Location
Contact us at dharlene@haftvadi.com or 519-569-7139. Please note that email is by far the more reliable way to reach us.
The studio is located in the centre of downtown Kitchener at:
100 Ahrens Street West
Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 4C3
We’re directly across from the VIA rail station, very close to the intersection of Victoria and Weber. Downstairs is the sheet music store Opus II.
The building is loaded with excellent artists and musicians. Closest to Haft Vadi’s room are a guitar and piano teacher who are often running classes at the same time we are. In order to not disturb them, we ask that Haft Vadi students avoid talking in the hall outside the studio door, and to keep conversations in the waiting area quiet.
Public transit comes very close to the studio (King Street main line #7, #8 on Margaret is closest, #18 on Weber). The studio is a 5 minute walk from the Grand River Transit terminal, so really, any bus gets you there.
Also, it’s worth getting to know your classmates and arranging carpooling. All this of course to benefit the asthmatics in the community as well as reducing congestion in the parking lot. Also, there is room for two cars directly in front of the building. After 5pm you can park across the street at Krug, but not at the plumbing supply place.
DIRECTIONS FROM 401
Take the HWY-8 W exit- EXIT 278- toward KITCHENER / WATERLOO.
Merge onto PROVINCIAL ROUTE 8 W.
Take the HWY-7 E exit toward GUELPH / HWY-85 / WATERLOO.
Merge onto PROVINCIAL ROUTE 7 E / CONESTOGA PKWY.
On Conestoga Parkway stay in the right lane (but don’t exit Ottawa Street)
Take the Wellington Street West exit (if you take East by mistake, no big, just u-turn when the road ends)
Turn left on Ahrens Street
The studio is on your left side, just beside the train tracks.