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Originally Posted by Beedok
Hamilton, like Quebec City, will never have a Winnipeg style skyline. Though for different reasons. Quebec City has a much older core, so skyline building there will be minimal. Hamilton meanwhile just isn't an office tower type of city. Hospitals, post-secondary education, and factories are Hamilton's main job sources (probably retail as well), those don't tend to fill office towers. Hamilton should work on maintaining it's current haphazard mess of highrises. Plus residential skylines are always better (all else being equal).  |
Never is a strong word. Hamilton
hasn't been that kind of city for the most part, but that's no indication of what it may become. It all depends on how Hamilton's economy continues its slow but steady restructuring - the city has one of the most diverse economies in the country now. It also depends how the market in the GGH evolves, and how employment intensification occurs (the Growth Plan isn't just about residential growth). The likelihood of many prominent office towers going up in the core is low, but if the downtown employment picture continues to develop and vacancy rates continue their downward trend I could see some being built over the next decade or two. So I disagree with you (about Quebec City too, by the way)
Not sure what you mean by "maintaining" though - would you like the skyline to stay as it is, or do you want more added to it but of the same type of stock we have today?
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Originally Posted by Dr Awesomesauce
I'm with you 100% > it's definitely worth a visit. But the whole 'before I die' thing does sounds pretty funny; we're not talkin' about the Roman Ruins here.  |
No, but considering I've never been to Winnipeg, have little reason at the moment beyond personal interest to visit, and that statistically speaking I've entered the latter half of my lifespan, it seemed fitting.
(and it's a long list of places I'd like to see before... you know
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