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Scroll down to my post below for more...

[Sekkle]

Man... excellent photos! Beautiful, urban, gritty... BUG. Great job!

[someone123]

Interesting buildings in many cases but it's kind of unfortunate that they're kept in such a fugly state.

[LSyd]

wow...great housing stock. keep up the great threads.

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[Austinlee]

Lots of sexy brick.

Hamilton is surely Canada's north Pittsburgh, Birmingham of the North North.

[Cbautz]

cool!

[SteelTown]

Great work flar!

Notice how every single house has a different roof colour?

[JivecitySTL]

Brick + old + soul = Just my flavor. JivecityHTN.

[4orty4th]

dirty!
nice job

[MobyLL]

Yep, gritty. The good kind. I like it.

[DC83]

Awesome tour! I actually recognize a lot of these shots as I used to work in the east end.

And although the houses may look trashy, these neighbourhoods have some of the best/closest neighbours (friendship wise) in the entire city. Everyone always talks about east-end charm! Hell... they'll even rent out their front lawn for $5 if you want to park on it for a Ti-Cat game! Some let u park for free!!

Unless I'm mistaken, I'm pretty sure these were built to house athletes for the first ever British Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games) held here in Hamilton!



side note: the guy w/ the tubing is NOT one of those athletes! hahaha

[Monetto]

gorgeous

[Bergenser]

You gotta love Hamilton, with all the dirt and urban stuff.

[BuffaloSam]

Fantastic!

[Swinefeld]

That was hardcore!

[boden]

Enjoyed the pics!

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by PA Pride

Lots of sexy brick.

Hamilton is surely Canada's north Pittsburgh, Birmingham of the North North.

Great thread, though Hamilton isn't "Canada's Pittsburgh" anymore than Pittsburgh is the US's Hamilton.

My impression is that Hamilton is a bit more like Manchester than Birmingham, though. Hamilton is actually geographically south of Birmingham, though.

[someone123]

I think he means the one in Alabama.

Hamilton has pretty typical Ontario-style Victorian architecture, but the 20th century pre-war buildings do look really similar to what exists in Midwestern US cities. Hamilton does resemble Pittsburgh. Toronto is slightly different and other cities in Ontario weren't large enough early enough to have large neighbourhoods with this kind of architecture.

[flar]

Hamilton has tons of this type of housing. In the photos above I avoided areas I've previously shown on here, like Corktown and Jamesville. Here are some other examples:

[Hozay]

This kind of hood is a rarity in Canada!