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Originally Posted by lucasmascotto
I can't believe the city opted for urban infill for the James Vine development project. These other ideas were so much better. I don't see the point in creating more commercial space if there's still parts of the Stelco Tower and Jackson Square left empty.
http://www.hamilton.ca/CityDepartmen...VineStreet.htm |
These are not true options and they're at least five years old: it's just the Planning Dept doing its thing. There are all kinds of these proposals on the City website and they're meaningless, though nice to look at (sometimes).
You'll notice the trend that their ideas often involve razing some or most of the properties in the study - some things never change in this city!
Here's the preamble:
Site Development Potential
The Urban Design group
explored the development potential and to provide design direction for the block bounded by James Street North to the east, Park Street to the west, Vine Street to the south, and Cannon Street to the north.