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has experienced continued growth, progress and prosperity. Some of Corner of Erb Street and Father David Bauer Drive the world’s most innovative, creative and technologically advanced companies call Waterloo home, and the City was recognized as the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex world’s Top Intelligent Community in 2007. 101 Father David Bauer Dr. Park Inn In Waterloo Park

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Barrel Warehouse WILLIAM ST E WILLOW ST Park BAUER DR uptown core, while showcasing the fabulous shopping, eating and 36 S O U T H WA L k : HERBERT ST 28 29 CAROLINE ST S business stops along the way. The UpTown LOOP opened on Sept.

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Alexandra Park 34 WILLIAM ST W Adult Recreation Centre FULLERTONNORMAN ST ST PARK ST Labatt Park The UpTown LOOP is a set of self-guided walking tours in uptown 35 185 King St. S. Waterloo. There is no better way to experience Waterloo! The UpTown LOOP takes you to many points of interest, including parks, public art and significant architecture – both historical and contemporary, while at the same time showcasing many establishments along the way.

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Manulife Place and Clock Tower Perimeter Institute Manulife Place is an urban park that was developed in the late This impressive building is the Perimeter Institute, an 1990s thanks to sponsorship from Manulife Financial. This area independent research institute devoted to furthering the of uptown Waterloo will be undergoing substantial growth over study of theoretical physics. Founded by Research In Motion the next few years with the Barrel Yards development and the co-founder Mike Lazaridis in 1999, the PI attracts people of all Balsillie School of International Affairs slated to be built nearby. ages to its easy-to-understand public lectures on macro physics theory. It’s said that the building’s façade was Grist Mill replica inspired by a computer chip. This is a replica of what Waterloo founder Abraham Erb’s original grist mill may have looked like. That mill – which Trans Canada Trail Pavilion stood at the corner of King and Erb streets – was a social The Trans Canada Trail Pavilion in Waterloo Park connects centre in the city’s early days. Farmers travelled there walkers, cyclists and in-line skaters to the nationwide trail from miles around to grind their wheat into flour. that runs through this community. Lace up your sneakers and head out on the trail – there are plenty of rest Sons of Waterloo stops along the way. Sons of Waterloo is a memorial to those who made the ultimate sacrifice of war. Located at the Waterloo Memorial recreation Complex back entrance to the Waterloo Memorial Recreation The Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex is the city’s premier Complex, the installation features artwork and memorabilia. public ice arena and swimming pool. Opened in 1993, this facility has hosted the Scott Tournament of Hearts, as well Waterloo’s First Schoolhouse as many hockey tournaments, concerts and special Waterloo’s first log schoolhouse was built in 1820 events. Its pool – called the Swimplex – is used by near the present MacGregor senior public school. It more than 250,000 people each year. was moved to Berlin, now Kitchener, in the early 1840s and rented as a residence. It returned to Waterloo Park Park Inn around the turn of the 20th century, and was rebuilt in Located near the Lions Lagoon water park, the Park 1972 thanks to the efforts of local students. Inn is the perfect place to get cool treats and yummy snacks when visiting Waterloo Park. Built in 1955, this Visitor and Heritage Information Centre concession stand is closed in the winter. The City of Waterloo’s Visitor and Heritage Information Centre operates out of the old Waterloo Rail Station on Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery Father David Bauer Drive. There, visitors can hop on the Waterloo Opened in 1993, the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery Central Railway train bound for St. Jacobs, the Farmers’ Market or has been internationally recognized for its exhibitions, Elmira, or embark on a guided historical walking tour at certain which have included such big names in the times of the year. arts world as Judy Chicago and Paul Stankard. The building is an example of award-winning contemporary architecture by Patkau Architects of Vancouver.

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etched into Memory Silver Lake Boardwalk Installed at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex, Etched Silver Lake was dug by hand to serve as a water source for into Memory is a series of six pieces that forms a human head Abraham Erb’s grist and sawmills. In the early days, its ice was when combined. Brass plates carry etchings, including portrayals harvested for refrigeration, and kept in a storehouse where the of bodies in various athletic actions. This work was created by Perimeter Institute now stands. It was also a popular place to go Evan Penny and Stephen Andrews. fishing, skating and swimming. Today, Silver Lake is a scenic stop in Waterloo where visitors can embark on an interpretive walk Waterloo Park around its boardwalk or watch the waterfowl in action. The park you are standing in was all farmland in 1890. That was the case until the Village of Waterloo, along with men from the local Board of Trade, History Walk had the vision to transform the Jacob Eby farm into a community park. Circling Silver Lake, the History Walk is a series of Today, Waterloo Park provides the community with 111 acres of active interpretive signs highlighting Waterloo’s rich history. This and passive public land. Throughout its rich history it has been educational adventure, which teaches the public about the site of many picnics, concerts and reunions. the city’s natural and cultural past, was the brainchild of local history teacher Ellis Little. eby Farm Animal Display The Eby Farm Animal Display gives visitors an up-close Trans Canada Trail opportunity to observe various animals. A trip to the The Trans Canada Trail passes through Waterloo, farm is free, and staff are often on hand to answer following the Iron Horse Trail and part of the Laurel Trail. questions while they feed the animals. With a pavilion in Waterloo Park, the trail links Waterloo residents to their neighbours in Kitchener and Woolwich, as eby Farmhouse well as to the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market. The Eby farmhouse stands in what was originally called West Side Park. Today it is used by the Waterloo Laurel Trail Potters’ Workshop. The Laurel Trail follows Laurel Creek from the north side of Waterloo through to the uptown core. This Victorian Gardens eight-kilometre pedestrian and cycle route is the busiest Walking through the Victorian Gardens is like taking in the region, known to carry up to 300 people per hour. a step back in time. These beautifully maintained In 2000, it became part of the Trans Canada Trail, which flowerbeds feature horticultural plantings, gazebos, winds though every province and territory in heritage perennials, pergola and other Victorian-era the country. features. Famous for its heritage, the award-winning gardens can be reserved for wedding ceremonies or photography shoots.

Lions Lagoon The fun never seems to end at the Lions Lagoon water park. Visitors beat the summer heat by facing off against water- breathing dragons and shooting water cannons.

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Market Hotel Waterloo Hotel Built in the 1850s in Georgian-Mennonite style, this building Hotels have sat on the northeast corner of King and Erb streets was originally the Market Hotel, serving, as its name implies, since 1835. The first, called Farmer’s Hotel, later Bowman House, as a market and hotel. Later, this Waterloo landmark housed was destroyed in an 1850 fire, rebuilt and then burned down the John Forsyth Co., which made shirts, pyjamas and again in 1889. The current building first opened its doors in 1890 undergarments. as Zimmerman House.

Carnegie Library and Carnegie Green Old Train Station Thanks to a grant from American industrialist and This old train station was constructed in 1910, replacing philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, the Carnegie Library the original station house, in the typical style of Grand was built in the early 1900s at the corner of Albert Trunk Railway stations. It was the site of many local and Dupont streets. The Classical Revival-style building historical events, including being the departure place of features many significant details, including ornamental troops serving in the First and Second World Wars. The brickwork and pediment over the entrance and building is now an upscale men’s clothing store called cornerstones that read “Carnegie” and “1903.” Paul Puncher Menswear.

Snyder-Seagram House Button Factory This home was built in 1903 for Herbert Snyder, owner of Snyder The Button Factory was built in 1886 to house a growing Brother’s Furniture. It was given to Joseph Seagram’s grandson, business that employed more than 100 button makers working J.E. Seagram, as a wedding present in 1929. The home is unique with imported shells and ivory nuts. The building is an example because it was made of poured concrete. of late-19th-century Industrial architecture, featuring large windows to maximize natural light. The invention of plastic and Huether Hotel zippers precipitated the closure of the factory in 1945. Today, The Huether Hotel is a Waterloo landmark built in the it’s home to the Waterloo Community Arts Centre, which offers 1880s that features an elaborate Victorian façade. Inside, classes in all artistic disciplines. the Lion Brewery Restaurant has a massive arched-stone vaulted ceiling, as well as two display cases highlighting Snyder-Hahn Building “hide tunnels” that may have been used to smuggle Built in 1857 by Jacob Bricker, this architecturally significant alcohol during the Prohibition Era. building first served as a pharmacy under proprietor J.S. Hoffman. Over the years its ownership passed through Old Post Office the hands of several prominent figures, including Moses The former Waterloo Post Office and Custom House Springer, Waterloo’s first mayor, Simon Snyder and Melvin was completed in 1913 at a cost of $50,000. It features typical Hahn. The Snyder-Hahn building has retained some of its federal post-office architecture that’s Romanesque in style with original features, including bark-covered beams behind rounded arches on the main façade. This Heritage Landmark the dispensary, ornamental brick work and an early tin also has an imposing clock tower that has been shortened over ceiling complete with connections for gas lights. This site the years because of decay and fire. is also important locally because it was there, in 1888, that the idea of the Dominion Life Assurance Co. first was tossed around.

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Molson’s Bank Looking Outward and Inward Molson’s Bank, now the Bank of Montreal, is the oldest (at the Waterloo Public Library) establishment of its kind in Waterloo. Dating to 1914, this The Looking Outward and Inward sculpture by artist Susan Heritage Landmark is an architectural gem with its Ionic Low-Beer is an ambiguous and contradictory piece that explores columns, recessed transom, pediments, keystones, eared trim the relationship between men and women, as well as the and more. It’s built on land that was used as a public square male and female in everyone. for a century, but was sold to the bank when its former owner, William Snider, tired of paying taxes on Marsland Building property that was used for civic purposes. Across the street is the Marsland Centre, which is located on the site of the city’s first City Hall. Later, City Hall was Bahnsen-Bierstock-Marsland House housed in this building until moving to its current home This Tudor Revival-style home was built in 1924 by John on Regina Street. Bahnsen, the manager of the Globe Furniture Co., which was a world leader in furniture manufacturing at one Waterloo Dark Wall Mural time. Now the house is owned by the Marsland family. The Waterloo Dark wall mural can be seen by passersby on King Street. Waterloo Public Library The main branch of the Waterloo Public Library was Memorial Park built on Albert Street in 1966. About 1,600 people visit it each Memorial Park, located beside Knox Presbyterian Church on day to use its adult, children’s and reference departments, as Erb Street West, was created in 1924 to honour Waterloo’s fallen well as its auditorium. Waterloo has had a library since 1876, soldiers. The Cenotaph stood there from 1957 to 1993, when it with the original one serving as a resource for mechanics. was moved to a park beside City Centre to make way for a parking garage at the Marsland Centre.

Visit the City of Waterloo’s website at www.waterloo.ca to learn more about what’s happening here. This dynamic and innovative community offers a multitude of recreational, cultural and historical opportunities for residents and visitors.

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Pumphouse McLaughlin House This Pumphouse was built in 1899 after the Town of Waterloo Built in 1867, the McLaughlin House stands out because it was rare took ownership of its own waterworks plant. At a cost of to build frame houses in urban areas at that time. Brick houses $40,000, three wells were sunk to provide the city with water were encouraged back then, and fire regulations restricted and fire protection. The yellow brick on this Heritage wooden constructions. Landmark is common in uptown Waterloo because it’s made of clay that’s native to the area. Seagram-remax Buildings The original Seagram-Remax buildings were built in the Bean-Wright House 1850s to house a foundry. They were purchased by the This impressive Victorian home with Italianate-influenced Seagram Distillery in 1905, and today they’re used by architecture was built by town councillor Theodore Remax and Sole Restaurant and Wine Bar. Bellinger in 1882, and later sold to David Bean, who also was a councillor, mayor of Waterloo and owner of City Centre the Waterloo Chronicle. This Heritage Landmark features This is Waterloo’s “civic centre” with Waterloo City Centre on a frieze board and brackets under the wide eaves, a bay one side of Regina Street, and the Region of Waterloo Public window with delicate mouldings and a double front door Health building on the other. Waterloo City Centre is home to highlighted by an arched course of brick. City Hall as well as some businesses. Drop by the third floor to see a collection of watercolours by the late Peter Goetz and kuntz-eckert House photos of all of Waterloo’s mayors. City council’s chambers The yellow brick Kuntz-Eckert House is an example of a mid- to are also on that floor, with many meetings open to the public. late-19th-century merchant’s home built in 1880 by David Kuntz. This building has a number of environmentally friendly features, Purchased by Anna Eckert in 1898, the house reflects Italianate including a green roof. influences with its elaborate roof brackets and two-storey projecting bay. Waterloo Public Square After years of planning and anticipation, the Waterloo kuntz-Labatt House Public Square officially opened in May 2009. Located Dating to the mid-1880s, the Kuntz-Labatt House in the heart of uptown Waterloo, the square is a place has Italianate features as well as verandahs typical of where people can take part in a variety of programming architecture during that time. The Kuntz family owned a opportunities or relax with friends and family. brewery that grew to become the second largest in the province by 1910. Eventually it was sold to Carling, and Waterloo Bell today this building holds offices and meeting rooms The Waterloo Bell – also called Bell For Kepler – was unveiled for Erb and Good Family Funeral Home. in the Waterloo Public Square in June 2009. Created by artist Royden Rabinowitch, this piece of public art serves as a reminder of what erb-kumpf House this city has been, as well as what it will be in the future. One of Waterloo’s oldest homes, the Erb-Kumpf House was originally occupied by Abraham Erb, the city’s founder. Ownership passed through several well-known families, including the Devitts, Sniders and Kumpfs, over the years. Parts of the structure date to 1812, and it has undergone a number of additions since then, resulting in a mixture of architectural characteristics – Georgian, Gothic, Doric and Regency. | 20 Your guide to The UpTown LOOP continued REGINA N ST

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Adult recreation Centre Heritage Park The Adult Recreation Centre opened in 1975 to provide space for Heritage Park was the site of Waterloo’s original public square. adult and senior programming. Over the next few years there Back in the 1850s, a cattle market was held there on the second was increasing demand for its services, and the centre Tuesday of each month. expanded in 1988 to accommodate this growth. Brewmeister Green Old Seagram Distillery Famous for its attractive floral displays, Brewmeister Green The Seagram Distillery – which was the world’s is Waterloo’s oldest park. A fountain has stood here since largest producer of spirits and wines at one time the early 1900s, although the original structure fell into – operated here from 1857 to the 1990s, employing disrepair and was replaced with this one around 1950. as many as 250 people in the production of its fine Bud Clair, whom Clair Lake was named after, and his whisky. Purchased by Joseph Seagram in 1883, this site is family created the rock garden and pool that surround a Waterloo landmark, and it’s about to enter the next stage today’s fountain. in its history as the home of the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Jim Balsillie, one of the co-founders of Research In Motion, Timeteller donated millions of dollars to the think-tank. Meanwhile, the distillery It’s hard to miss the German/Austrian design of the gazebo building where whisky barrels were once stored is now an upscale in Brewmeister Green. Known as the Oktoberfest Heritage condominium complex. Timeteller, this attractive landmark was built in 1984.

Triad: Dual, Interface and reunited Labatt Park Called Triad: Dual, Interface and Reunited, the three bronze Located on Park Street, Labatt Park was home to a brewery for sculptures in front of the Uptown Parkade are by Ann Roberts. almost 140 years. Today, the John Labatt Barley Field sculpture The pieces reflect upon the futility of war while introducing commemorates its heritage. a sense of hope and regeneration. John Labatt Barley Field Laurel Creek (public art) The John Labatt Barley Field sculpture signifies the Named Laurel Creek, this work by Nat McHaffie was historical importance of agriculture in Waterloo Region. inspired by the interrelation of Waterloo and its creeks, Representing a field of barley, this piece of public art which weave under and through the buildings and consists of 61 plant forms that were constructed out of landscapes in this city. In fact, the creek flows under the hand-forged steel stalks and leaves with copper flower piece of art. heads.

Cenotaph Park Alexandra Park The 18-foot granite Cenotaph was purchased in Alexandra Park is located on a portion of the former Alexandra 1957, replacing a wooden cross that had been erected in School site. The City of Waterloo acquired the lot in 1999 at a cost of memory of the 14 local men who died in the First World War. $75,000, and cleaned it up and added play equipment for families in that Now located by City Hall, the Cenotaph is the site of Waterloo’s area. Remembrance Day ceremonies honouring those lost in wars.

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