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.

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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

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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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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.