- Michael Kras
- 14 Mar 2024
Hamilton’s CHCH television tower comes down after 6 decades
After 64 years standing as one of Canada’s tallest structures, the CHCH television tower in Hamilton has been brought down to earth. Located at 481 First Road West in Stoney Creek, the 357.5 metre-h...
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- Michael Kras
- 18 Nov 2022
Hamilton City Centre will close December 26th, dance party this weekend
After being purchased by developers back in 2019, the Hamilton City Centre as we know it is set to close on December 26th. This iconic fixture of Downtown Hamilton – the previous home of the Hamilto...
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- Michael Kras
- 03 Dec 2020
Metrolinx set to demolish 21 Hamilton properties starting today
Hamilton residents lining King Street East have been alerted that demolition on 21 vacant properties lining the strip is set to begin today, December 3rd. The neighbours of 9 of the 21 properties in q...
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- Michael Kras
- 22 Oct 2020
21 properties purchased for Hamilton LRT will be demolished next month
In spite of impassioned calls from locals to convert the properties into affordable housing, transit company Metrolinx is nonetheless moving ahead in their plans to demolish 21 empty buildings origina...
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- Michael Kras
- 12 Sep 2020
21 properties purchased for Hamilton LRT set to be demolished
Transit company Metrolinx has announced that they will be demolishing the 21 properties purchased along Hamilton’s former LRT route on King Street East, in spite of the transit project’s tenuous f...
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- Michael Kras
- 20 Nov 2019
Dust cloud from the botched demolition in Hamilton will not harm long-term health
If you live in Hamilton, particularly the North end of the city, you likely have vivid memories of the recent (and incomprehensibly idiotic) uncontained demolition of the old Hamilton Specialty Bar s...
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- Michael Kras
- 01 Oct 2019
VIDEO: Demolition of old steel mill leaves cloud of debris over Hamilton
An investigation from Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment is underway after Hamilton Specialty Bar, an old steel mill in Hamilton’s North End, was demolished, sending a century’s worth of ...
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- Robert Cekan
- 03 Dec 2018
Cardinal Heights has been reduced to rubble
It’s sad to write but Cardinal Heights is no more. Last week, demolition crews completed the middle school’s tear down to what is now just piles of rubble. Cardinal Heights has been closed...
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- Robert
- 23 Aug 2018
Demolition of Cardinal Heights School stalled
Earlier this week, demolition work began on the former Cardinal Heights Elementary School. Within a day of starting, demolition crews were halted – no demolition permit had actually been issued. On ...
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