We’ve all seen this iconic Downtown Kitchener building, but did you know what it was originally used for? The Lang Tanning Company had a very sophisticated business beginning in the mid-late 1800s, which we tend to think of as having been small and quite local. By the early 1900s, Berlin, Ontario had dozens of large scale manufacturing companies employing hundreds of people each. Lang Tannery had over 600 employees!
The majority of the old brick and beam factories were located along King Street and Wilmot Street (now Victoria Street). Many of them have been turned into offices for the tech sector, including Google.
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Did you know this?! The replica mill was built in 1997 as a heritage tribute to the earliest industry in Waterloo, a Grist Mill built by Abraham Erb. The original mill was located on King Street, just north of where the Public Square is today, about where Famosa Pizza is located. The mill also served as a place for farmers to gather when they travelled long distances with their grain and livestock. Erb’s mill played a pivotal role in the settlement of the Village of Waterloo by serving as a destination for business and social interaction. Where you tricked by the “Abraham Erb Grist Mill” as it’s located now?
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Paint with Pamela!! If you’ve been on the Kitchener Mural and Outdoor Gallery walking tour with STROLL walking tours, no doubt you’ll have heard me gush about Pamela Rojas, and how prolific she is as a mural painter in Waterloo region. I’d argue THE most prolific mural painter, hands-down.
🎨 I love her community engaged style, where she collects ideas from the community, then designs the mural and eventually invites anyone to paint with her when she gets started. Hundreds of people contribute to each one of her mural projects.
Pamela is working on a new mural at the Waterloo Public Library. She posts her painting times on Facebook and Instagram every day that she’s there and invites anybody to come and paint with her.
🖼️ Take this opportunity to meet Pamela and guaranteed you will fall in love with her and her community muralprojects.💕
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