FF407
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Wrong thread.
I also like to think Hamilton will be closer to a Pittsburgh, Halifax or Seattle over Toronto. Hamilton doesn't need to be Toronto. I love Toronto, but Hamiltons got its own thing that's great. I really loved my visit to Halifax, and the people we met loved living there and many had lived in Toronto or Hamilton actually.Honestly everyone always talks about making everything more toronto - but if you look at the core, it's not the skyscrapers you're marveling at at ground level - it's all the retained heritage facades that make it - otherwise its just a sea of glass and boxes. They have a good mix of both. Always feels very "new york".
Hamilton has lots of heritage facades but they tend to be on a smaller scale than torontos were.
Realizing this is the wrong thread, I'll finish up with this...Honestly everyone always talks about making everything more toronto - but if you look at the core, it's not the skyscrapers you're marveling at at ground level - it's all the retained heritage facades that make it - otherwise its just a sea of glass and boxes. They have a good mix of both. Always feels very "new york".
Hamilton has lots of heritage facades but they tend to be on a smaller scale than torontos were.
I also like to think Hamilton will be closer to a Pittsburgh, Halifax or Seattle over Toronto. Hamilton doesn't need to be Toronto. I love Toronto, but Hamiltons got its own thing that's great. I really loved my visit to Halifax, and the people we met loved living there and many had lived in Toronto or Hamilton actually.
Portland over Seattle , could also see Hamilton being a Cincinnati, Austin or Minneapolis (in terms of skyline)I also like to think Hamilton will be closer to a Pittsburgh, Halifax or Seattle over Toronto. Hamilton doesn't need to be Toronto. I love Toronto, but Hamiltons got its own thing that's great. I really loved my visit to Halifax, and the people we met loved living there and many had lived in Toronto or Hamilton actually.
Great pic! Really hoping for lights at the top as well, Hamilton lacks in this departmentThis one is going to stick out like crazy, because there's nothing else around it yet. I hope they have lights on top. You'll be able to see it from nearly every vantage point in the city. My view from Vine and Bay today where you can see the cranes sticking out:View attachment 538454
A 3D-model of the building from about the same angle of this drone shot..
Hopefully neither in terms of politics.Portland over Seattle
Both seem to be pretty progressive which is benefitting them in a lot of ways related to housing elasticity and improvements to the public realm. While housing and rental prices are higher than the US average, it seems below par with other similar sized cities. Anecdotally I know of a few people that lived in Seattle and really liked it, and only moved to Canada for family reasons. Good paying jobs in Seattle too.Hopefully neither in terms of politics.
Seattle and Portland dont even make the top 50 list for most dangerous cities in the US, I don't know what kind of crime you're referring to...Portland and Seattle? Have you been? Rampant homelessness, drug addicts and criminals everywhere. Progressive politics is a massive failure.
sigh... can we not derail every thread with the same bs that plagues skyscraperpage.Portland and Seattle? Have you been? Rampant homelessness, drug addicts and criminals everywhere. Progressive politics is a massive failure.