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Originally Posted by raisethehammer
I thought for sure you'd get the Canadian Tire at Main/Victoria and some of the apartment towers in Durand on Robinson/Park/Bay etc..... you could do another entire thread down there (I know you got some of them in the skyline, but the street level is awesome. Great tilework, murals, windows, lobbies etc....)
Great photo tour.
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I was trying to focus on areas I haven't given any coverage, like West Hamilton and the Mohawk Road area. But I do regret not snapping more pics in Durand and Corktown for this thread--dozens of funky mid century highrises in those areas.
It's interesting, these buildings were built from the 50s to the 70s, a time when autocentric urban planning was at its height. Despite that, many of them incorporate features that we would like to see today, for example, medium to high density mixed use buildings with wide sidewalks and retail right along the street. Most of the pictures were taken in areas that are now inner suburbs, but at the time were on the outskirts of the city. A lot of buildings like these were also built as infill. Unfortunately, entire Victorian neighbourhoods were wiped out in the name of "urban renewal" for the sea of highrises in Durand and Corktown. I guess these are the reasons why many of us view this architecture with ambivalence.
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Originally Posted by nickcarey
Fabulous post. Based on the other threads I've seen on Hamilton, I never would have guessed it was such a mid-century modern city. Vancouver eat your heart out!
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DC83 is right, Hamilton's skyline wouldn't exist without it. This type of architecture is what makes it one of the densest cities in Canada. I'm sure you would find a good amount of architecture like this in many Canadian cities, since most of them underwent population booms in the 60s.
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