Hamilton Philpott Church Centre | 15.44m | 4s | Philpott Memorial Church | Parker Architects Inc

[Paclo]

A proposed place of worship, community centre and gymnasium development designed by Parker Architects for Philpott Memorial Church. The proposal includes the demolition of two existing commercial buildings (164 & 168 King St E) to facilitate a 4-storey addition to the existing 1970’s Lincoln Alexander Centre at 160 King Street East in Hamilton's Beasley neighbourhood.

Renders from the DRP Submission of today:

 

[Branden Simon]

There was a suspicious fire at 160-168 King Street East in Hamilton on December 19, 2022 has granted a Demolition permit from the owner

 

[innsertnamehere]

These buildings date from the 1840's (around 180 years old), but were apparently in very poor condition prior to the fire and had been recommended for demolition already, as you can see in the rendering at the top of the page.

As an aside - I find Hamilton has a surprisingly large stock of very old buildings (i.e. 1850's and before) compared to Toronto, which seems to have a relatively small building stock from that time frame.

 

[Branden Simon]

Demolition work is underway! I will swag here and grab a pic next week

 

[Chronamut]

sigh another one falls to the dust of history, to be replaced most likely with some modern blocky glassy monstrosity..

 

[Branden Simon]

Demolition Done and a fresh dirt from dump truck is filling in today.