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Old Posted Apr 18, 2011, 5:14 PM
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To clarify - the message was put up by the people who are doing the Treble Hall restoration.

It is NOT a protest message put up by a third party.
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Old Posted Jun 24, 2011, 8:34 PM
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I have tried to get into seeing the inside of this building many years ago. I only got as far as inside the barber shop. Now thanks to you. I get to see the inside of my great grandpa's building Treble Hall (Larkin)
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Old Posted Apr 26, 2011, 12:55 AM
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They've definitely got their work cut out for them. The insides are in horrible shape. Makes me think of the photos that I took of the inside of the Lister Block. This is definitely a professional job though so I'm really optimistic about the outcome.
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Old Posted Oct 8, 2011, 5:10 PM
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Hey Everyone
The Front of Treble halls exterior has had some serious work done to the upper floors. All the mouldings have been restored and it already looks wonderful.I will try and post a shot of it over the weekend.
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They have been painted as a temporary measure to stop any further erosion over the winter. They indeed look better than before but the proper restoration is still to come
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Old Posted Oct 9, 2011, 12:05 AM
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I am beyond satisfied with the new owner of Treble Hall and I truly think wonderful things are in store for it. I've been watching this one really closely.
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It's great to see it being restored! What's up with the old Golden Fortune chinese restaurant beside it..? It's been vacant for years... I remember it well from back in the day, I heard it closed up after there was a major health inspection done.
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Hamilton a heritage redevelopment treasure

October 27, 2011

DON PROCTER, correspondent, Daily Commercial News

If buying an old building to redevelop is your thing but big bucks separate you from the Toronto market, consider heading down the QEW to Hamilton, Ont. There is plenty of building stock for sale downtown and it is often going for rock-bottom prices.

Take a 16,000-square-foot 132-year-old architectural gem on a downtown main street in the steel city as an example. The Renaissance Revival style four-storey commercial building (in sound structural shape) and an adjoining pre-Confederation building sold for less than $750,000.
Burlington-based Historia Building Restoration Inc. purchased the two, Treble Hall and the Pagoda Building, with big renovation plans for performance and art space.

Jeff Feswick, president of Historia, expects to spend about $2 million to rehabilitate the development over the next 18 months. He hopes his building will be part of a trend that sees more workspace, entertainment and housing developed in the core.

Treble Hall is a three-wythe brick structure with a wood-framed interior. And it came to Historia free of major structural problems, although part of it had been vacant for about 50 years.
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Feswick says the timing for developments like Treble Hall in downtown Hamilton could not be better.

“I think Hamilton is a great city but it has these black eyes here and there (vacant buildings) and Treble Hall was one of them. If we (and other developers) can continue to do something for that strip of John Street it could do a lot for the area, which is plunked right downtown.”
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http://www.dcnonl.com/article/id4729..._term=hamilton
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How is it coming along?
I drove by Treble Hall today and was happy to see the decorated windows still in place, but I still do not see any exterior advancement in restoration. Does anyone have progress pics to show at all? I'm hungry to see a Lister-like rebirth of this place!
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Old Posted Mar 19, 2012, 1:34 PM
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They are working on the interior. Think there's a planned tour coming soon.
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Very exciting. Can't wait to get a glimpse inside. Probably mind-blowing what they've done in there.
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martinus_g: Windows are going in at treble hall! http://t.co/TqPOlACi
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It's gonna look awesome with the windows in, for sure. Glad to see some more exterior work. I hope they will be sprucing up the ground floor storefronts soon.
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Don't think this will be ready to house retail for another year yet.
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That would make sense to wait for better weather conditions before seeing exterior improvements. Exciting! This is like building a pleasant pathway, comfortable enough that people will want to walk from downtown into Beasley area without getting scared.

Hamilton, I have lived here for four years and you are blowing my mind. It's a new city! You drive through it once and you don't appreciate it, but if you stay here for a while and witness the progression of change, it is amazing.
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Hamilton, I have lived here for four years and you are blowing my mind. It's a new city! You drive through it once and you don't appreciate it, but if you stay here for a while and witness the progression of change, it is amazing.
As a lifelong Hamiltonian, I'd be intereted in reading your story. Where are you from, and what brought you to live in Hamilton, and what have your Hamilton experiences been like for the past 4 years?

Why are you so high on Hamilton?
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“@martinus_g: #hamont is more beautiful every day.  Treble Hall has new windows!! Thanks Jeff Feswick! http://t.co/fsKCu3XP
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“@martinus_g: #hamont is more beautiful every day.  Treble Hall has new windows!! Thanks Jeff Feswick! http://t.co/fsKCu3XP
Now if they could just clean up the ground floor retail - that laptop repair place stands out as an eyesore.
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