HAMILTON | Beach Strip

flar · #1 Posted **Aug 28, 2008, 8:18 PM**

HAMILTON NEIGHBOURHOODS:
Corktown • Durand • Central • Dundas • Locke St. South • Burlington • Stinson • Westdale • St. Clair • Keith • Landsdale
The Delta • Gibson • Jamesville • Concession Street • Durand North • Durand South • Old Dundas Houses • Hess Village • Barton Street
Ancaster • North Kirkendall • South Kirkendall • McMaster University • Downtown • The Bayfront • The North End • Kenilworth
Mountain Brow • Textile District • Strathcona • North Stipley • Flamborough • Beasley • Chedoke • Stoney Creek • The Beach Strip

HAMILTON FEATURES:
C I T Y _ L I G H T S • Stone Hamilton • Twilight of the Industrial Age • Twilight of the Industrial Age II
Stone in Dundas and Ancaster • Goodbye, Hamilton (from 43 floors up) • Dirty Brick • Day for Night
This broken down old city still manages to wake up every morning... • Everywhere, Ontario • < R - E - T - R - O >
HAMILTON | Scenes from the cutting room floor • S U B U R B I A ! • Everywhere, Ontario • Hamilton Rowhouses
< H E A V Y <> I N D U S T R Y > • Old Man Winter vs. Hamilton

The Beach Strip

If you've ever taken the QEW over the James N. Allen Skyway between Burlington and Hamilton,
your eyes were probably fixated on the giant smoke belching steel mills of Hamilton Harbour.
But far below the skyway there is actually a vibrant neighbourhood that spans the long strip
of sand that separates Burlington Bay from Lake Ontario. In Victorian times, Hamilton Beach
was a summer playground for Hamilton's elite. Over the years, the neighbourhood has had its
ups and downs, but luckily, the current trend is up. Over the past few years many of the
remaining Victorian houses have been renovated while new developments are filling in the
blighted areas. The entire length of the beach strip is accessible and open to the public and
remains popular for summer recreation.

10101000 · #2 Posted **Aug 28, 2008, 8:57 PM**

Beautiful!

JackStraw · #3 Posted **Aug 28, 2008, 9:51 PM**

I don't like girls all burn't and crispy. Thats how I like them, a Canadian tan is the way to go!

Excellent thread flar as always.

Cbautz · #4 Posted **Aug 28, 2008, 10:12 PM**

Nice set of photos! Love the motel

mSeattle · #5 Posted **Aug 28, 2008, 10:17 PM**

Holy Wood! Hamilton's got a little something going on too. Very nice pictures.

TinChelseaNYC · #6 Posted **Aug 28, 2008, 10:45 PM**

Gorgeous pictures. Another pretty tour of Hamilton.

xzmattzx · #7 Posted **Aug 29, 2008, 12:20 AM**

I've been waiting for these pictures for a while, and you definitely did not disappoint. Great pictures.

I was going to say that my favorite picture was the one of the lighttower with Toronto in the background, but then I saw the cleavage shot. Decisions, decisions...

I stopped by Hamilton Beach myself when driving back from Kitchener & Waterloo. When I post those pictures, you'll have to help me and correct me with the places in each picture: Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga, etc.