Thanks I grew up around Gage Park so really had never seen it before.

Cheers

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Just a couple of pictures
 

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1908

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1907

Cheers

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Ghosts From The Past
 

Haunting images of backstage and above it all at the now demolished Lyric Theater on Mary Street.

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If you want to see many, many more please go to this great website.

http://www.uer.ca/locations/show.asp...134&pp#threads

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A "Muvee" I made
 

Hi I quickly put this together this morning. I will do a better job when I have more time. Pictures of a dying and then dead grand old theater.

http://youtu.be/WSzqiLSm00Y

Born 1913
Died 2010
Grand old theater in Hamilton Ontario built in 1913. The song playing in the background is by Henry Burr called "Last Night was The End of The World" and was in the top 10 during this year. The images are from a website online and no copyright infringement is intended. I would just like to publicly thank stalker and the others for taking these pictures for us so that The Lyric can live forever in our memories. The song repeats 3 times ... like a bell tolling.

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I worked at Kresges right before it closed and this is the first picture I've seen (assuming I'm correct in the location of course) that I see more than 2 stories.

Of course looking at the picture again, Kresge's didn't open until 1930. Was there a building there before the store that was demolished and Kresge built new?

Not sure I understand the question. Are you asking whether that 3-story building in the above picture was a Kresge's? I think it may have been or at least a 5 and dime store of some sort.

I believe the building you are referring to burned down and was replaced by the two story art deco Kresge's....i will check on it.

Kresge's was where the white 4 story building is shown between the bowling sign and the Right House building.
I've never seen a picture that predates Kresge's so I was a bit confused. :)

Cool, thank you. :tup:

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hi there... i checked and couldn't get the info but check out this link
from Paul Wilson of CBC Hamilton
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilt...dime-1.1355844

I've seen that one before. Thanks for checking though.

I was officially the last Kresge employee to leave the building in '94. I though we got all the old signs. :haha:
Apparently not according to the picture in the article you posted.

I remember finding signs that read hamburgers 15 cents, milkshakes 25 cents.

Somebody's going to scoop up the old Kresge's soon: a great commercial space below; residential tower above. It'll be a thing of beauty.

I like the educational idea that was in the Wilson story too. Add Mac to the list if they get booted out of the old court house.

Not sure about the Kresge's building, but that happened to the Woo,worth building. Check out both Woolworth buildings on page 11 of this thread.

http://henleyshamilton1.files.wordpr...ae11.jpg?w=450http://henleyshamilton1.files.wordpr...pg?w=450&h=573http://henleyshamilton1.files.wordpr...pg?w=450&h=360

http://henleyshamilton1.wordpress.co...re-march-1947/

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The TH&B station looks so bleak in that photo.

What's happening in the foreground of that last Kresge's shot? I can't figure it out.

You mean that concrete retaining wall?

I didn't notice the first time I looked at it.
Judging by the cars the pic was early '80's, that's most definitely a '79ish Mustang on the left....................ugly car, really ugly...........fugly even.

I think the washrooms were long gone by then so I can't imagine what that is/was.

Picture is from May 1984, about 10 months after the Gore Park Massacre. Concrete was in vogue, trees less so:

The outcry that had come with the chopping down of the trees was nothing compared with the reaction when two concrete block buildings started going up. Tony Butler, of the Hamilton Historic Board and a local architect, attacked the plan. He checked the drawings and said "They are totally inappropriate to the character of the city...I'm ashamed to see what's happening in Gore Park."....Council member were caught off balance by the vehemence of the protests and, while some of them staunchly defended the plan other "called the buildings too overpowering and monstrosities...[and] urged scrapping present plans and starting over.... In November of 1984 the renovations to the park and adjoining roadway were completed at a cost of $2.5 million."

The Gore Park Massacre carried an estimated price tag of $715,000.

Also: The Spec newsstand out front of Kresges is cute.

I worked at Kresge's for about 4 years through high school part time and the same 2 guys were in the Spec box 6 days a week all day.

I remember the one at King and James too.

Atleast Gore Park has nice trees now lol

Coolness.

Yeah, I didn't look closely at that TH&B shot the first time round. It's definitely got a 1980s NYC vibe - love it.

Lyric Theater
 

False ceiling at The Lyric Theater

http://imageshack.com/a/img23/764/y1y3.png

Apparently it was just some chicken wire covered with a paste of some sort.

http://substreet.org/lyric-theatre/

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Yeah, thats exactly what it was. The wall behind him is part of the original walls of the auditorium. If he kept walking he would have ended up in what was left of the balcony. The roof collapsed onto it at some point in the late 1990's. To get up there you either went up a 20 foot ladder from a closet beside the stage or went up some stairs in the front office part, then up a smaller yet much tighter ladder around the 3rd floor of the offices.

I fell through the floor of the 2nd floor offices and landed in the lobby the last time I was in that place. Thankfully I landed on a mushy pile of plaster, otherwise I'd have been injured pretty bad. I would have loved to have seen that place restored but it was in the worst condition that I've ever seen an abandoned building.

Some old prints.
 

Hi all I have just purchased two original pen and ink drawings of either the proposed neon sign or the actual neon sign of the Lyric and The Royal in Toronto. They came from the estate of the original owner. They are about 16 by 24 inches and also two free passes.

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http://imageshack.com/a/img132/5734/c3nq.png

The drawings have been neatly restored and I was interested in how close they resembled the old neon signs of The Grand and The Grand Opera Hotel

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Cheers

Finally a good shot of the Eaton's building. I rarely EVER see this. Got anymore?

No, sorry.

Pictures from facebook - Vintage Hamilton

Pink Floyd 1975

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01 Oct 1951

Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, riding in an open car, wave at a cheering crowd gathered in front of the Capitol Theatre in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, October 1951. Photo taken during the National Film Board of Canada's production of 'Royal Journey,' a documentary account of the five-week visit of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to Canada and the United States in the fall of 1951.

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Eaton's downtown Hamilton 1939-06-07 - Royal Visit

1978

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1959. Bonus point if you give the location without cheating

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https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/...01497590_n.jpg 52 John Street North & Rebecca

Wow, they really butchered the Eatons building towards the end of it's life...

The Carling's Beer Store is quite something. I would guess it's late 1930s? The vehicles look like 1950s.

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View of the Desjardins Canal with Two Men in the Foreground ca 1910.

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1971

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What was the Sunoco Copter Club?

Cannon & Wellington now a Shoppers Drug Store.

Burlington & Wellington St. Became Lakeport Brewery.

This would be across from Hydro and Fire Station 1. These would have made a beautiful condo but now is just a big parking lot.

Speaking of Fire Station 1. It now has it's own facebook page with lots of old pictures.

The Big House - Hamilton Fire Station 1

https://www.facebook.com/TheBigHouse...onFireStation1

Great pictures of "Shacktown". Also interesting to see how low the water level was at this time.

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Eaton's - Love it!
John + Rebecca - Wow! What a shame.
Shacktown - Amazeballs.

Keep 'em coming. Cheers.

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The YWCA building at 17 Main Street West - 1916


Any guesses on the following?

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1907

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1913

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1892 ( Most obviosu one, I think)

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