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Originally Posted by Beedok
So, this is probably the totally wrong place for this, but I'm going to guess that Hamilton couldn't ever get a PATH system of it's own right?
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Others have noted it's just not feasible for the pedestrian flows in Hamilton. Also consider that Toronto's central financial district has a daytime population of probably a couple hundred thousand, and there's a relative lack of street retail because of all the large office buildings, so the PATH makes a lot of sense from a commercial perspective.
Back in the early 1980s I can recall talk about creating a "+15" system of skywalks in Hamilton, a smaller version of the ones in Calgary and Minneapolis. Aside from the bridge from the Sheraton to the convention centre, nothing developed, probably again because the demand just isn't there. Also, they may be climate controlled, but effects on street life are causing planners to reconsider their value.