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Dr Awesomesauce Oct 30, 2010 7:08 AM

Downtown Hamilton 'n' Junk 'n' Some Other Stuff Too
 
Returned to the Hammer for my bi-annual visit recently and decided to take a few photos. Nothing wicked awesome here – I’m no Flar, afterall. Basically, I took a picture of anything that looked different from my last visit. Overall, I was a little disappointed with what I saw. That said, I would say that the city has some very interesting prospects for the future, particularly in the area of James N. Now check these out or get bent.

1.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/thisaint.jpg

2.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a.../thisaint2.jpg

3.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...renovation.jpg

4.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...town/reno2.jpg

5.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...wn/millers.jpg

6.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...northblock.jpg

7.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...rintstudio.jpg

8.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...amescannon.jpg

9.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...lighthouse.jpg

10.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...okingnorth.jpg

11. This is a sad situation…
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...own/tivoli.jpg

12. A bit more gap-toothed than I recall…thanks LIUNA ;-)
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...ingwilliam.jpg

13.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...town/liuna.jpg

14.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...own/lister.jpg

15. She’s starting to undress…
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...wn/lister1.jpg

16. Cool sign but killing animals for their fur…not cool, man!
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/leonfurs.jpg

17.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...ateofindia.jpg

18.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...town/faema.jpg

19.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...town/vasco.jpg

20.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...utegallery.jpg

21. A great addition to the street. I honestly never thought I’d see the day…
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...offeehouse.jpg

22. Mmmmm yeah…who doesn’t like a bit of trai buoi from time to time.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...own/fruits.jpg

23. Will this ever be a proper station again? I’ve got my fingers and toes crossed.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a.../cnstation.jpg

24.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...wntown/cn2.jpg

25.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...wn/armoury.jpg

26.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...cclamation.jpg

27.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a.../projects2.jpg

28.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...own/church.jpg

On to King St…mostly

29.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...town/waxys.jpg

30.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...wn/tsunami.jpg

31.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...righthouse.jpg

32.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a.../rockntees.jpg

33. This project appears to have been saved from certain death
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/specbldg.jpg

34.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...pizzahouse.jpg

35. Pretty decent in-fill
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...own/pagoda.jpg

36.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...wn/pagoda2.jpg

37. This project makes me a little moist…just sayin’
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...own/market.jpg

38. Yuck!
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...denningers.jpg

39. Totally
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/forlease.jpg

40. Neat
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...nstruction.jpg

41. Are they really trying to sell that as a ground floor apartment? Lame…
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...ntown/gore.jpg

42. Gritty
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...wn/grocery.jpg

43. Fancy name…
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...crownplaza.jpg

44. …for a shitty hotel
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a.../concrete2.jpg

45. Speaking of which…just kidding ;-)
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a.../connaught.jpg

46.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...connaught2.jpg

47. Layers
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/concrete.jpg

48.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/fountain.jpg

49.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...town/annex.jpg

50.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/chosunok.jpg

51. I like a rounded building
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...hineserest.jpg

52. True Blue
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/bluebldg.jpg

53. You came and went and I hardly even knew you…story of my life
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...wntown/316.jpg

54. I don’t know what you are but I’m intrigued
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...wn/bizclip.jpg

55. They used to dry clean my undies there…neat-o
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...sanstudios.jpg

56.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/223kinge.jpg

57.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a.../youngbldg.jpg

58. What’s this…some kind of IT company? This ain’t the Hammer I know and love.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...ntown/2gen.jpg

59. Now…
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...wn/plsvote.jpg

60. …or go suck a bunch of…
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...own/lemons.jpg

realcity Oct 30, 2010 8:12 PM

Thanks great pics.
FAEMA is now closed. After a bazillion years in business on the 'thriving' James North, it has been empty for about a year.

realcity Oct 30, 2010 8:23 PM

Reg closed 3-16 Lounge. That Blue building never took off. The new Spallaci welfare housing building with it's vacant retail street front I think looked better as an old vacant building, anyone who voted for Martinus wasted their vote, the Connaught .. well is the ultimate metaphor of Hamilton's current state, the Sandbar is now a monument to government action seizing buildings/assets of criminal behaviour.... 6 years ago they siezed the property and sits on King like a sandbagofshit vacant boarded up.? I guess the buyers aren't lined up to buy a sandbagofshit on King St in Hamilton.... sorry. If I had $20 and they gave it to me for free I still wouldn't buy it.

at least RockNTees is still there and Waxmans Deli is cool. And you can dream dream all you want about Acclamations ever ever being built. They love their new illegal parking lot. It helps their restaurant business. I wonder why? Do people actually drive vehicles and need places to park them? It's such a strange concept.

emge Oct 30, 2010 10:24 PM

Faema was open during the last Supercrawl a month ago for coffee business and with several grinders and makers in stock to sell... was that a one-time thing? I've seen it open in the past but I don't recall going by recently... I'm genuinely curious here.

Dr Awesomesauce Oct 31, 2010 3:31 AM

Faema is open - I bought a coffee maker there.

Now, I don't wanna sound too negative about my visit to Hamilton. I was really impressed with Locke St and Dundas is looking really good these days. By the way, I don't recall this being mentioned but a little birdy told me that Starbucks will be setting up shop on King in Dundas. 'Mike's Subs' will be demo'd and it will be built on that property. A local cafe owner told me, so it's a pretty reliable source.

Oh, and i spent tonnes of time at that new cafe on James N and that diner just up from there [can't remember the name]. Both are great additions to the street. If I were to ever move back to the Hammer, I'd buy something adjacent to James N for sure.

emge Oct 31, 2010 6:07 AM

Harbour Diner - took some out-of-town guests for their first breakfast there today. It's my standard "welcome to Hamilton" place to bring people :) Good stuff, eh?

I'm glad Faema's still open (Paul Wilson also mentioned it as a still-open business in his article on James North he just wrote a day or two ago).

drpgq Oct 31, 2010 5:27 PM

The Leon's Furs building got sold relatively recently. A friend and I took a look at it. The top floors were passable for apartments, but the main floor and the basement were like a timewarp.

flar Nov 1, 2010 1:35 AM

Great to see some recent pics, it's been over a year since I've set foot in the Hammer. Thanks for the update, and nice shots.


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