Downtown Update

[realcity]

the only city that makes sense with height restrictions is DC. Beyond that even Tokyo has done away with height limits.

[StEC]

Excellent promotional video to get people (mainly millennials) to move to downtown Hamilton from the Hamilton EcDev

EDIT: Seems the YouTube tags are not working or I'm doing something wrong? Anyway here is the link to watch on YouTube!

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[Dr Awesomesauce]

Not much you can do to them. Definitely an improvement...

[Chronamut]

You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig.

[hamilton23]

Originally Posted by StEC

Excellent promotional video to get people (mainly millennials) to move to downtown Hamilton from the Hamilton EcDev

EDIT: Seems the YouTube tags are not working or I'm doing something wrong? Anyway here is the link to watch on YouTube!

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From living at the RC for a while, I can say that there's a significant number of Millennials who live here. Most are Mac Students.

At the same time, I know a lot of young people who live on the Mountain still and have a stigma of Downtown. I know a lot of people in the early 30's who still share that negative stigma of Downtown (for good reasons and for reasons that are no longer true lol)

At least the City is attempting to do something. I personally think we need more restorations of older buildings, cleaner sidewalks and more shopping, etc, before we can expect more younger people to continue moving Downtown.

I think we're moving more in that direction though.

[TSteph9]

Originally Posted by realcity

the only city that makes sense with height restrictions is DC. Beyond that even Tokyo has done away with height limits.

Gotta agree with you there. I like Hamilton but there's no breathtaking scenery near the waterfront or anything that should warrant a height restriction. If anything, I'd like to see downtown get built up a bit.

[hamilton23]

Originally Posted by TSteph9

Gotta agree with you there. I like Hamilton but there's no breathtaking scenery near the waterfront or anything that should warrant a height restriction. If anything, I'd like to see downtown get built up a bit.

Further to this point, I think that the view from the escarpment would actually be more appealing to look down at from up on the mountain if the Downtown had taller and nicer looking buildings to look at. It would increase the property values of those who have views of Downtown on the mountain also...

[TSteph9]

Originally Posted by hamilton23

Further to this point, I think that the view from the escarpment would actually be more appealing to look down at from up on the mountain if the Downtown had taller and nicer looking buildings to look at. It would increase the property values of those who have views of Downtown on the mountain also...

For sure. A lot of the view is factories right now, so some sleek high-rises would be a nice alternative.