The Great Canadian Skyline Thread!

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Beedok, stop being a jackass. You're purposely trying to get a rise out of me by twisting my words or being obtuse. You can tell I care, and take Hamilton personally. Stop trolling.

Originally Posted by Beedok

Across the street we have brick walk up lowrises. Across the street the other way we have another brick low rise walk up.

That is not a traditional walk-up. For —'s sakes. These, the townhouses in your link up-thread, are walk-ups.



Hamilton would be gorgeous if it consisted of streets and streets of walk-ups like this, and their presence would mitigate the fact that they have front lawns in front of them. But, sadly, this photo does not characterize Hamilton's vernacular.

Originally Posted by Beedok

I think most people in the neighbourhood would say they look nice and sooth the eyes. People tend to like trees.

Yeah, people like trees. Nobody said otherwise. One of the problems with downtown Hamilton is all the stupid front lawns everywhere taking up space and preventing the city from having as good an urban fabric as it could.

No front lawns would mean greater density. Greater density would encourage foot traffic. You'd have, you know, a city. This is basic urban design 101.

Instead, the Durand area of Hamilton has a collection of what are essentially suburban-style apartment towers. They are exactly the same as the ones you see in Stoney Creek.

Originally Posted by Beedok

The front yards of Victorian (maybe Edwardian) stone rowhouses are the result of a mid-century mindset focused on subdivisions and highways?

I was referring to the lawns around the 1960s and 70s apartment blocks.

Originally Posted by Beedok

No, actually it's directed at many of the lower income neighbourhoods of the inner city where there's been fairly large discussions about the psychological effect of a lack of greenery and such.

Hamilton is lush and green everywhere. There is not a single solitary residential neighbourhood anywhere in the city of Hamilton that is not full of greenery itself or more than close enough to parks and nature. Virtually all houses in Hamilton have front and backyards.

Just imagine all of the towers closer to each other and the street. Then imagine taking all of those useless front lawns and channelling them into an awesome park that would actually get used.

Again, urban design 101. You could stand to learn something about it.