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By Mahesh_P_Butani (registered) - website | Posted June 27, 2012 at 15:25:44
Main Street Hamilton, a deeper look:
In order to develop relevant solutions for Main Street, it is imperative that one studies the various neighbourhoods that it passes thru in order to discover unique strengths, challenges and critical problems across its length.
Here is a slide show of this artery from the 403 east exit to Sherman Avenue. It may help in getting re-acquainted with what is really at play here. What this tells me is that a 'quaint village' can be created, very cost effectively, from the already existing growth pattern between Wentworth and Sherman - which will most definitely be embraced by the local neighbourhood residents to its immediate north and south. This small move has the power of taming the speed of the immense Main without much conflict. Similar strengths can be leveraged across the Main in incremental steps at various critical points, such as between Dundurn and Locke; and John and Ferguson. - (view above slides in 'slide show' mode for a drive thru experience: http://goo.gl/KMpjp )
The more critical issue however is the lack of a definitive street wall (resulting from various setbacks over the years) which has resulted in the very ugly street texture.
If this issue is not challenged head on with the planning dept, the new developments in the coming years will only make this street utterly and totally un-urban.
The City of Niagara Falls has taken the lead on developing zoning laws which allows street walls to form, we can only learn from them:
If this city-defining critical issue is not taken seriously now, and dealt with appropriately, new project rendering such as on James Street or Main & John, will remain just that - renderings in our imagination.
There are very creative and innovative ways in which we can rebuild the lost street walls on Main Street and other parts of our downtown - which have nothing to do with the direction of the traffic. We need to focus on that. If we continue to be occupied with less critical issues, the damage that will be done on account of the lack of a contiguous street wall on Main, King or James will be enormous.
Mahesh P. Butani
Comment edited by Mahesh_P_Butani on 2012-06-27 15:41:10
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