by WRX Property Group | Nov 29, 2021 | Blog, Local History
The Most Orwellian of Years The important, initial year for our story is 1984. IBM was still the world’s foremost computer company, but Macintosh had just aired their famous, hammer-hurling, Ridley Scott-directed “1984” commercial, proclaiming the imminent arrival of...
by WRX Property Group | Nov 29, 2021 | Blog, Local History
Doon, 1913 We’ll explore the modern day towards the end of the article, but first, let’s turn our attention away from the inception of hockey (and its official declaration as Canada’s favourite) and toward a certain corner of a certain city called Kitchener, in...
by WRX Property Group | Nov 29, 2021 | Blog, Local History
Bridgeport Casino Kitchener Greetings! Welcome to another edition of the WRX Property Group Real Estate Blog! Lately, we’ve been diving into the history of the Waterloo Region, finding what pearls of wisdom we might find. Today’s historical entry pertains to a...
by WRX Property Group | Nov 29, 2021 | Blog, Local History
Bridgeport Bridge Kitchener Greetings! Welcome to the WRX Property group website and blog. Today we’ll be completing our 3-part miniseries on a set of important, interesting bridges that were built in the Waterloo Region in the early twentieth century yet remain very...
by WRX Property Group | Nov 29, 2021 | Blog, Local History
Many of the finest cities in the world are built either alongside, or on both sides of, a river. London, Paris, and New York City are but a few. Access to waterways has historically been incredibly important, from opening up water transportation for trade, to...
by WRX Property Group | Nov 29, 2021 | Blog, Local History
Freeport Bridge in Kitchener Greetings! Welcome to another exciting edition of (and addition to) the ongoing WRX Property Group ‘History of the Waterloo Region’ series! We’ve been dipping our toes in local history as far back as the first group of Mennonite settlers...
