo medical school and a new market. A new parking garage was been completed and a new LRT station is scheduled to be built by the Region.

The fonds consists of newspaper articles, plans, maps, blueprints and photographs. The records consist of three series and the documents are arranged in chronological order within each series.

1: Correspondence – 1979 – 2009. 100cm

    This series consists of the newspaper articles, surveys, blueprints and studies on downtown redevelopment.

An index is available in Appendix A

2: Plans/Maps – 1962-2006. 15cm.

This series consists of the plans and maps of the downtown redevelopment.

An index is available in Appendix B.

3: Photographs/Slides/Negatives – 1950-2002. 40cm.

   This series consists of the photographs of the downtown area, pre and post redevelopment.

An index is available in Appendix C.

Appendix A
Series 1: Correspondence

Title Date Volume/Item Box
Centre Block 2006 1-1 12264
Forsyth Demolition 2006 1-2 12264
Library 2006 1-3 12264
Medical School 2009 1-4 12264
Downtown Revitalization Study 1976-1988 1-5 12264
Downtown Revitalization Plan 1987-1988 1-6 12264
King Street Mall 1984 1-7 12264
Downtown Revitalization Committee 1987 1-8 12264
Market Development 2006 1-9 12264
Ontario P.R.I.D.E. Pedestrian Only Streets 2006 1-10 12264
Development of Neighbourhoods 2007 1-11 12264
Industrial Land Sales Brochures 1962-1964 1-12 12264
The Urban Century 2007 1-13 12264
King St. Makeover 2007 1-14 12264
Joseph to King 1987 2-1 12598
Signage – Downtown 1996 2-2 12598
Kitchener Transit surveys 1984-1986 2-3 12598
Transit Mall Study 1984-1988 2-4 12598
Transit Study – Central Business District 1984 2-5 12598
Terminal Option – Bullas site 1985-1986 2-6 12598
Terminal Option – Grey Coach 1986 2-7 12598
Terminal Routing Options
1989 2-8 12598
Transit Reports & correspondence 1982-1989 2-9 12598
New Kitchener Bus Terminal 1988-1990 2-10 12598
Dual Terminal Option 1985 2-11 12598
Existing Duke St. Option 1985 2-12 12598
Young St. Option 1984 2-13 12598
Downtown Mall Option 1983-1984 2-14 12598
Transit Mall Downtown Kitchener Parking Survey 1984 3-1 12610
Transit Mall 1984-1985 3-2 12610
Transit Mall – Public Attitude Survey 1980-1984 3-3 12610
Transit Mall – Project Management 1983-1984 3-4 12610
Transit Mall – Forecasts 1979-1984 3-5 12610
Transit Mall –newspaper clippings 1984-1991 3-6 12610
Kitchener Transportation Centre 1987-1989 3-7 12610
Downtown Terminal – Grey Coach 1986 3-8 12610
New Downtown Routing 1988 3-9 12610
Downtown Bus Stop Changes 1988 3-10 12610
New Terminal Information Strategy 1988 3-11 12610
Transportation Signage 1988-1993 3-12 12610
Downtown Transportation Centre 1988 3-13 12610
Core Redevelopment 1980-1986 5-1 10943
Downtown Revitalization Study 1976-1988 5-2 10943
Scrapbook 1971-1972 8-1 11093
The Upside of Downtown Kitchener Magazine 1998 9-1 10913
Kitchener Downtown Business Association 1999 & 2008 9-2 10913
Downtown this Month magazine n.d. 9-3 10913
Downtown Kitchener Business Improvement Area 1964-1977 10-1 10906
Celebrating Our Success: Downtown Kitchener 1995 10-2 10906
Downtown Kitchener Open for your Business n.d. 10-3 10906
Planning @ Kitchener: Planning Tomorrow Together n.d. 10-4 10906
Newspaper Clippings 1940-1949 11-1 10143
Newspaper Clippings 1950-1959 11-2 10143
Newspaper Clippings 1960-1969 11-3 10143
Newspaper Clippings 1970-1979 11-4 10143
Newspaper Clippings 1970-1979 12-1 10158
Newspaper Clippings 1950-1999 12-2 10158
News Releases 1995 13-1 12002
Downtown Development Bulletin 1974-1976 13-2 12002
Centre Yourself – Development package 2005-2006 14-1 10142
I Dig Downtown 1998 15-4 11193
Downtown Revitalization Committee Minutes 1984-1988 16-1 11295
Lighting Information 1986 16-2 11295
The Original City n.d. 17-1 11143
Economic Development magazines 1995-2001 17-2 11143
Scrapbooks 2000-2001 22-1 14312
Scrapbooks 2002-2003 23-1 14313
Downtown Monitoring Report 2005 24-1 14387
Downtown Business n.d. 28-1 11208
New Kitchener Market 2001 28-2 11208
Poster 2009 32-1 11281

Appendix B
Series 2: Plans

Title Date Volume/Item Box
Transit Mall Plans 2006 4-1 8098
Maps 1962-1988 25-1 CH F 1 2
Site Plan Drawings n.d. 26-1 13011
Charles/Benton Parking Garage 2002 27-1 10725
Market Square 1972 29-1 CH E 1 1
Blueprint 1972 30-1 11205

Appendix C
Series 3: Photographs/Slides/Negatives

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Photographs n.d. 6-1 10948
Photographs 1983-1994 6-2 10948
Photo Album 1951-1957 6-3 10948
Photographs 1950-1989 7-1 13712
Slides n.d. 13-3 12002
Photographs/Negatives 1998-2001 15-1 11193
Photographs 1960-1969 15-2 11193
I Dig Downtown 1998 15-3 11193
Lighting of Downtown 1986 16-3 11295
Photographs 1984-1995 18-1 12290
Downtown Photographs 1970-1989 19-1 14193
Downtown Business Photographs 1984-2000 20-1 14311
Downtown Photographs 1990-2002 21-1 14314
Downtown Kitchener 1965 31-1 10168

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