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Originally Posted by kool maudit
your photo threads are actually starting to make me think of hamilton as one of the most interesting cities in canada.
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Montreal is the most interesting for sure, but Hamilton is right up there. I was just reading a book called "Housing the North American City" which uses Hamilton as a case study, and it claims that Hamilton is the "most-studied urban society in Canada". I believe it, I've found no shortage of Hamilton material at the library and in academic journals.
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Originally Posted by boden
Beautiful presentation flar. Your comment of "not fully appreciating...." is sadly true in so many Canadian cities.
Nonetheless, there is obviously still plenty of the good stuff left!!
I love this little gem.
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That little gem could use some work, but it is unique--check out the bayed dormers. It was probably designed by F. J. Rastrick, the architect behind a number of the buildings in this tour. There is a great article about Rastrick's buildings in Hamilton here:
http://www.raisethehammer.org/index.asp?id=516
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Originally Posted by Jaborandi
Where is this row?
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That row is on Catharine between Wilson and Cannon. It often goes unnoticed so I'm glad I found it because it's a beauty. It has brick bays but the rest is stone. The front has nice smooth stone and the sides are of rubble stone. It's very well kept despite being surrounded by some of the poorest areas in Hamilton.
An interesting fact from the book I mentioned above:
In 1861 there were 322 stone houses in Hamilton. I have no idea how many there are today, but definitely not that many.