Since Stelco Tower was completed in 73, I'm gonna guess this was taken in 72.

The photo was posted on Vintage Hamilton Facebook first.... and they do give details plus photo credits, which I thought we are supposed to do here...

Stelco Tower rises above the Pigott Building in 1972 as seen from Hamilton Mountain.

Ernie Dawson, Photographer

1958

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1973

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Facebook Vintage Hamilton

1966. Can anyone guess the intersection? (For those that don't frequent Facebook Vintage Hamilton, the source of this pic ;))


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Main and MacNab or Charles or Park. ;)

Main & Charles. Well done! :cheers:

^I'll give myself half a point.

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Vanished Hamilton Facebook page

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Gerald Little, photographer. 1979. Facebook Vintage Hamilton.

I often wish the Pigott Building was about 10 storeys taller than it is. I'd feel the same about it, but it would have stood out more above the mundane stuff like Effort Square and First City Trust. :angel:

I wish I'd had the chance to experience the market area. I am old enough to remember the old Eaton's, however, which was pretty cool.

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King Street East at Catharine in 1974.

Mid Town Cab. Diamond Jim's. The Villager. Bright's Wines. Pagoda. McDonald's. Duffy's Rock Pile. Friar's Den.

Gerald Little, photographe

Awesome.

Most of those spots had gone by the time the mid to late 80s had arrived. It was still a pretty good place to get into mischief, however.

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Hamilton Central Police Station on King William at Mary in 1974. Construction of the new Central Station had begun.

Gerald Little, photographer.

^Sudden desire to hum the Barney Miller theme...

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1975


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^Not sure why HSR went away from the black and gold theme.

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FB - VH

^Awesome.

'Wheel goods.' Weird but very cool signage.

The store on the first floor of the Balfour building - does that say "Turner Wines"?

Of all the buildings that have been lost downtown over the decades, the old city hall is probably the one I would have most loved to have seen remain standing. She was gone way before my time though.