Hess Village

[JT Jacobs]

Originally Posted by markbarbera

Interesting to note that Hess Village, the only pedestrian zone in the city, is perhaps the most successful commercial area in the core. A fine example of how pedestrian zones can (and do) work well, even in heavily car-dependant cities like Hamilton.

Right, it is a fairly successful pedestrian zone, but it would languish if traffic was completely cut off. And the other poster is bang on: check out the parking lots around Hess--they're always packed. It's going to take quite some time to acculturate Hamiltonians to leaving their cars at home (particularly when carousing). However, a spiffy light rail system will no doubt substantially help.