Comment 84607

By DowntownInHamilton (registered) | Posted January 01, 2013 at 14:19:52 in reply to Comment 84469

I'm stating the opinion that these buildings aren't anything special, other than they are old. If we save every single thing that's old we'll never move past it. Kinda like what's happening now.

Hamilton's got a wealth of old buildings, probably moreso than the majority of cities in our country. But we've made a point of taking down jewels like the old city hall, the Birks building and so on, and replacing them with uninspired and bland designs. We need modern stuff downtown, like a 20+ storey condo building, preferrably several. We need modern skyscrapers that are full and not sitting nearly empty and completely stripped inside, like the Stelco tower. We need more mixed use downtown, like a grocery store, 24-hour shopping, amenities, etc. We don't have it. That space on King would be ideal for a grocery store, a theatre, a bowling alley, a small chain electronics/video store, retail, whatever. It's design is not something that people really go for any more - narrow and deep. Nowadays everyone wants wide and shallow. People want elevators or open staircases to get from floor to floor, not ultra narrow and steep single-width staircases. When was the last time you took a staircase along that stretch to get up to the 2nd or 3rd floors? When did you last do that anywhere where it wasn't open, light, wide, with big landings and rails? Why are arguing they should stay up? I don't get it.

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