miketoronto
05-06-2007, 10:41 PM
Myself and my friend decided to take a day trip to Hamilton, Canada's Steeltown for Doors Open Hamilton, which is an annual event when buildings open their doors to the public. We met up with some of the forumers and had a nice time touring the buildings. Here are some pics I took. Sorry if the pics are not the best. The sun was a little to bright.
Anyway enjoy a quick little look at Steeltown Hamilton.
Come open the doors of Steeltown with Miketoronto. Picture taken in downtown Hamilton.
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Boarding the Hamilton Express GO BUS at Toronto Union Station
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Hamilton GO CENTRE, Hamilton's main train and bus station.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor2.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor3.JPG
An old ad, on King Street, in downtown Hamilton.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor4.JPG
St Paul's Church, James Street, Downtown Hamilton.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor32.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor5.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor6.JPG
James Street Baptist Church, Downtown Hamilton.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor7.JPG
Mural in The Hamilton Conservatory of Music.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor10.JPG
View from the Hamilton Conservatory of Music Roof Garden.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor8.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor9.JPG
Townhouses in downtown Hamilton.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor11.JPG
McNab Street Church, Downtown Hamilton.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor12.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor13.JPG
Whitehern. A house built by one of the most famous families in Hamilton. Now a City of Hamilton museum, where you can tour the house.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor17.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor14.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor15.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor16.JPG
Hamilton Community Energy, downtown Hamilton. This complexe produces power for Hamilton City Hall, and a number of other buildings in downtown.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor18.JPG
Hamilton amories. Largest indoor armory in Canada.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor20.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor19.JPG
Christ Church Cathedral, James Street, downtown Hamilton.
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http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor22.JPG
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The Factory Hamilton Arts Centre, James Street, Downtown Hamilton. Artists work out of this complexe.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor24.JPG
Myself in one of the artists studios in The Factory.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor42.JPG
James Street, Downtown Hamilton. Before the advent of malls, this was one of one of the major streets to come and shop and spend the day on. It then went into decline, and is now reviving as a centre of art for Hamilton. Many art galleries have opened up and there are now Art Crawl's on Friday evenings.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor25.JPG
James Street is also home to Hamilton's Portugese and Italian community, with many ethnic stores.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor26.JPG
In addition to Doors Open there was also the little MAYDAY festival going on in downtown Hamilton along Price William Blvd. Here a girl is painting on a art project that is part of the festival on the abandoned Lister Building.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor35.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor38.JPG
The old Royal Connaught Hotel, awaiting restoration.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor34.JPG
James Street at King Street, the centre of downtown Hamilton.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor27.JPG
The Pigott Building. Once Hamilton's tallest.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor36.JPG
The Lister Block, awaiting restoration. This is what happens when you stop coming downtown and go to the mall instead.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor37.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor39.JPG
Some of the windows in the Lister Block have been painted.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor40.JPG
The Medical Arts Building, downtown.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor33.JPG
Hamilton has new buses running along King Street, the main route. Hamilton is planning to improve transit services, with more limited stop bus services, and more comfy buses like this bus. The Hamilton transit system is called "The Hamilton Street Railway". They kept the historical name eventhough there are only buses.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor41.JPG
Gore Park, the centre of downtown.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor28.JPG
Gore Park and King Street, downtown.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor29.JPG
The famous Gore Park fountain.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor30.JPG
Meet Miketoronto at the Fountain :)
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/mikegore.JPG
An evening stroll on King Street, downtown Hamilton. When you are looking at this picture, I want you to remember that Downtown Hamilton is considered one of the most blighted and troubled downtowns in Canada. The thing I find interesting, is that despite King Street(what use to be the main shopping and entertainment heart of the city) having vacant storefronts, and not good shopping at all, the street is still full of people taking a stroll through the downtown. This is downtown King Street at like 6PM on a Saturday.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor31.JPG
A small group pic. From left to right, Wylie, Jenn, Steeltown, Flar, and his wife.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamfourmeet.JPG
Anyway enjoy a quick little look at Steeltown Hamilton.
Come open the doors of Steeltown with Miketoronto. Picture taken in downtown Hamilton.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor43.JPG
Boarding the Hamilton Express GO BUS at Toronto Union Station
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor1.JPG
Hamilton GO CENTRE, Hamilton's main train and bus station.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor2.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor3.JPG
An old ad, on King Street, in downtown Hamilton.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor4.JPG
St Paul's Church, James Street, Downtown Hamilton.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor32.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor5.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor6.JPG
James Street Baptist Church, Downtown Hamilton.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor7.JPG
Mural in The Hamilton Conservatory of Music.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor10.JPG
View from the Hamilton Conservatory of Music Roof Garden.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor8.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor9.JPG
Townhouses in downtown Hamilton.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor11.JPG
McNab Street Church, Downtown Hamilton.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor12.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor13.JPG
Whitehern. A house built by one of the most famous families in Hamilton. Now a City of Hamilton museum, where you can tour the house.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor17.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor14.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor15.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor16.JPG
Hamilton Community Energy, downtown Hamilton. This complexe produces power for Hamilton City Hall, and a number of other buildings in downtown.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor18.JPG
Hamilton amories. Largest indoor armory in Canada.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor20.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor19.JPG
Christ Church Cathedral, James Street, downtown Hamilton.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor21.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor22.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor23.JPG
The Factory Hamilton Arts Centre, James Street, Downtown Hamilton. Artists work out of this complexe.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor24.JPG
Myself in one of the artists studios in The Factory.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor42.JPG
James Street, Downtown Hamilton. Before the advent of malls, this was one of one of the major streets to come and shop and spend the day on. It then went into decline, and is now reviving as a centre of art for Hamilton. Many art galleries have opened up and there are now Art Crawl's on Friday evenings.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor25.JPG
James Street is also home to Hamilton's Portugese and Italian community, with many ethnic stores.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor26.JPG
In addition to Doors Open there was also the little MAYDAY festival going on in downtown Hamilton along Price William Blvd. Here a girl is painting on a art project that is part of the festival on the abandoned Lister Building.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor35.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor38.JPG
The old Royal Connaught Hotel, awaiting restoration.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor34.JPG
James Street at King Street, the centre of downtown Hamilton.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor27.JPG
The Pigott Building. Once Hamilton's tallest.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor36.JPG
The Lister Block, awaiting restoration. This is what happens when you stop coming downtown and go to the mall instead.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor37.JPG
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor39.JPG
Some of the windows in the Lister Block have been painted.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor40.JPG
The Medical Arts Building, downtown.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor33.JPG
Hamilton has new buses running along King Street, the main route. Hamilton is planning to improve transit services, with more limited stop bus services, and more comfy buses like this bus. The Hamilton transit system is called "The Hamilton Street Railway". They kept the historical name eventhough there are only buses.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor41.JPG
Gore Park, the centre of downtown.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor28.JPG
Gore Park and King Street, downtown.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor29.JPG
The famous Gore Park fountain.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor30.JPG
Meet Miketoronto at the Fountain :)
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/mikegore.JPG
An evening stroll on King Street, downtown Hamilton. When you are looking at this picture, I want you to remember that Downtown Hamilton is considered one of the most blighted and troubled downtowns in Canada. The thing I find interesting, is that despite King Street(what use to be the main shopping and entertainment heart of the city) having vacant storefronts, and not good shopping at all, the street is still full of people taking a stroll through the downtown. This is downtown King Street at like 6PM on a Saturday.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamdoor31.JPG
A small group pic. From left to right, Wylie, Jenn, Steeltown, Flar, and his wife.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/miketorontoscar/hamfourmeet.JPG
