Hamilton's Forgotten Street: Kenilworth Ave

[Hammer Native]

Hi Mack297, I remember hearing about some of the things you mentioned, the east end airport, I remember the Sherman police station before it closed.

I have to agree about Kenilworth Ave. Most of the buildings are shacks. It would be nice to see some tastefully done urban redevelopment. I'm thinking along the lines of 87-89 King Street East. Hopefully that starts a trend. I remember a three story building on Ottawa Street at Argyle burned down about a dozen years ago. It was fairly nice looking architecturally. What's there to this day? A trailer and a rinky-dink used car lot, and there's a few of those around. Modular buildings, Petro Canada stations, and strip plazas are bad enough, but keep those in the trailer parks where they belong I say.

I guess one problem with Kenilworth is that it's another thoroughfare for people passing through on their way to work from homes on the mountain and vice versa.