[flar]

HAMILTON TOURS
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Hamilton Photo Essays:

Canada's Forgotten City (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=193875)

Déjà vu (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=193664)

The City in Pictures (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=168601)

Goodbye, Hamilton (from 43 floors up) (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=166449)

This broken down old city still manages to wake up every morning... (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=165732)

HAMILTON | Scenes from the cutting room floor (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=161359)

Day for Night (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=155748)

122 Never Before Seen Photos (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=174637)

Five millionth thread spectacular! (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=178836)

Twilight of the Industrial Age (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186681)

S U B U R B I A ! (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=149233)

< R - E - T - R - O > (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=155108)

< H E A V Y <> I N D U S T R Y > (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=150080)

C I T Y _ L I G H T S (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=163245)

D I R T Y B R I C K (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=158495)

ROWHouses (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=163831)

ROWS of Houses (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=173030)

A leisurely stroll through the inner city (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=134211)

I miss the GRIT! (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=171642)

The Mechanized Hum of Another World (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=176522)

What destroys you? (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=177866)

H-Town Letdown (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=178372)

Urban Pornography (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=193479)

A leisurely Victorian Stroll (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=200134)


My Favourite Hamilton Houses:
Round 1 (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=174343) • Round 2 (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=174343&page=2) • Round 3 (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=174343&page=3)


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Stone architecture in Greater Hamilton:

Stone in Central Hamilton (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=150491)

Stone in Flamborough (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=159134)

Stone in Dundas and Ancaster (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=159574)



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Hamilton Neighbourhood Tours:

Corktown (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186922)

The original Durand tour (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=118098)

Durand Part I (forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=162149)

Durand Part II (forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=162269)

Locke Street South (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=135162)

North Kirkendall (forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=164309)

South Kirkendall (forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=164446)

North Stipley (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=166988)

Westdale (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=135327)

Gibson (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=167637)

St. Clair (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=141099)

The Delta (forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=145794)

Concession Street (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=140408)

Central (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=162606)

Barton Street (forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=119700)

Stinson (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=147294)

The North End (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=153731)

Keith (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=166096)

James North (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=141853)

Kenilworth (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=168229)

Landsdale (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=164061)

West Mountain Brow (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=146487)

Ottawa St. (forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=135905)

Strathcona (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=156346)

Beasley (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=159968)

Chedoke (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=160292)

The Beach Strip (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=156809)

Hess Village (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=138574)

McMaster University (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=158825)

The Bayfront (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=154207)



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Hamilton Suburbs:

Stoney Creek (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=160681)

Waterdown & Greensville (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=159134)

Burlington (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=152571)

Ancaster (forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=140652)

Dundas (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=131127)

Dundas Houses (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=165317)

[flar]

OTHER TOWNS AND CITIES


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Photo Essays:

Five Skylines: Toronto, Montreal, Detroit, Hamilton, Ottawa (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=177416)

The Chemical Valley (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=177120)

41 buildings that are about to be demolished (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=178092)

SKYLINES and SPRAWL: Toronto, Mississauga, Calgary, Regina (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=179068)

3200km through Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Maine (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186186)


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CITIES

Detroit, Michigan (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=187665)

Buffalo, New York (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=158116)

Detroit, Michigan & Windsor, Ontario

Toledo, Ohio (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=196639)


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Chicago, Illinois:

Part I (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=192770)

Part II (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=192941)

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Halifax, Nova Scotia:

Downtown (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=183738)

North End/South End Neighbourhoods (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=184091)


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Quebec City, Quebec:

Vieux-Québec (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=184116)

Saint-Sauveur/Saint-Roch Neighbouroods (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=183628)


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Winnipeg, Manitoba:

Downtown (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=189539)

The Exchange District (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=189279)


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Montréal, Québec:

M O N T R É A L (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=187989)

Snapshots of Montréal (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=172451)

La rue Saint-Denis à Montréal (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=180439)

Le Plateau (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=180483)


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Toronto, Ontario:

Toronto Density (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=194913)

Too much Toronto (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=161693)

Major League Skyscrapers (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=152840)

The Annex (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=148837)

Chinatown (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=131227)

Cabbagetown (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=161612)

Mississauga City Centre (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=143799)


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Kingston, Ontario:

Downtown (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=191464)

Sydenham Ward (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=191541)


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London, Ontario:

Downtown (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=125840)

Talbot (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=164891)

Woodfield (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=164787)

Old South/Wortley Village (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=198614)


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Regina, Saskatchewan:

Downtown (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=179113)

Cathedral (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=179265)

Warehouse District (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=179405)


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Waterloo Region, Ontario:

Kitchener

Galt (Cambridge) (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=188476)

Waterloo (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=133258)


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Niagara Region, Ontario:

Niagara-On-The-Lake (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=150921)

Niagara Falls (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=146238)

Welland (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=163056)

St. Catharines (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=137693)


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Oakville, Ontario:

Oakville: Downtown (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=160960)

Oakville: Historic Homes (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=160959)


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Thunder Bay, Ontario (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=194970)

Port Huron, Michigan (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=187419)

Saint John, New Brunswick (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=183868)

Bangor, Maine (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=183685)

Guelph, Ontario (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186533)

Brantford, Ontario (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=123197)

Sarnia, Ontario (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=187416)


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Ontario Stone Towns

Fergus, Ontario (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186912)

Elora, Ontario (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=154863)

St. Marys, Ontario (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=157051)

Flamborough (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=159134)

Dundas and Ancaster (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=159574)


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SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO

Amherstburg, Ontario (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=156295)

Wallaceburg, Ontario (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=130336)

Wallaceburg Housing Study (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=173909)

Ridgetown, Thamesville, and Dresden, Ontario (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186682)

Paris, Ontario (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=144526)

Chatham, Ontario

Stratford, Ontario (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=157382)

Woodstock, Ontario

Petrolia, Ontario (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186913)

Marine City, Michigan, Sombra, Ontario & Fawn Island, Ontario (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=157766)

Port Lambton, Ontario (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=192819)


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EASTERN ONTARIO

Merrickville, Ontario (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=169848)

Brockville, Ontario (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=175655)

Almonte, Ontario (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=178762)


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19th Century Southern Ontario

Part 1: Georgian, Neo-Classical, Regency (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=170829)

Part 2: Gothic Revival (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=170869)

Part 3: Italianate (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=170878)

Part 4: Second Empire (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=170880)

Part 5: Queen Anne, Romanesque (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=170887)

Part 6: Late Victorian urban housing (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=170890)


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NOVA SCOTIA


Peggys Cove (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=185959)

Digby (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186002)

[flar]

OTTAWA-GATINEAU TOURS
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PHOTO ESSAYS:

National Capital Region IV (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=199712)

Parce que chaque petit geste compte! (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=197749)

No smiling No freedom No littering No loitering No smoking No talking (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=193295)

ATTENTION FREE THINKERS: Demand Superior Products (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=192137)

TO ME, iT D'OSNT MATTER (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=188703)

Never take mon feu (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=182970)

National Capital Region I (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=175133)

National Capital Region II (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=181367)

National Capital Region III (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=5013066)

C A N A D I A N S (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=171086)

Ottawa Skyline Panorama (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=175045)


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NEIGHBOURHOODS:

Hintonburg (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=168474)

Lowertown (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=187843)

Sandy Hill North (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=169263)

Centretown Part One (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=171293)

Chinatown (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=171883)

Golden Triangle (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=173267)

Vieux-Hull (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=171763)

ByWard Market (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=176157)

Downtown Ottawa (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=177688)

New Edinburgh (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=180102)

Dalhousie (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=182434)

Barrhaven I (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=190779)

Barrhaven II (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=198422)

Lincoln Fields/Nepean (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=190177)

The Glebe (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=195616)

[flar]

New photos:

CITY LIGHTS
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=163245

[flar]

I moved some very old Hamilton threads to this section

[flar]

New feature on Hamilton rowhouses:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=163831

[flar]

I've posted a proper tour of Landsdale. It really is a great neighbourhood, and I think extremely underrated. I noticed some renovations and restorations over the past couple years. Retail on King and Barton is still very weak, but who knows what the future holds? The housing stock is amazing--this neighbourhood could be one of the best in Canada if gentrification ever happened.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=164061

[MsMe]

Have you done Chedoke area yet Flar. I haven't been in that area in years. There are some nice houses in that area too.

[flar]

Have you done Chedoke area yet Flar. I haven't been in that area in years. There are some nice houses in that area too.

I did Chedoke in the fall:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=160292

[MsMe]

Thanks Flar, missed that tour. :)

[flar]

Brand new Kirkendall tour--a more in depth exploration of the eclectic housing in North Kirkendall

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=164309

[flar]

^^look up at the first post of this thread^^

I've now added links to my non-Hamilton tours

[flar]

New Hamilton tour: South Kirkendall

A study of early suburbia

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=164446

[omro]

Loving all the additional tours! :)

Thanks for posting them all and thanks for taking the time to photograph them in the first place!

[astroblaster]

flar you should publish a book

[MsMe]

flar you should publish a book

And here is a link to do that. And these prices aren't that bad.

http://www.picaboo.com/photobooks/optionspricing.html

[MsMe]

Flar, Smithville would be another area that would be good to get photos of. Many older houses there plus that historical train station as well.

[flar]

Some photos of London, Ontario, Canada's 10th largest city and the 4th largest in Ontario. Interesting to see some of the differences from Hamilton:

Downtown (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=125840)

Talbot (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=125840)

Woodfield (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=164787)

[Jon Dalton]

I enjoyed the London one. The few times I've been there for shows I walked around what seems to be a decent downtown with a good mix of establishments. Hamilton could learn from just about every other mid sized city - none of them effed it up quite as bad as us. Well, maybe Brantford.

[matt602]

Yep, I've only been to London about 3 times but I enjoyed it. Kinda felt like a really small version of Toronto downtown.

[flar]

Dundas residential, pretty nice:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=165317

[flar]

A trip downtown:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=165732

[flar]

A tour of the Keith neighbourhood:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=166096

[flar]

400 feet above Hamilton, and probably my last Hamilton thread.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=166449

[flar]

Not my photos, but very interesting.

Hamilton Industry in 1913:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=166551

[flar]

I squeezed a few photos in during my last weeks in Hamilton. This is one of the last tours, North Stipley.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=166988

[highwater]

don't make me cry:(

[omro]

You really should look back at all your photos and with the aid of a few maps, create a glossy coffee table book. Even if you self-published, I'd buy it.

[emge]

me too. I'd love to have something people coming from out of town could pick up and leaf through in my living room and see the city through (and i'd enjoy owning it too!)

[flar]

Last new photo tour of Hamilton by me:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=167637

[omro]

Last

:(

[flar]

Last neighbourhood tour (actually a few areas). These aren't new, just some old photos I dug up and remastered.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=168229


I think I will put together a grand finale and final index in the main photo section in a couple weeks.

[emge]

I know this issue's been out for a few weeks already, but I saw one of Flar's photos today when I picked up this month's View magazine - proper credit and everything. Has that happened before? That was pretty neat to see anyhow.

[flar]

I submit a photo to View magazine every week, usually around page 3 or 4 I think.

[emge]

I don't read it very often, as you can tell ;) But neat nevertheless.

[flar]

For the sake of completeness, I think I'm going to make up one last neighbourhood tour for Hamilton, a compilation of shots from James North, which I purposely avoided when I did the Beasley and Central tours. I did a James North tour a long time ago, but it wasn't up to the standards of some of the other tours.

In the meantime, some of you may be interested in my first Ottawa neighbourhood tour: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=168474

[flar]

Instead of making a new thread, I resurrected the old James North thread: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=141853

I've also now posted the grand finale and complete set of links in the main photo section: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=168601

[flar]

Oh yes, thanks for looking at the all these photos over the past few years :cheers:

[highwater]

The pleasure was all ours. :(

[flar]

The original Durand "remastered"
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=118098

I wanted to have better pictures of Durand for posterity!

[flar]

I'll update this index (first post of this thread) from time to time with my recent tours.

It's quite interesting to see the architectural similarities and differences between Southern and Eastern Ontario.

Here are a few since I've moved:

Merrickville, Ontario (very well preserved 19th C village)
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=169848

Ottawa's Sandy Hill neighbourhood (lots of mansions and embassies)
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=169263

Hintonburg neighbourhood in Ottawa (working class)
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=168474

[SteelTown]

Hey flar thought you might be interested.....

http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/eyeonthearea/index.html

Welcome to Eye on the Area.

Think you have an interesting local story to tell with a great photo? The Hamilton Spectator wants to hear all about it!

You are invited to submit your photo of the Hamilton area! We are currently accepting photo submissions to be considered to appear in our
daily feature, "eye on the area photos".

Don't miss this opportunity to have a picture that you have taken appear on the front page of the Classified section of the Hamilton Spectator, and on-line at thespec.com

[flar]

Two Hamilton photo compilation threads:

Grit: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=171642

Density: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=172305

[flar]

Some of my other recent photo threads you might be interested in:

19th Century Southern Ontario
Part 1: Georgian, Neo-Classical, Regency (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=170829)
Part 2: Gothic Revival (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=170869)
Part 3: Italianate (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=170878)
Part 4: Second Empire (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=170880)
Part 5: Queen Anne, Romanesque (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=170887)
Part 6: Late Victorian urban housing (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=170890)

Montreal: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=172451
Hull, Quebec: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=171763

Ottawa:
-Centretown: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=171293
-Chinatown: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=171883
-Canada Day: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=171086

[emge]

I really enjoyed the threads on the various housing styles - very informative, and beautiful pictures as always.

[matt602]

Love the new stuff flar, but I still miss your presence here in the Hammer. Just ain't the same without ya.

[flar]

Rowhouses: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=163831

Rows of Houses: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=173030

[highwater]

Nice to see you've still got a place in your heart for Hamilton. Great threads, as always. :)

[flar]

I couldn't resist doing another Hamilton thread, I have so many photos.

My favourite Hamilton houses:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=174343

[emge]

My house is one of your favorites, apparently :) Very nice pictures, and many more in there far nicer than mine!

[flar]

The second round of favourite houses:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=174343&page=2

[flar]

If there are a few more replies in the "Favourite Houses" thread, I will post a third round of amazing homes.


I've been going through some old photos and made another thread with never before seen Hamilton shots:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=174637

[flar]

There is still a slight chance I will post another round of Hamilton houses. In the meantime, here are some of my non-Hamilton photos from the last little while:

Ottawa Skyline:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=175045

A variety from the National Capital Region: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=175133

Golden Triangle (Ottawa neighbourhood tour):
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=173267

Housing in Wallaceburg, ON:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=173909

[flar]

Part III of My Favourite Hamilton Houses is now up:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=174343&page=3

[flar]

Now, Ottawa has the advantage of millions of people wanting to visit the capital every year, but I direct you to this thread to show some examples of how to do modern developments in an old, walkable neighbourhood:
ByWard Market: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=176157

[flar]

I posted some new Hamilton photos, many grainy shots, but these are views that very few have ever seen.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=176522

[Jon Dalton]

Now, Ottawa has the advantage of millions of people wanting to visit the capital every year, but I direct you to this thread to show some examples of how to do modern developments in an old, walkable neighbourhood:
ByWard Market: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=176157

Stop - giving me city envy.
I love the square of mostly old 3-story buildings around the farmers market. It reminds me of old pictures of the Hamilton market when it was still surrounded by retail.

[flar]

Stop - giving me city envy.
I love the square of mostly old 3-story buildings around the farmers market. It reminds me of old pictures of the Hamilton market when it was still surrounded by retail.

The nice thing about Ottawa's market is that it is a few square blocks rather than a strip. Hamilton's old market looks like it would have been similar to the Byward Market. Today the Market is easily the best part of Ottawa, and they've done a great job with the infill and things like traffic calming and routing.

[flar]

2009 recap: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=176734

[flar]

Fans of industrial photography might be interested in this. The Chemical Valley near Sarnia is about the only Canadian place I know that rivals Hamilton's massive industrial landscape:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=177120

[realcity]

very nice Flar. I wouldn't say it rivals but def the only other place in Canada then can come close. Do those stacks shoot 20 foot flames?

[flar]

Sarnia has tons more smokestacks and firestacks than Hamilton. It's a different kind of industry though, Hamilton has the heaviest and oldest industry, it's just plain massive and it's really concentrated around the harbour. The Chemical Valley spreads out for 20 miles or more. There are over 60 chemical plants plus all the power generation in the Sarnia area but many are on isolated parcels of land surrounded by fields.

You wouldn't want them all together though. In the mid 1990s I witnessed a lightning strike on a giant oil tank as I was coming over the Bluewater Bridge after a night out in Detroit. I could still see the massive plume of fire when I arrived home in Port Lambton, about 40 km away. I couldn't imagine what would happen if a fire like that spread.

Another anecdote: I used to work at Union Gas, a ways from Sarnia but still related to the petrochemical industry there. There were massive compressors that pumped gas into empty oil wells for storage. The largest jet engines in the world (at the time) were used to pump the gas underground. They were so loud you would go deaf instantly if you went in without ear protection while they were running. When they shut down, the excess gas had to be blown off, it would send a stream of gas over a hundred feet in the air and let out a sound you wouldn't believe. I was told enough gas was released to heat a fair sized town for a year. We all firmly believed that if the place blew up it would take out half of southern Ontario.

[flar]

I was able to produce another Hamilton thread with all-new photos:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=177866

[flar]

Black and white Hamilton photos:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=178372

[flar]

Updated the indexes on Page 1 to include the latest Hamilton photothreads, plus some other recent tours.

Downtown Ottawa is worth a look:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=177688

And photos and discussion about the 41 buildings set to be demolished in Brantford:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=178092

[flar]

I've posted another Hamilton thread:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=178836

You won't see much more Hamilton from me, this is the final set from my recent search through the archives.

[flar]

Some updates...


Picturesque Almonte, Ontario:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=178762


The very last batch of Hamilton photos: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=178836


I spent a few days in Regina, Saskatchewan recently:

-Downtown http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=179113

-Cathedral Neighbourhood http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=179265

-Warehouse District http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=179405


Skylines and Sprawl (Toronto, Mississauga, Calgary, Regina) http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=179068


New Edinburgh neighbourhood in Ottawa: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=180102


Some photos of the Plateau neighbourhood in Montreal:

-Rue Saint-Denis http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=180439

-Canada's most urban neighbourhood http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=180483

[flar]

I couldn't resist putting up another Hamilton thread, no new pics unfortunately.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=182607



A couple Ottawa threads from the last few weeks:

National Capital Region II:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=181367

Inner City Ottawa:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=182434

[flar]

I recently made a trip to the East Coast, so far I've posted 6 tours and I still have two more.

Hamiltonians might be interested in looking at Halifax and Quebec City, a couple of our mid-sized Canadian city comrades.


HALIFAX:
North End/South End Neighbourhoods (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=184091)
Downtown (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=183738)

QUEBEC CITY:
Vieux-Québec (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=184116)
Saint-Sauveur/Saint-Roch Neighbouroods (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=183628)

SAINT JOHN, NB (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=183868)

BANGOR, ME (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=183685)

[Jon Dalton]

Saint John looks awesome. Quebec City too, I love those lower city neighbourhoods so much.

[flar]

xzmattzx visited Hamilton and posted some photos in the main photo section:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=184758


I think he'll be posting more from some Hamilton neighbourhoods and Dundas.

[flar]

The last of my summer roadtrip out east:

Peggy's Cove,NS: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=185959

Digby, NS: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186002

Summer Road Trip: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186186


A couple from Ottawa

Ottawa: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=182970

More Ottawa: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=185621



Some of the links in the index no long work. I've fixed the index, and once per week, I repost some of the "lost threads"

Twilight of the Industrial Age (Hamilton): http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186681

Petrolia, ON: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186913

The Annex (Toronto): http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186535

Ridgetown, Thamesville, Dresden, ON: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186682

Fergus, ON: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186912

Guelph, ON: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186533

[mattgrande]

I absolutely love the Peggy's Cove pictures. I got out East for the first time since I was a kid this summer and had a great time. The East Coast is wonderful.

It's also great so see those Fergus pics.

PS - Please check your private messages.

[markhornich]

where is this? i dont recognize it.

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/deindustrialization/00162.jpg

[flar]

Sherman near Burlington St.

(I really hope it doesn't still look like that, that photo was taken over three years ago)




I also remastered and reposted some Corktown photos from fall 2008:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186922

[padthai]

(I really hope it doesn't still look like that, that photo was taken over three years ago)

The burnt building is gone (as is the satellite dish!). Progress?

Courtesy of Google Street View: http://bit.ly/ek8lIR

[flar]

I hate to see these old streetscapes disappear, but the burnt buildings were pretty far gone. That billiards sign was awesome though.


***************

In case anyone missed it, I'm reposting some of the "lost" neighbourhood tours.

I completely reworked the Corktown tour, including some photos never before seen:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186922

[flar]

More Hamilton tours:


Westdale:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=187283

St. Clair:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=187284

[padthai]

Loved that you got the crazy Blake St place in the group of St Clair shots. I've always thought that place was weird....I feel sorry for the neighbours.

http://bit.ly/g31qYE

[flar]

Re-added Sarnia, Ontario http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=187416 and Port Huron, Michigan http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=187419

[flar]

I visited Detroit last week: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=187665

A fascinating city suffering much worse than Hamilton, although they share a few of the same problems. I thought it was interesting that they built a baseball and a football stadium downtown.

Comerica Park, the Baseball stadium
http://segaert.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v12/p341781139-5.jpg

[flar]

Some recent photo tours I've posted. Definitely check out Winnipeg's Exchange District. Winnipeg and Hamilton don't look much alike, but they have some other similarities, notably they are of similar size and have experienced long slow declines.


Winnipeg's Exchange District: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=189279


Downtown Montreal: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=187989


Downtown Ottawa: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=188703


Ottawa neighbourhood: Lowertown http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=187843


Re-posted a tour of Galt (Cambridge): http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=188476


Also re-posted a tour of the Annex in Toronto: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186535

[flar]

Brand new photos from Hamilton (I was there on Wednesday and Thursday)

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=193664



Also, a few never-before-seen photos from the archives: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=193479

[flar]

In addition to the new Hamilton photos (here (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=193664)) I've posted a bunch of others from various cities:

Chicago (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=192770)
More Chicago (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=192941)
Winnipeg (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=189539)
Kingston (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=191464)
More Kingston (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=191541)
Ottawa (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=193295)
More Ottawa (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=192137)
Even more Ottawa (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=190177)
Barrhaven (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=190779)
Port Lambton, Ontario (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=192819)

[north 42]

Detroits downtown is actually doing quite well now compared to the last couple decades. The new stadiums and casinos have helped, as well as thousands of new offices moving downtown. There are also quite a few lofts being developed as well.

[flar]

Part 2 of the photos from my recent trip to Hamilton:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=193875

[flar]

Some of the missing classic neighbourhood tours reposted:
Dundas: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=195734
Locke Street South: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=195737



Other recent threads:

200th Thread Spectacular: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=195157

The Glebe (Ottawa): http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=195616

Thunder Bay: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=194970

Toronto Density: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=194913

[flar]

Reposted Concession Street tour: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=195821

[flar]

I've posted the last two missing neighbourhood tours.

James North:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=196155

Hess Village:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=196154

[Jon Dalton]

You got my house in that james north album hahahaha I think you've now photographed every house I've lived in Hamilton.

[flar]

Well, I have photographed an awful lot of houses :haha:

[coalminecanary]

Flar, is this your photo? http://visitus.tourismhamilton.com/?p=2026

[flar]

Flar, is this your photo? http://visitus.tourismhamilton.com/?p=2026

I don't think so. It's similar to my avatar, but I always try to have the top of the Pigott building showing.

[coalminecanary]

yeah, it does look kind of funny when it's decapitated

[flar]

Updates:

Toledo, Ohio: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=196639

Plus Means More: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=198422

Parce que chaque petit geste compte!: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=197749

London: Old South/Wortley Village: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=198614

National Capital Region IV: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=199712

A leisurely Victorian Stroll (HAMILTON PHOTOS!): http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=200134

[flar]

The Hamilton of five or six years ago. Amazing how much has changed and how much has stayed the same.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=201350