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- Dev Team
- 01 Nov 2011
Hacking the City
By Joey Coleman Let’s take a drive. Start in the city of your choice. Your destination? Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. You’ve never been to Hamilton and have decided to see it for yourself. Le...
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- Dev Team
- 01 Nov 2011
New deal for Cities Redux
By Paul Shaker Almost 10 years ago, former Finance Minister Paul Martin addressed the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) conference in Hamilton and proclaimed the need for a “New Deal for C...
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- 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
Public engagement plus the built environment
By David Premi In order for Hamilton to become more competitive as a destination, we have an increasingly urgent need to make our city more walkable and liveable. We know from extensive recent researc...
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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 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
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
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 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
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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