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Originally Posted by Sehnsucht
Pigott building is at least as historically significant as the RC (just a different era), particularly as it's the only neo-gothic skyscraper in the city. They're condos, but I can't comment on the finishings--it was the mid-1990s.
No single project has been the catalyst for Hamilton's rejuvenation. It's a complex set of contributing factors--artists buying up James North, restoration of the Lister Block, restoration of the Hunter Street GO station. All of these projects work together to form a critical mass. Then the tipping point . . . . All of which are highly noticeable in a medium-sized major Canadian city like ours.
I'm delighted to see the RC done (despite the horrible wings), but let's not overpraise it as the great spark that ignited downtown interest.
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I've been personally told by those associated with the projects you mentioned in your post, that the RC has been the catalyst for most of the future developments we're seeing proposed and U/C. We can agree to disagree but this is a Five Phase development in excess of hundreds of millions of dollars. All of that being invested into one city block in the downtown core. You can't discount hundreds of millions of dollars being invested by a single project into the core and how it has and how it will continue to bring in future businesses into the core, therefore impacting it moving forward.
Further, on a National level, the RC has been referred to as the catalyst for Downtown Hamilton by the National Post and Globe and Mail on different occasions within the last five years, not to mention on a local level as well (Toronto Star, Spec, etc)
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