- Dev Team
- 01 Sep 2011
The big momma of Art Crawls
By Jamie Tennant Downtown renewal is exciting in concept, but watching it happen is like watching the proverbial paint dry. The pace is steady, but the movements are often so tiny they are barely perc...
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- Dev Team
- 01 Sep 2011
One James North
It hides in plain sight, an airy specimen of ’70s architecture at the corner of King and James. It’s walls of windows look down at life on the street. But no one looks up. The address is not famou...
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- Dev Team
- 01 Sep 2011
From the Editor | September, 2011
The time has come to take to the streets! I’m not actually referring to the type of ‘taking it to the streets’ permitted in section two of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Instead, I...
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- Dev Team
- 01 Sep 2011
Making amalgamation work for Hamilton
I’m reading a book by David Rusk called Inside Game/Outside Game, in which he makes a persuasive argument that cities that want to revitalize their urban cores must first unite and align politic...
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- Dev Team
- 01 Sep 2011
The economic value of Hamilton’s built heritage
By Paul Shaker Heritage buildings are often the subject of vigorous debate in Hamilton. Our built heritage is an inescapable part of who we are as a city. It defines us to ourselves and to others simp...
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- Dev Team
- 01 Aug 2011
The Old Carnegie Library
It’s easy to miss, partly hidden by a shrub. But at Main and MacNab, not far from where commuters catch the B-Line, there is a cornerstone. A date is etched upon it: Aug. 23rd, 1911. Yes, on a warm ...
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- Dev Team
- 01 Aug 2011
Making friends in Ancaster
By Jamie Tennant On Friday, August 5, the Festival of Friends will host what may become the biggest concert this city has ever seen. The artist is huge – City & Colour, a.k.a. songwriter Dallas ...
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- Dev Team
- 01 Aug 2011
The Transit Fairytale
By Laura Farr In an LA Times column in 1948 called “Do You Know Your City?” the author reminded citizens that there was, in fact, still active rail service available to them. The article e...
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- Dev Team
- 01 Aug 2011
Take back our streets
By Terry Cooke Property prices are surging in many Hamilton neighbourhoods, but as I write this the MLS lists several residential properties for sale on and around Cannon Street that range in price fr...
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- Dev Team
- 01 Aug 2011
City of opportunity
By Keanin Loomis I was told by someone I dearly adore in the administration at McMaster University that if I mentioned the University of Waterloo among some of her colleagues, I would elicit immediate...
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