71 Rebecca St | 97 m | 30 fl | Proposed

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Originally Posted by TheRitsman

Whoever designed this park should feel shame, I agree. Even if it had been pavers instead of asphalt it would have been better. Look to Gore and Gage.

It doesn't help that there are currently 5 or 6 tents set up in the park and that the city didn't water the trees this summer.

It was designed with public input because, well, apparently the City can't be bothered having a landscape architect do what they were trained to do?

[Crapht]

I don't go to a park to escape from the city. Parks are just an integral part OF the city. I won't defend this park but the city knew it needed some public space if it intended to approve condos in the area. It will actually be a great spot once there are people living in the area. It just seems lonely now as it is still surrounded by parking lots. My biggest concern is the trees. I seem to recall one of those circles being filled with bricks and covered with top soil then planted with trees. There may not be alot of soil there for those trees to grow big. Poor work.
Anyway, build something incredible at this location. DO IT!

[TheRitsman]

Originally Posted by Crapht

I don't go to a park to escape from the city. Parks are just an integral part OF the city. I won't defend this park but the city knew it needed some public space if it intended to approve condos in the area. It will actually be a great spot once there are people living in the area. It just seems lonely now as it is still surrounded by parking lots. My biggest concern is the trees. I seem to recall one of those circles being filled with bricks and covered with top soil then planted with trees. There may not be alot of soil there for those trees to grow big. Poor work.
Anyway, build something incredible at this location. DO IT!

Perhaps a better example is Place Simon-Valois



https://maps.app.goo.gl/FHHSDq8hbZD3EtDY7

[bvbborussia]

I feel the need to pile on. This park is awful in design and as Chronamut says it doesn't flow naturally that people will gather in that space. That might change with the arrival of this condo across the street but at the moment it's in no man's land.

The moment is was completed my first thought was, "They'll be ripping this up and starting over in 5-10 years."

Once the trees mature and provide more shade it will surely improve but at the moment it's very bad and I can't understand why they would choose this sort of a concept over something more traditionally urban.

Someone referenced Montreal in an earlier post and they have these types of small parks all over the city and anyone one of them would be an improvement on this.

[Chronamut]

Originally Posted by bvbborussia

I feel the need to pile on. This park is awful in design and as Chronamut says it doesn't flow naturally that people will gather in that space. That might change with the arrival of this condo across the street but at the moment it's in no man's land.

The moment is was completed my first thought was, "They'll be ripping this up and starting over in 5-10 years."

Once the trees mature and provide more shade it will surely improve but at the moment it's very bad and I can't understand why they would choose this sort of a concept over something more traditionally urban.

Someone referenced Montreal in an earlier post and they have these types of small parks all over the city and anyone one of them would be an improvement on this.

Well I guess what we can get out of this is .. its better than a parking lot I guess, but worse than a park? It MIGHT make more sense with more development around it, and it MIGHT be pulled up and redone?

So really, it's meh, it doesn't really add much or take anything away, and as we discussed, noone really goes into this area anyways.. so.. "shrugs"

meh.

[ScreamingViking]

Posted this in the Downtown Update thread, but as it involves this property, quoting that here as well.

Originally Posted by ScreamingViking

This would probably get its own thread once a proposal is together. 430 Cannon E is the old Hamilton Cab site... these blocks of Cannon need some love, especially the stretch between Wentworth and Wellington.


Hamilton Urban Core receives $15.4M to grow into future health centre



https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...th-centre.html

By Teviah Moro
The Hamilton Spectator
Sun., Dec. 13, 2020

A longtime community health hub in downtown Hamilton is receiving $15.4 million toward its plan to move to a larger new location.

The Ontario government announced the funding for Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre on Friday.

For years, it was executive director Denise Brooks’s “vision” to move the health centre into a purpose-built location, says agency board chair Jane Mulkewich. But Brooks died suddenly at the age of 64 in August.

“This has been at least a decade coming, and we’re finally getting closer to that vision,” Mulkewich said Friday.

The inner-city health centre has been a fixture at a former bus station on Rebecca Street for about 25 years.

That old station, which has been in “bad need of repair,” was never well-suited for a health centre, Mulkewich said.

The agency plans to build a two-storey building at 430 Cannon St. E., a property near Wentworth Street North it purchased for $1.3 million.

...

Mulkewich said the $15.4 million is meant to cover the hiring of a consultant to see the plan through, architectural design and construction, which she expects will start in February 2021. A move-in date is likely two years away, she noted.

...

full story here

[urban_planner]

I didn't get a photo but they appeared to be doing some core sampling here today.

[TheHonestMaple]

Apparently construction will be starting in early 2022 according to this article.

"The developer wants to start construction “as soon as possible” and aims to secure building permits in the new year, said Franz Kloibhofer, principal planner with A.J. Clarke and Associates Ltd."

[lachlanholmes]

[TheHonestMaple]

Anyone know what's going on with this project? Nothing but crickets for several months now.

[LikeHamilton]

Has anyone heard if Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre has a temporary site? The Cannon Street site is still a gravel lot and I believe the owners of this site are itching to get started soon.

[Innsertnamehere]

Originally Posted by LikeHamilton

Has anyone heard if Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre has a temporary site? The Cannon Street site is still a gravel lot and I believe the owners of this site are itching to get started soon.

I believe there was a discussion on here somewhere that they will be splitting functions between two locations, with the safe injection site moving to St. Paul's church on James and the other services moving to 181 main st w.

[interr0bangr]

They've started tearing down the Health Center building this week.

[TheHonestMaple]

Great news. I wonder when we should expect construction to start.

[Innsertnamehere]

Building permit issued for demolition, no construction permits filed yet:

21 165676 00 To demolish the existing 2 storey, 520m² (GFA) commercial building 71 REBECCA ST HAMILTON Issued

[interr0bangr]

[Chronamut]

Never been so happy to see a building be destroyed..

[TheHonestMaple]

lol same. Now let's hope it doesn't sit as an empty lot for too long. I'm pretty sure it won't though. I recall an article somewhere that stated that the developer planned on getting started on construction pretty much immediately.

[urban_planner]

I didntbget any photos but the building is totally gone. The basement just needed to be removed.

[TheRitsman]

I did take a picture the other day, forgot to post: