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Originally Posted by movingtohamilton
The club scene can't be "created" by Hamilton. 77 can relocate and bring its loyal patrons with it.
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Agreed. Businesses can move more easily than a heritage building can, and the heritage value doesn't seem to be the reason people are opposed to demolition.
Even if the building has heritage value (dubious, considering what else gets torn down in the city as the lady in the article pointed out) simply letting 77 continue operating and spoiling the park for the general public until it shutters 10-15+ years from now is going to be a long and frustrating process for everyone and the city, considering how many complaints it has received up until this point. A place like this could hold on pretty much forever, which while laudable doesn't really seem like the best way to ensure the heritage value is maintained in the med-long term to any standard the public might appreciate.
It's one club almost entirely isolated from anything else matching it's character or the crowds it draws. I don't imagine most King William clientele head over there from the trendy restaurants, but I could be wrong.
If present owners are reporting that they are relocating to escape the noise how does that bode for interest in new condos in the parking lot desert? All for the sake of one shabby nightclub that could be easily relocated just slightly further to the east or north, in an equally grungy building?