Recently, the local paper has made a number of references to Hamilton, Ontario as if Hamilton has it right while London has it wrong. Hamilton is deep into the "creative city" stuff.
My wife and I found ourselves in beautiful, downtown Hamilton the other day. We didn't aim to be there, we blame our GPS. But, the moment I saw the entrance to the downtown, I knew it was time to get out the camera.
And, immediately to the right as one enters downtown there is a coffee shop; It's run by the Salvation Army. I guess in Hamilton, it's move over Timmy.
I wasn't too impressed with the Hamilton downtown. It reminded me of home, of London, or of any of hundreds of hollowed out downtowns in the core of North American cities. As we left the core, I grabbed one last picture; a once grand hotel, now boarded up. Oh well, at least Hamilton hasn't demolished this fine, old structure.
Maybe Hamilton does have a leg up on London after all.
3 comments:
Never been there myself. They look like they're trying very hard to be something... but not quite there yet.
Have a good weekend.
That fine old building may be torn down if the developer has anything to do about
Glad you enjoyed the Hammer
Zen Monkey:
It would be a real shame to see the old hotel demolished. We lost our best downtown heritage hotel here in London and people here still feel the loss.
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