Sunnyside
Active Member
Oh Vranich, never change. There’d be nothing to point and gawk at without you.
Hamilton 354 King Street West | 82.71m | 25s | Vrancor Development | srm Architects
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Chris R.
Senior Member
LRT won't be using much of this space though. The cross section plate indicated is much wider than it likely will be now that Queen is no longer a truck route. I really hope this is a temporary treatment, but I feel like with Vrancor the sewer is the lower limit
DC83
Senior Member
This is reserved land for a future slip lane… into LRT tracks…
Mandated by the City of Hamilton.
Ward 1, where this development is located, already has fifteen slip lanes, btw..
Queen Street North is also on the Hamilton Trucking Route, this particular section allowing trucks with up to 4 axels, per the City’s website:
( https://www.hamilton.ca/home-neighbourhood/getting-around/driving-traffic/truck-route-network )
The City’s poor planning practices is especially obvious along the B-Line LRT route — for example, the surface lot at Bernie Morelli Centre facing the future ‘Scott Park’ LRT Stop.
Chris R.
Senior Member
There will be no slip lane. Hamilton isn't building anymore slip lanes and is removing all that exist as capital works is completed.
It's up to 4 axles, which is pretty small. They basically need no special turn radius as 4 axle trucks can make faulty small turns. It's not on the full size truck route.
DC83
Senior Member
Thanks, very good to hear as this bldg was designed like this because the City did orig plan a slip lane here.
Does Vrancor own this bit land then? Or the City (or Metrolinx)?
innsertnamehere
Superstar
The city will own it so they may be able to upgrade its design as a part of the LRT. It’s likely that reason why it was even approved as sod in the first place - a temporary thing until the LRT starts.
Chris R.
Senior Member
Wtf does "Welcome to the heartland province" mean??
innsertnamehere
Superstar
Probably a result of some weird marketing directive from Hilton corporate where each hotel has to make some odd reference to the province / state it is in.
jta5
Active Member
I saw some forms that I don't believe were there a couple weeks ago that make me suspect work may (FINALLY) be re-commencing on the 25fl building after a very long period of mostly inexplicable inactivity.
FF407
New Member
Yes I noticed this yesterday as well.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
https://bayobserver.ca/vrancor-opens-new-hampton-inn-by-hilton-in-hamilton/
Vrancor opens New Hampton Inn by Hilton in Hamilton
Exciting to see a new hotel downtown, even if it is a Vranich special.
DC83
Senior Member
A huge miss opportunity by the City & HSR!
They should have moved the Queen Street HSR / B-Line / GO Bus stop to the west side of the intersection, using that wasted land for one of the enhanced bus shelters Metrolinx paid for over a decade ago.
Too bad the City & HSR already used that money to build three enhanced bus shelters in front of their Mount Hope head office instead of along the B-Line as intended
Moving the stop would also reduce the amount of time these buses spend at the red light after letting riders on/off.
They should have moved the Queen Street HSR / B-Line / GO Bus stop to the west side of the intersection, using that wasted land for one of the enhanced bus shelters Metrolinx paid for over a decade ago.
Too bad the City & HSR already used that money to build three enhanced bus shelters in front of their Mount Hope head office instead of along the B-Line as intended
Moving the stop would also reduce the amount of time these buses spend at the red light after letting riders on/off.
Chronamut
Active Member
lol "wasted land"..
heaven forbid nature is allowed to exist in any form in our city - NO! We must pave EVERY LAST SQUARE INCH and use it for something! XD
heaven forbid nature is allowed to exist in any form in our city - NO! We must pave EVERY LAST SQUARE INCH and use it for something! XD
Chris R.
Senior Member
I mean I wouldn't call a monoculture of grass 'nature' per se, but some greenery doesn't hurt. It's just the way this greenery was implemented in such a suburban way. This will have lines going through it very soon as people shortcut the corner.
Furthermore it's not like this is useable space. It's got no trees, nor benches for someone to sit and read or anything.
It's unfortunate this is called "nature" when cities like Montreal and even Vancouver or Toronto build beautiful urban parks that blend nature into the city and create lively places humans would actually want to be.
Furthermore it's not like this is useable space. It's got no trees, nor benches for someone to sit and read or anything.
It's unfortunate this is called "nature" when cities like Montreal and even Vancouver or Toronto build beautiful urban parks that blend nature into the city and create lively places humans would actually want to be.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
To be fair here, it's likely sod as it's expected to get ripped up in a couple of years for the LRT. The sod is likely considered a temporary condition until the LRT project rebuilds it with updated landscaping.